Deck 17: Japan and Southeast Asia

Question 1

The government of the Yamato state would best be described as

A) primitive.
B) Chinese-modeled.
C) regimental.
D) feudal.
E) absolute.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

"Bushido" signifies

A) a military ruler.
B) a samurai's code of conduct.
C) family order.
D) a Shinto god.
E) a daimyo love poem.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Concerning the origins of early Japanese history,

A) we know very little.
B) we have a good deal of documentation.
C) archaeology largely confirms the old legends.
D) we know absolutely nothing.
E) recent findings dispute the ancient legends.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

During Japan's Kamakura period, the shogun

A) was still fairly weak.
B) had true independence in ruling Japan.
C) still considered himself as ruling for the emperor.
D) ran the military but not the civil government.
E) depended upon the emperor for military advice.

Question 5

Assess the Yamato clan's achievements in Japan. In the end, why did it fall apart?

Question 6

Kami are

A) court prostitutes.
B) Buddhist missionaries.
C) rights to the land.
D) renegade samurai.
E) Shinto spirits.

Question 7

During the Heian period, emperors became

A) all-powerful.
B) Buddhists.
C) figureheads.
D) cultured.
E) Shintoists.

Question 8

The Ashikaga shogun was noted for

A) becoming much more feudalistic.
B) implementing a long period of peace between himself and his rivals.
C) recognizing the importance of the imperial court system.
D) paying a bit more homage to the emperor.
E) participating in an extended period of warfare between rival nobles and the shogun.

Question 9

What do medieval culture and the arts tell us about the Japanese people and their civilization?

Question 10

What is known about early Japan? What degree of importance can we attach to the relationship between Japan and Korea?

Question 11

Which of the following is not one of Japan's main islands?

A) Honshu
B) Kyushu
C) Shitake
D) Hokkaido
E) Shikoku

Question 12

The general model for the Seventeen Point Constitution was

A) Shinto.
B) Korean.
C) Buddhist.
D) Samurai.
E) Chinese.

Question 13

The strongest cultural influences on the Japanese appear to have come from

A) China.
B) Korea.
C) Siberia.
D) the Philippines.
E) Taiwan.

Question 14

During the late 700s, the Japanese capital was moved to Kyoto, then known as

A) Shikoku.
B) Nara.
C) Heian.
D) Edo.
E) Kobe.

Question 15

During the Ashikaga shogunate,

A) China obtained steel for sword-making.
B) Japan adopted China's tea drinking ceremony.
C) China finally defeated the Japanese pirates.
D) both a and b
E) both b and c

Question 16

The first clan to wrest control from the emperors was the

A) Tokugawa.
B) Fujiwara.
C) Heian.
D) Ashikaga.
E) Kamakura.

Question 17

Describe the organization of society and the creation of the feudal aristocracy during the Heian and Kamakura periods.

Question 18

Discuss the influence of Buddhism and Shinto on Japan.

Question 19

According to ancient Japanese legends, the Japanese people

A) arrived in the islands after a lengthy journey from the south.
B) descended from the Sun Goddess.
C) are children of the Moon.
D) were given the Shinto faith by the Sun Goddess herself.
E) arrived in Japan during the 16^th century B.C.E.

Question 20

Modern Japanese religion developed out of interaction between

A) Shinto and Buddhism.
B) Shinto and Confucianism.
C) Shinto and animism.
D) Buddhism and Hinduism.
E) Buddhism and Confucianism.

Question 21

According to their legends, the Japanese are descendants of the ____________________ ____________________.

Question 22

The ____________________ were the high nobility who supported the shoguns.

Question 23

Parcels of good land known as shoen were

A) often at the center of the struggle for power among rival shoguns.
B) one of the Japanese empire's greatest sources of revenue.
C) rented out to various monasteries over the years for rice cultivation.
D) at the center of a convoluted system of land ownership that came to resemble European feudalism.
E) given to the samurai as rewards for valor in battle, but the samurai were less than successful as feudal lords.

Question 24

Kubilai Khan's attempted invasion of Japan was eventually thwarted by

A) earthquakes that shook the capital city.
B) a typhoon that cost him most of his men and his ships.
C) a volcano that erupted near the coast, burning his boats with hot lava.
D) a tsunami that drowned half his army.
E) a mutiny among his men, who were afraid of the islands' spirits.

