What cultural elements did Japan borrow from China?

cooking, hairstyles, written script, landscape painting

Japan was isolated from other cultures because...

they were on a series of islands

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

mountains left them with very little farmland

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

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