history test

Question 1

はにわ

Answer 1

a type of pottery found during the tomb period
| yamato jidai

Question 2

神
| かみ

Answer 2

spirits that control nature; gods
| yamato jidai

Question 3

氏
| うじ

Answer 3

the powerful family clans under yamato’s leadership
| yamato jidai

Question 4

東シナ海
| ひがししなかい

Answer 4

east china sea, or body of water to the west of Japan
| yamato jidai

Question 5

神道
| しんとう

Answer 5

“way of the gods” that the japanese worshipped before buddhism
| yamato jidai

Question 6

四国
| しこく

Answer 6

the smallest island in Japan
| yamato jidai

Question 7

中国
| ちゅうごく — やまとじだい

Answer 7

the country from whom the japanese writing system was adopted
| yamato jidai

Question 8

聖徳太子
| しょうとくたいし

Answer 8

the japanese ruler who first sent representatives to china to study / noble of japan
| yamato jidai

Question 9

韓国
| かんこく

Answer 9

the closest asian country to japan (korea)
| nara jidai

Question 10

中国
| ちゅうごく — ならじだい

Answer 10

the country from whom japan learned techniques of textiles, buildings, bridges, and architecture
| nara jidai

Question 11

唐
| とう

Answer 11

the tang (dynasty), the chinese capital nara was inspired by
| nara jidai

Question 12

万葉集
| まんようしゅう

Answer 12

a famous collection of poems in kanji
| nara jidai

Question 13

東大寺
| とうだいじ

Answer 13

the big temple built with a big buddha in nara
| nara jidai

Question 14

古事記
| こじき

Answer 14

the first written history of japan
| nara jidai

Question 15

奈良
| なら

Answer 15

japan’s first capital
| nara jidai

Question 16

漢字
| かんじ

Answer 16

the type of chinese that scholars in the nara period used
| nara jidai

Question 17

刀
| かたな

Answer 17

the japanese weapon which represents both privilege and responsibility
| heian jidai

Question 18

竹取物語
| たけとりものがたり