What cultural elements did Japan borrow from China?

cooking, hairstyles, written script, landscape painting

Why did the Japanese get so much of their diet from the sea?

mountains left them with very little farmland

Japan was isolated from other cultures because...

they were on a series of islands

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1
What cultural elements did Japan borrow from China?
democracy, Christianity, Hellenism, silk making
cooking, hairstyles, written script, landscape painting
hairstyles, landscape painting, cuneiform, square dancing
sumo wrestling, fly fishing, spoken language, paper folding
2
What is a daimyo?
group of priests
group of Japanese scholars
powerful feudal lords
unit of samurai
3
On which island is modern day Tokyo located?
Shikoku
Honshu
Kyushu
Hokkaido
4
In the Japanese feudal system the ______ were the lords, and the ______ were the knights.
emperor, daimyo
shogun, pharaohs
shogun, emperor
daimyo, samurai
5
Though the _____ remained loyal to the emperor and shoguns, they ruled their own feudal lands.
samurai
daimyo
emperor
shoguns
6
Why did the Japanese get so much of their diet from the sea?
mountains left them with very little farmland
seafood tastes better
they didn't have good farming techniques
they traded goods for most of their diet
7
Bushido is to feudalism in Japan as _______ is to feudalism in Europe.
karate
sword fighting
wrestling
chivalry
8
Japan was isolated from other cultures because...
samurais were intimidating
their writing system was so unique
they were on a series of islands
too many mountains
9
What were the skilled Japanese warriors called?
samurai
shinto
kami
daimyo
10
Which nearby nations influenced the development of Japanese culture?
China and Korea
Vietnam and Rome
Thailand and Cambodia
China and The Philippines
11
The Japanese word for "divine wind."
origami
shogun
daimyo
kamikaze
12
Buddhist monks brought Buddhism to Japan from_______.
Vietnam
Korea
China
The Philippines
13
What was the earliest religion in Japan?
Hinduism
Buddhism
Shintoism
Islam
14
What is the name of Japan's iconic mountain/volcano?
Mt. Arigato
Mt. Toyota
Mt. Kamikazi
Mt. Fuji
15
An archipelago is a
group of islands
group of rivers
group of mountains
group of lakes

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