Deck 19: Japan and Southeast Asia

Question 1

Which group created the first Japanese state?

A)Jomon
B)Yayoi
C)Yamato
D)Koreans
E)Chinese

Answer 1

Yayoi

Question 2

Which group consisted of Japanese nobles who administered the estates and provinces?

A)bakufu
B)shoen
C)kanji
D)daimyo
E)samurai

Answer 2

daimyo

Question 3

How did the Kamakura shogun come to power in Japan?

A)The empress came under the influence of Taira and allowed the clan to rule on her behalf.
B)A Buddhist monk tried to usurp the throne.
C)The Minamoto clan defeated the Taira in the Gempei War.
D)The Fujiwara clan intermarried with the Yamato clan.
E)The Minamoto clan had themselves nominated as regents to rule.

Answer 3

The Minamoto clan defeated the Taira in the Gempei War.

Question 4

What is the nutritional basis of the Japanese civilization?

A)wet rice
B)fish and poultry
C)beans and squash
D)potatoes
E)egg noodles

Question 5

What was significant about the Ashikaga Shogunate's rule?

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

Question 6

Which statement best defines the term bushido ?

A)a military government
B)the samurai's code of conduct
C)the concept of good family order
D)a Shinto spirit that inhabits human form
E)parcels of productive land

Question 7

Which of the following was NOT true of Japanese art forms?

A)Visual arts were mostly scenes from nature.
B)All upper-class Japanese were expected to be proficient in dance, music, and calligraphy.
C)A large portion of the Japanese population were literate and took advantage of available cultural resources.
D)Prose was considered the domain of women.
E)Poetry was considered to be for all literate Japanese to enjoy.

Question 8

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

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

Question 9

According to ancient Japanese legends, what are the origins of the Japanese people?

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

Question 10

What served as the general model for the Seventeen Point Constitution ?

A)Shinto ways
B)Korean ways
C)Buddhism
D)samurai ways
E)Chinese ways

Question 11

According to Japanese legends, what are the kami ?

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

Question 12

How was the Japanese government model different from the Chinese government?

A)Taxes were paid directly to the central government.
B)Land was frequently redistributed among the peasants to ensure equality.
C)Territories were divided into administrative units.
D)Government was an aristocratic privilege and lower classes were barred.
E)The village was the unit of all civic affairs.

Question 13

What art form is considered a solely Japanese creation?

A)painting
B)kanji
C)calligraphy
D)poetry
E)novels

Question 14

The Japanese emperor is descended from which group?

A)Ashikaga
B)Kamakura
C)Yamato
D)Fujiwara
E)Minamoto

Question 15

What is the English translation of the term kamikaze ?

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

Question 16

Which of the following statements best defines the term  shiki ?

A)Chinese language characters adopted by the Japanese to create their own language.
B)Income from the shoen.
C)Spirits that inhabited human form.
D)A Buddhist monk who attempted to usurp the throne.
E)The clan member who became the first shogun.

Question 17

Which of the following phrases defines shogun ?

A)a ceremonial position held by the emperor
B)the top military leader and effective ruler
C)a samurai code of conduct
D)the Buddhist path to enlightenment
E)a combination of animism and worship of deities

Question 18

Which clan was the first to wrest control from the emperors?

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

Question 19

What made the Nichiren Buddhist sect different from all other Buddhists?

A)Their strong nationalism and the power to lead people on the righteous path.
B)Their appeal to idealism and the strict adherence to chanting.
C)Their separation from the general population because it was adopted by the samurai.
D)Their belief in nature worship coupled with strenuous meditation exercises.
E)Their desire to attain nirvana and become one with the universe.

Question 20

What were the major religious belief systems in Japan that survived to the modern era?

A)Shinto and Buddhism
B)Shinto and Confucianism
C)Shinto and Animism
D)Buddhism and Hinduism
E)Buddhism and Confucianism

Question 21

Which kingdom was mainland Southeast Asia's primary power until the 14th century?

