Feudal Japan Quiz
Instructions: Enter the world of samurai, shoguns, and ancient traditions with this quiz on feudal Japan's fascinating history.
- 1.
What was the title of the military rulers who governed Japan from the 12th to 19th centuries?
AShogunBDaimyoCRoninDEmperor - 2.
What was the warrior class of feudal Japan called?
ARoninBNinjaCAshigaruDSamurai - 3.
What code of honor and conduct did the samurai follow?
AShintoBZenCHaikuDBushido - 4.
Which powerful family established the first shogunate in Kamakura in 1185?
AThe TokugawaBThe FujiwaraCThe MinamotoDThe Ashikaga - 5.
What were the powerful feudal lords who controlled large territories in Japan called?
AShogunBDaimyoCSamuraiDSensei - 6.
Which shogunate ruled Japan during its longest period of peace (1603–1868)?
ATokugawa ShogunateBKamakura ShogunateCMinamoto ShogunateDAshikaga Shogunate - 7.
What policy did Japan adopt during the Tokugawa period, severely limiting contact with the outside world?
ASakoku (closed country)BMeiji RestorationCOpen Door PolicyDManifest Destiny - 8.
What was a ronin in feudal Japan?
AA merchantBA court nobleCA masterless samuraiDA Buddhist monk - 9.
Which American commodore arrived in Japan in 1853 with warships, forcing Japan to open to trade?
ACommodore PerryBAdmiral DeweyCAdmiral NelsonDCaptain Cook - 10.
What event in 1868 restored power to the Japanese emperor and ended the shogunate system?
AThe Boshin WarBThe Satsuma RebellionCThe Sino-Japanese WarDThe Meiji Restoration - 11.
What traditional Japanese sword was the primary weapon of the samurai?
ATantoBWakizashiCNaginataDKatana - 12.
What natural disasters twice destroyed Mongol fleets attempting to invade Japan, called 'divine wind'?
ATyphoons (kamikaze)BTsunamisCEarthquakesDVolcanic eruptions - 13.
Which warlord is credited with beginning the unification of Japan in the late 1500s?
AOda NobunagaBToyotomi HideyoshiCTakeda ShingenDTokugawa Ieyasu - 14.
What was the Japanese tea ceremony, an important cultural practice influenced by Zen Buddhism?
AKabukiBSumoCChadoDIkebana - 15.
What ritual suicide did samurai perform to preserve their honor?
AKamikazeBBanzaiCJigaiDHarakiri (seppuku)