Jōmon People of Ancient Japan Quiz - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Japan is thought to have produced the world's first what during this period?	Pottery	86%
E.S. Morse, the first to discover Jōmon remains, was of what nationality?	American	71%
The Jōmon made patterns on their pottery by pressing what into the soft clay?	Rope	68%
The period after Jōmon was called what?	Yayoi	68%
The Jōmon period lasted from around what year BC to 300 AD?	10,000	64%
The Jōmon were hunters, gatherers, and what?	Fishers	57%
The Jōmon primarily lived near what?	The coast	57%
"Jōmon" literally means "rope _______"	Pattern	46%
The Jōmon first lived in what?	Caves	43%
The Jōmon made earthenware figurines with human features, possibly for superstitious or medical purposes. What are these called?	Dōgu	29%
The Jōmon consumed a lot of which type of food?	Shellfish	29%
It is believed, because of their unpretentious graves (mere pits in the ground), that Jōmon society lacked what?	Class	25%
The Jōmon made pottery by rolling clay into ropes, and then building the walls of the vessel by wrapping the "ropes" around and around. What is this process called?	Coiling	25%
The Jōmon later lived in shallow pits covered with thatching called what?	Tateana	25%
The "shell mounds", where the Jōmon discarded their garbage, are called what?	Kaizuka	14%

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