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Review exercise
Learning pathways LEVEL1 2, 4, 8, 9, 11
LEVEL2 1, 5, 10, 12
LEVEL3 3, 6, 7, 13, 14
REMEMBER AND UNDERSTAND 1. How did the daimȳo become very powerful during the Heian period? A. They were great warriors. B. They were very loyal to the samurai. C. The emperors relied on them to maintain their power. D. They supported land reform. 2. Which best describes the shi - n̄o - k̄o - sh̄o arrangement of social classes? A. Merchants were higher in rank than farmers and fishers. B. Artisans were higher in rank than samurai. C. Artisans were higher in rank than merchants. D. The sh̄ogun was ranked highest of all. 3. What did the treaty of Kanagawa give to the United States? A. Access to two Japanese ports for trade B. The right to rescue shipwrecked sailors C. The right to take over from the Dutch as the main overseas trader D. A military base for the ‘black ships’ 4. What was the ‘rice tax’?
A. A form of rent paid by peasants to the landowner B. A tax levied on rice merchants by the sh̄ogun
C. A type of tax paid by restaurant owners D. A tax paid by rice farmers to the samurai 5. How do we know the Japanese borrowed much of their culture from China? A. They speak the same language. B. They adopted Chinese characters in their writing. C. They modelled all their cities on Chinese cities. D. Both societies were ruled by an emperor. 6. The three powerful clans competing for influence during the Heian were:
A. the Fujiwara, the Minamoto and the Taira. B. the Kamakura, the Taira and the Yoritomo.
C. the Minamoto, the Tokugawa and the Fujiwara. D. the Tokugawa, the Kamakura and the Yoritomo. 7. How did the appointment of Minamoto no Yoritomo as sh̄ogun affect the emperor? A. The emperor was able to exert more authority because he had the support of the sh̄ogun. B. The emperor lost all his power as the leader of the country. C. The emperor took on mainly religious and ceremonial duties. D. The emperor was more powerful because of his religious duties. 8. How were the Japanese were able to defeat the Mongol invaders? A. The samurai were more powerful warriors than the Mongols. B. The Mongol ships were wrecked by fierce storms. C. The daimȳo were superior military commanders. D. The Japanese were supported by warriors known as ‘kamikaze’. 9. With regard to the rest of the world, the Tokugawa sh̄oguns pursued a policy of: A. inclusion. B. distrust. C. involvement. D. isolation.
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