A)Funan
B)Kampuchea
C)Champa
D)Thailand
E)Burma

Question 22

The only native empire to unify present-day Indonesia was which of the following?

A)the Khmers
B)Majapahit
C)the Thais
D)the Mongols
E)Nam Viet

Question 23

____________________ was the Buddhist monk who attempted to usurp power from the Fujiwara clan.

Question 24

The ____________________ were the high nobility who supported the shoguns.

Question 25

The Thai dynasty that established a stable and advanced nation was the ____________________.

Question 26

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

Question 27

Who is considered Indonesia's national hero because he conquered the entire archipelago and part of the mainland?

A)Prince Shotoku
B)Trung Trac
C)Gaja Mada
D)Trung Nhi
E)Chakri

Question 28

____________________ combines simple animism with worship of deities who are immortal and benevolent.

Question 29

Which Southeast Asian kingdom centered around the religious shrines at Pagan?

A)Thailand
B)Burma
C)Annam
D)Funan
E)Kampuchea

Question 30

Which of the following is true of the kings of Srivijaya?

A)They attempted to gain much more territory in hopes of expanding their trade network.
B)They had to face, from the beginning, strong competition from China.
C)They were based in Sumatra and focused on dominating the trade routes.
D)They conquered Malacca and set up their trading headquarters there.
E)They traded spices and foodstuffs to South China's ports in exchange for silk.

Question 31

The greatest of  the  ancient Southeast Asian mainland kingdoms was ____________________.

Question 32

____________________ gave the Japanese the Seventeen Point Constitution in 604.

Question 33

The ____________________ people organized the first regional governments to produce a Japanese state.

Question 34

The ____________________ were perhaps the civilization most influenced by the Chinese in a relationship marked by their admiration and intense resistance to outside control.

Question 35

Who led the Viet rebellion against China in 39 C.E.?

A)Trung Trac and Trung Nhi
B)the Zhou brothers
C)Gaja Mada
D)the Chakri Dynasty
E)the Kamakura Shogunate

Question 36

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)All the Southeast Asian states had a history of independent political organization.
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 37

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

Question 38

What hastened the decline of Southeast Asia's last great Hindu kingdom?

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

Question 39

All of the following are true of the history of Thailand EXCEPT

A)The Thai rulers adopted Hinayana Buddhism.
B)Their religious and political center was at Pagan.
C)Thailand developed a model land-tenure system.
D)Thailand standardized both the written and oral language of the country.
E)The Mongols favored the Thais as tributaries.

Question 40

Which of the following was true of shoen ?

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)parcels of productive lands owned by monasteries and government officials
E)given to the samurai as rewards for valor in battle, but the samurai were less than successful as feudal lords

Question 41

Discuss the religious issues in Southeast Asian history including the difference in mainland and insular adoption of religions.

Question 42

Term for identification: Srivijaya

Question 43

Term for identification: bushido

Question 44

Term for identification: daimyo

Question 45

What were some of the unique factors of Japanese society? Compare Japan to China and Korea, considering the samurai honor code as well as the shogunate.

Question 46

Term for identification: Majapahit

Question 47

Trace the political development of Japan from the Nara Period through the Ashikaga Shogunate including key figures, groups, and events.

Question 48

Term for identification: Shinto

Question 49

Term for identification: Kamakura Shogunate

Question 50

Term for identification: Ayuthaya

Question 51

Term for identification: Tale of Genji

Question 52

Term for identification: Fujiwara Clan

Question 53

Describe the development of early Japan. How was Japan's development similar to other island nations?

Question 54

Describe the similarities and differences between medieval Japan and medieval Europe including each's version of feudalism, land distribution, government administration, and warriors.

Question 55

Compare and contrast mainland and island Southeast Asia including religious and cultural development.

Question 56

Term for identification: Ashikaga clan