Japan for Final Exam 2018

Question 1

What was the basic unit of social, religious, and political organization in early Japan?

Accepted Answer

clan

Question 2

In what year did Francix Xavier bring Catholic Christianity to Japan?

Accepted Answer

1549

Question 3

Which was NOT a skill learned by samurai?

Accepted Answer

coffee roasting

Question 4

When was the Japanese New Testament completed?

Accepted Answer

1880

Question 5

On which main island did the Yamato clan live?

Accepted Answer

Honshu

Question 6

Why were the activities of the Japanese Bible Society restricted during World War II?

Accepted Answer

The society's funding came from Christians in U.S. & U.K., The society's funding came from Japan's enemies.

Question 7

Which religion supported Tenno's (and future emperor's) claim to god status?

Accepted Answer

Shintoism

Question 8

What is "bushido"?

Accepted Answer

an unwritten warrior code, the way of the warrior

Question 9

Who was Father Petitjean?

Accepted Answer

a French priest in Nagasaki

Question 10

Which religion did China bring to Japan?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 11

How did Japan respond to the Chinese invasion?

Accepted Answer

"Come in and teach us."

Question 12

Who were the first Protestant missionaries to come to Japan?

Accepted Answer

Episcopalians

Question 13

What did China give Japan which Japan had never had before?

Accepted Answer

a written language

Question 14

What is Japan, geographically speaking?

Accepted Answer

an archipelago

Question 15

Who had political and religious authority over the clan?

Accepted Answer

the chieftain

Question 16

How could a disgraced samurai regain his honor?

Accepted Answer

Perform ceremonial suicide.

Question 17

Which was NOT an area of study for samurai?

Accepted Answer

needle point

Question 18

What is a samurai?

Accepted Answer

a bushi, a warrior

Question 19

During which Chinese dynasty did Chinese culture invade Japan?

Accepted Answer

T'ang

Question 20

How much of Japan is arable?

Accepted Answer

Less than 20%

Question 21

What was the purpose of the Taika Reform in the mid seventh century?

Accepted Answer

Make the Japanese government more like the Chinese.

Question 22

What was the origin of the Japanese people, according to their creation myth?

Accepted Answer

They are the offspring of Izanagi and Izanami.

Question 23

What happened to Christians after the 1614 ban on Christianity in Japan?

Accepted Answer

They renounced their faith., They went into hiding., They were tortured., They were exiled from Japan.

Question 24

When was the Japanese Old Testament completed?

Accepted Answer

1887

Question 25

For how long did shoguns rule Japan?

Accepted Answer

about 6 centuries

Question 26

In Japan's creation myth, what created the Japanese islands?

Accepted Answer

drops of water from a spear

Question 27

Which clan was the strongest by the fifth century AD?

Accepted Answer

Yamato

Question 28

Who was the first to be called a "shogun"?

Accepted Answer

Yoritomo

Question 29

What is a "shogun"?

Accepted Answer

a great general, a military ruler

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