Deck 9: Shinto The Way of the Kami

Question 1

The one most revered deity in Japan is __________.

A) Amaterasu
B) Amitabha
C) the Jade Emperor
D) Maitreya
E) Nichiren

Answer 1

A

Question 2

In Shintoism, __________ symbolize the sacred quality of human existence, nature, and the cosmos as a whole.

A) bodhisattvas
B) children
C) kami
D) kamikazes
E) llamas

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The entrance to a Shinto shrine is marked by a gateway known as a __________.

A) butsu-dan
B) haiden
C) honden
D) kokutai-no-hongi
E) torii

Answer 3

E

Question 4

According to the Shinto Myth, Japan is the land of the __________.

A) Buddha
B) free
C) kami
D) samurai
E) shogun

Question 5

According to Shinto tradition, the total number of kami is __________.

A) infinite
B) one (the Emperor)
C) one (the Sun Goddess)
D) strictly regulated by a government agency
E) three (the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost)

Question 6

A __________ is a woman shaman in Japan.

A) Amaterasu
B) Izaganag
C) kami
D) miko
E) ryobu

Question 7

Japan was forcibly reopened to Western trade and influence by American naval forces under Commodore Perry in the __________ century.

A) sixteenth.
B) seventeenth.
C) eighteenth.
D) nineteenth.
E) twentieth

Question 8

Medieval Shinto sought to amalgamate Shinto with Confucianism and __________.

A) Buddhism
B) Christianity
C) Daoism
D) Hinduism
E) Islam

Question 9

According to the Shinto worldview, people will naturally follow the path or harmony with the kami unless they lose their __________ .

A) ability to negotiate with them
B) fear of them
C) knowledge of them
D) reverence of them
E) status

Question 10

From 1890 until 1945 every Japanese child bowed daily before a picture of __________.

A) Confucius
B) the Emperor
C) Jesus
D) Laozi
E) Mao Zedong

Question 11

The indigenous religion of Japan is called __________.

A) Buddhism
B) Daoism
C) Jainism
D) Shinto
E) Tai Chi

Question 12

The most famous virtue of the bushido code of the samurai warrior is __________.

A) empathy
B) honor
C) humility
D) love
E) restraint

Question 13

The most popular national pilgrimage site is the Grand Imperial Shrine of __________ located at Ise.

A) Amaterasu
B) Confucius
C) the Emperor
D) Izanagi and Izanami
E) Laozi

Question 14

The roots of Shinto are found in a popular myth of the origins of the Japanese islands. That myth is called the __________.

A) Antipode
B) Kami
C) Kojiki
D) Mahabarata
E) Omer Kayyam

Question 15

After World War II, ________ was outlawed in Japan.

A) Confucianism
B) Folk Shinto
C) Sect Shinto
D) Shrine Shinto
E) State Shinto

Question 16

According to the Shinto worldview, the basic dilemma to be overcome is __________.

A) fear
B) greed
C) ignorance
D) pollution
E) sinfulness

Question 17

According to the Shinto worldview, humans are naturally __________.

A) blank slates
B) blind
C) evil
D) good
E) lazy

Question 18

The principal path to harmony and purity in traditional Shinto is through participation in __________.

A) self-denial
B) studying and chanting sacred texts
C) pilgrimages to the Ganges River
D) rituals
E) meditation

Question 19

Shinto's ultimate goal is __________.

A) assurance of life after death with God
B) cosmic harmony
C) liberation from the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth
D) material prosperity
E) restoration of the harmony of the feudal period

Question 20

Shinto comes from two Chinese words (shen and dao) that mean the "way of the __________.

A) Dao
B) emperor
C) spirits
D) Sun Buddha
E) Sun Goddess

Question 21

Outline the similarities and differences between the Shinto understanding of "harmony" and the "balance" that is a feature of the indigenous worldview in general (see Chapter Two).

Question 22

Discuss the assertion, "Although its leaders claimed it was not, State Shinto was indeed a religion."

Question 23

Use the concept of "purity" to describe basic Shinto teachings.

Question 24

Describe the main features of a Shinto shrine.

Question 25

Explore the relationship between the role of the Sun Goddess in Shintoism and theleadership roles of women in the religion (e.g., as miko).

Question 26

Most contemporary Japanese people consider themselves __________.

A) Buddhist
B) Confucian
C) followers of new religious movements
D) non-religious
E) Shinto

Question 27

The linchpin of the Shinto view of the nature of reality is __________.

A) Amaterasu
B) Buddha
C) the Dao
D) Japan
E) Rice

Question 28

Describe the bushido code of the Samurai warrior and explain its relationship to Shinto.

Question 29

Using the "framework for understanding" religious worldviews developed in Chapter 1, describe the Shinto worldview.

Question 30

Discuss the relationship between the Shinto understanding of the kami and environmental conservationism.

Question 31

Describe the role of religion in twenty-first century Japan and Korea.

Question 32

Describe the various basic forms of Shinto that have appeared in the history of Japan, and the historical forces that encouraged their rise.

Question 33

More than in other East Asian societies, __________ has taken root and grown significantly in South Korea

A) Buddhism
B) Christianity
C) Confucianism
D) Marxism
E) Shinto

Question 34

The secular religion that flourishes in North Korea at this point in the twenty-first century focuses on __________.

A) Kim Il Sung
B) Mao Zedong
C) Michael Jackson
D) money
E) nature

Question 35

One could argue that the effective religion for most modern Japanese is __________.

A) amateurism
B) atheism
C) consumerism
D) kamikaze
E) shogunism