Question 25

Which of these was not achieved by the Thai kingdom during the 13^th to 15^th centuries?

A) adoption of Hinayana Buddhism
B) defeat of the Mongol intruders
C) a much-copied system of land tenure
D) advanced codes of laws
E) standardization of language

Question 26

The only Southeast Asian country to become a true satellite of China was

A) Vietnam.
B) Laos.
C) Thailand.
D) Cambodia.
E) Kampuchea.

Question 27

Difficulties with monasteries and Christianity in general led to the decision to more Japan's capital from ____________________ to ____________________.

Question 28

It would be most correct to say of the Ly and Tran dynasties in Dai Viet that

A) they generally followed the precepts of Hinayana Buddhism, even as they dealt with large numbers of people who remained dedicated Hindus.
B) while they admired Chinese culture, they continually resisted being incorporated into a Chinese empire.
C) they never managed to gain a completely independent status.
D) their greatest heroes were two sisters who led a successful rebellion against an attempted Chinese takeover in the first century.
E) Ruling from Hanoi, the two entities managed to fight off invasions by the Thais, the Khmers, and the Champas.

Question 29

During the Kamakura and Ashikaga shogunates, Japanese art forms

A) emulated the art of Korea.
B) began to cater to the preferences of the shoguns.
C) became decidedly less like those of China.
D) paid less attention to the warrior class than ever before.
E) gave tremendous respect and honor to the emperor.

Question 30

The Japanese were the first to produce

A) paper.
B) rice.
C) indigo.
D) epics.
E) novels.

Question 31

The kings of Sri Vijaya, with their base in Sumatra,

A) attempted to gain much more territory in hopes of expanding their trade network.
B) had to face, from the beginning, strong competition from China.
C) monopolized the north-south trade along the Chinese coasts.
D) conquered Malacca and set up their trading headquarters there.
E) traded spices and foodstuffs to South China's ports in exchange for silk.

Question 32

The Nichiren differed from other Buddhists in their

A) nationalism.
B) idealism.
C) separation from the general population.
D) nature worship.
E) quest for nirvana.

Question 33

The Shinto religion of Japan most closely resembles the religion of

A) Mahayana Buddhism.
B) Daoism.
C) Zen Buddhism.
D) Hinduism.
E) Confucianism.

Question 34

Which statement is correct about the early history of Southeast Asia?

A) The mainland nations normally controlled the islands politically.
B) The islands clung to their Hindu and animist beliefs throughout this period.
C) The Hinayana Buddhists did not support the idea of divine kingship.
D) The Khmer Empire was destroyed by the Chinese.
E) When Portuguese merchants arrived in the region, most of its people were still Hindus.

Question 35

In Lady Murasaki's tale, Genji is

A) a samurai warrior who has no time for love.
B) a betrayed lover of a court beauty.
C) a romantic lover of many court ladies.
D) a wise peasant who avoids courtly snares.
E) an elderly man recounting the adventures of his youth.

Question 36

The great temple at Angkor Wat was constructed

A) as a place of worship.
B) as the funeral monument of the king.
C) by the colonizing Chinese.
D) at about the same time as the Egyptian pyramids.
E) to house the holy relics of Hinayana Buddhism.

Question 37

Kamikaze may be translated as

A) "sun goddess."
B) "victory or death."
C) "divine wind."
D) "right of rule."
E) "holy motherland."

Question 38

The ____________________ was originally a military commander who supposedly executed the emperor's wishes.

Question 39

The decline of Southeast Asia's last great Hindu kingdom was hastened by

A) a devastating civil war.
B) the arrival of the Portuguese.
C) war with neighboring Kampuchea.
D) the coming of Islam.
E) the growing strength of the Buddhist faith.

Question 40

The "way of the gods" is known as ____________________.

Question 41

____________________ ____________________ gave the Japanese the Seventeen Point Constitution in 604.

Question 42

The military government under the shogun, the ____________________, had no real equivalent in medieval Europe.

Question 43

Only about ____________________ percent of Japan's land is suitable for agriculture.

Question 44

The Tale of Genji offers modern readers a glimpse into the ____________________ and ____________________ of early Japanese society.

Question 45

The most influential form of Buddhism in Japan is ____________________, which stresses exercises in ____________________.