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Question 1

What type of landform is Japan considered?

Answer 1

Archipelago

Question 2

What is an archipelago?

Answer 2

A Chain of Islands

Question 3

What country had a major influence over Japan?

Answer 3

China

Question 4 What theory states that

the Earth is not one solid piece but it is made up of slow moving slabs of rock that ride over the pliable layer of the mantle?

Answer 4 Plate Tectonic Theory

Question 5

The 2 Gods Izanagi and Izanami created the Sun Goddess to rule the Earth. What was her name?

Answer 5

Amatersu

Question 6

What are 188 of Japanese Mountains ?

Answer 6

Volcanoes

Question 7

What are some of the natural disasters that can occur in Japan?

Answer 7

Tsunamis Earthquakes Volcanoes Typhoon

Question 8

What ocean did Izanagi and Izagnami dip their spear in?

Answer 8

Pacific

Question 9

What is the name of the religion that worships nature and believes everything in nature has its own spirit?

Answer 9

Shinto

Question 10

Fishing became a way of life for which group of people?

Answer 10

Jomon

Question 11

What did Prince Shotoku create?

Answer 11

Constitution

Question 12

What was the name of the first emperor of Japan?

Answer 12 Jimmu

Question 13

What clan was he from?

Answer 13

Yamato

Question 14

What is a Clan?

Answer 14 A group of people bonded

together by blood or marriage.

Question 15

Jomon was a wandering tribe who were known for what?

Answer 15

Pottery

Question 16

What is the area in the Pacific Ocean that Japan is located on?

Answer 16

The Ring of Fire

Question 17

Women were to obey who?

Answer 17

MEN

Question 18

What were some women in Medieval Japan?

Answer 18

Samurai

Question 19

When the Mongols attacked what happened to halt their progress?

Answer 19

Typhoon

Question 20

What country did Buddhism come from when it entered Japan?

Answer 20

Korea

Question 21

What country did Buddhism begin in?

Answer 21

India

Question 22

Who ruled when an emperor who was too young or too sick the rule?

Answer 22

Regents

Question 23

What food was a staple in the Japanese diet?

Answer 23

Fish

Question 24

How did people of Japan Pay taxes in Medieval times?

Answer 24

Rice and Silk

Question 25

How many islands make up the Japanese Archipelago?

Answer 25

4

Question 26

Who were the Samurai?

Answer 26

Warriors

Question 27

What part of Chinese culture did not effect Japan?

Question 27

Clothing

Question 28

What title was given to Minamoto Yoritomo?

Question 28

Shogun

Question 29

What Asian Empire tried to attack Japan twice and was unsuccessful both times?

Answer 29

Mongols

Question 60

What code did the Samurai follow?

Answer 30

Bushido Code

Question 31

Who is the Buddha of Love and Mercy?

Answer 31

Amida

Question 32

What did she create in the clouds?

Answer 32

Paradise

Question 33

What do Buddhist believe in?

Answer 33

Happy After Life

Question 34

What is a group of families related by blood or marriage ?

Answer 34

Clan

Question 35

What did the Japanese name the Typhoons who saved their country?

Answer 35

Kamikaze

Question 36

What does Kamikaze mean?

Answer 36

Devine Wind

Question 37

What do Shintoist believe in?

Answer 37

Animism

Question 38

What do Zen Buddhist do to control their bodies?

Answer 38

Martial Art

Question 39

What do Zen Buddhist do to relax their minds and find inner peace?

Answer 39

Meditation

Question 40

Where do the Japanese Shintoist worship at?

Answer 40

Shrines

Question 41

What ocean has kept ancient Japan isolated from the rest of the world?

Answer 41

Pacific

Question 42

What means a Chain of Islands?

Answer 42

Archipelago

Question 43

Which island is this one? →

Answer 43

Hokkaido

Question 44

Which island is this one?

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Answer 44

Honshu

Question 45

Which island is this one?

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Answer 45

Shikoku

Question 46

Which Island is this one?

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Answer 46

Kyushu

Question 47

85%of Japanese share what 2 religions?

Answer 47

Shinto and Buddhism

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