BANGKOK ADVENT SCHOOL

Final Examination

1st Semester
Academic Year 2020-2021

Social, Grade 11
Teacher: Mr.Mike Daryll M. Nakigo.

Name: ___________________________________________

Day: ​____________ Date: ​ ______________

Score:

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Exam Details:
Directions: 1. There are 3 parts in this exam:
A. Multiple Choice 30 items 30 points
B. Enumeration 3 items 15 points
B. Essay 2 items 10 points
C. Bonus 2 items 10 points

Total Points: 65 points

2. Read and follow the directions of each part.
3. Pray and focus!
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I. Multiple choice. Write the letter of your choice on the space provided before
each number. (30 points)

_____ 1​. What is the traditional native religion of Japan?

a. Islam
b. Confucian
c. Christianity
d. Shinto
____2. ​In Shinto, what do you call the gods or spirits that exist in both living and non-living
things?

a. Nara
b. Kami
c. Bushido
d. Spirits
____3.​ Which of the following is a factor that Shinto and Buddhism have in common?

a. Concern for the afterlife

b. An optimism about human nature
c. Share the same founder
d. strict formal training
____4.​ Early Japanese beliefs developed into the religion of Shinto which means

a. the way of the spirits

b. the right way
c. the only way
d. the honorable way
____5.​ Most Japanese people believed that Buddhism

a. helped them in daily life

b. was the one true religion
c. should not be tolerated in Japan
d. prepared them for the afterlife
____6. ​Nara was abandoned in A.D. 770 as a result of the following?

a. showcase the emperor’s growing wealth and power

b. attempted overthrow of the emperor by a Buddhist monk
c. plan to divide Japan into separate districts
d. The devastation of the city by a major earthquake
_____7. ​In the year 710, the first permanent Japanese capital was established in

a. Edo
b. Nara
c. Heian-Kyo
d. Fuji
_____8. ​How did the Japanese hire officials during the Nara period?

a. People voted for the officials

b. Only Buddhist monks could be officials
c. Emperor gave positions to nobles from powerful families
d. They had to pass the civil service exam

_____9. What would be the best title for the following chart?

a. The Golden Age of the Heian Period

b. The Golden Age of the Tang Dynasty
c. The Dark Ages of Japanese Culture
d. The Bronze Age of the Nara Period
_____ 10.​ In the years from 1000 to 1200, what political system developed in Japan?

a. Nation-states
b. Feudalism
c. Democracy
d. Zen
____11. Who is being described?

a. the Daimyo
b. the Samurai
c. the Emperor
d. the Shogun
_____ 12. ​The samurai lived by a strict code of honor known as

a. Chivalry
b. Zen
c. Bushido
d. Shinto

_____13. ​ Who had the highest standing within the Warrior Class?

a. The Ronin
b. The Samurai
c. The Daimyos
d. The Shogun
______14. ​Why was it so easy for the Japanese feudal system to develop and have more
power than the emperor?

a. emperor had little interest in ruling the people

b. shoguns became more powerful as each province was left to provide their own armies
c. Emperors became more powerful as they forced peasants into military service
d. The peasants wanted someone to rule over them

_____ 15. ​What is Japan?

a. Archipelago
b. An Island
c. A City
d. A State
 ______16. ​What does Archipelago mean?

a. An expanse of water with many scattered islands

b. The sun goddess
c. A god
d. Heaven

______17. ​ What does Isolate mean?

a. To fight
b. To move
c. To set apart from others
d. To break

______18. ​Where did The First Settlers come from?

a. Korea
b. China
c. Japan
d. Northeastern Asia
______19. ​Where did the Yamato mostly ruled?

a. The Clans
b. Most of Japan
c. China
d. Korea
______ 20. ​What is The Nara Period?

a. An old period
b. A new period
c. A period when Japanese emperors built a new capital city called the Nara
d. A temple
 _____ 21. ​What did the Japanese do to make a living?

a. They turned to the sea

b. Brought farming to Japan
c. Sold cotton
d. Made trades with different states
e. Only B is Correct, because it’s there first work before.
f. All of the above
_____​ 22. ​Who were the ancestors of Japan?

a. The first settlers

b. The Japanese people
c. The Yamato
d. Prince Shotoku and his army
______23. ​ What did the Japanese believe?

a. That animals could talk

b. In one God
c. That all animals, humans, plants, rocks and rivers had their own spirit
d. In wishes
______24. ​What is the Japanese religion?

a. Shinto
b. Buddhism
c. Hinduism
d. Love
e. Both A and B

______ 25. ​Which people called themselves "dwellers among the clouds" because they
enjoyed lives of ease and privilege?

a. the peasants
b. Lady Murasaki Shikibu
c. members of the noble court
d. Yamato emperors and empresses
_______ 26. ​ What period was a golden age of the arts in Japan?

a. 794 to 1185
b. 625 to 1024
c. 1134 to 1593
d. 403 to 928
 ______27. ​Which great writer in Japanese history wrote "The Tale of Genji"?

a. Sei Shonagon
b. Murasaki Shikibu
c. Kino Tomonori
d. Hirumi Kawakami

_____​28. ​What were the most popular art forms in the Heian period?

a. Paintings, calligraphy, and architecture

b. Paintings, calligraphy, and cooking
c. Calligraphy, architecture, and cooking
d. Cooking, painting, and architecture
_______ 29.​ Heian was modeled after Chang'an, a city in _____Japan copied building styles
from this country and admired their architecture.

a. Mongolia
b. Russia
c. Korea
d. China
______30. ​Who was the Shogun of (Edo)Tokugawa Period?

a. Ashikaga Takauji
b. Minamoto no Yoritomo
c. Tokugawa Ieasu
d. Oda Nobunaga

II. Enumeration: Enumerate and answer in order the things asked below?

A. What was the work of the people, during the Jomon Period?
1.______________________
2.______________________
3.______________________
4.______________________

B. What was the 4 social classes of Feudalism, during the Early Japan until Azuchi
period?
1.______________________
2.______________________
3.______________________
4.______________________
 C. What was the 4 class of people, during the Edo period?
1._________________
2._________________
3._________________
4._________________

D. List down the Shogun’s, during the periods (Give only 3 Shogun’s)
1.____________________________
2.____________________________
3.____________________________

III. Essay: ​2 items for (20pts.)

1. How important is studying history of other Countries?

2. What is the contribution of Japan relating to this modern day?

IV. Bonus: What is my Favorite color? (5 pts.)

Bonus: What is the meaning of B.C.E and B.C? (5 pts.)