11.3 & 17.4 Class Quiz

Question 1

What does Nippon mean in Japanese?

Answer 1

Land of the Rising Sun

Question 2

What is NOT one of the four largest Japanese islands?

Hokkaido

Honda

Honshu

Kyushu

Answer 2

Honda

Question 3

ABout how many miles of water separate Japan and Korea?

Answer 3

100 miles

Question 4

What is the name for the group of people who live on the northern Japanese islands and who don’t resemble other East Asians?

Answer 4

Ainu

Question 5

What does Shinto mean in Japanese?

Answer 5

way of the kami

Question 6

Amaterasu is the goddes of what?

Answer 6

the sun

Question 7

What group first introduced Chinese writing to Japan?

Answer 7

Koreans

Question 8

What religion did Prince Shotoku support in Japan?

Answer 8

Buddhism

Question 9

The Heian period is named for the Japanese capital, that today goes by what name?

Answer 9

Kyoto

Question 10

Which Chinese dynasty defeated and colonized parts of Korea in 108 BCE?

Answer 10

Han

Question 11

What was NOT a Korean technological innovation?

metal movable type

celadon pottery

woodblock printing

all of the above were NOT

Answer 11

woodblock printing

Question 12

What does samurai mean in Japanese?

Answer 12

Those who serve

Question 13

What would be a scenario that would call for seppuku among samurai?

Answer 13

Failing to protect the samurais’ lord in battle

Question 14

What was NOT something samurai women were able to do?

participate in business

own property

train for combat

vote for the emperor

Answer 14

Vote for the emperor

Question 15

What was the name for the storms that helped the Japanese defeat the Mongols?

Answer 15

Kamikaze