Deck 19: Japan and Southeast Asia

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

had true independence in ruling Japan.

Question 2

The general model for the Seventeen Point Constitution was

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

Answer 2

Chinese.

Question 3

The government of the Yamato state would best be described as

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

Answer 3

feudal.

Question 4

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 5

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 16th century B.C.E.

Question 6

Trace the political development of Japan from the Nara Period through the Ashikaga shogunate.

Question 7

During the Heian period,emperors became

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

Question 8

Kami are

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

Question 9

The first clan to wrest control from the emperors was the

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

Question 10

"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.

Question 11

The Japanese emperor is descended from which of the following?

A) Jomon
B) Yayoi
C) Yamato
D) Fujiwara
E) Minamoto

Question 12

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.

Question 13

Elaborate on the development of early Japan.

Question 14

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

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

Question 15

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 16

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

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

Question 17

Discuss the history of Japanese social structure.

Question 18

Compare and contrast mainland and island Southeast Asia.

Question 19

Discuss the religious issues in Southeast Asian history.

Question 20

Did Korea or China have a greater influence on Japan? Defend your answer.

Question 21

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 22

The Japanese were the first to produce

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

Question 23

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

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

Question 24

The authors of The Tale of Genji and The Pillow Book were both

A) peasants.
B) Chinese.
C) merchants.
D) women.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 25

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 26

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) None of the options are correct.

Question 27

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 28

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 29

The first Japanese state was created by the

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

Question 30

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 31

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

A) they initially followed Buddhism and then adopted Hinduism.
B) leaders ruled from their religious shrine of Pagan.
C) their most significant victory against the Mongols was at Pagan.
D) they were the one Southeast Asian nation not influenced by India.
E) All of the options are true of the history of Burma.

Question 32

Kamikaze may be translated as

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

Question 33

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 34

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

Question 35

Most Southeast Asian nations were influence by which of the following?

A) China
B) Japan
C) India
D) Korea
E) Mongols

Question 36

Which of these was not achieved by the Thai kingdom during the 13?? to 15?? 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 37

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

Question 38

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

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

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

Question 41

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

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 ____________________ were the high nobility who supported the shoguns.

Question 45

____________________ gave the Japanese the Seventeen Point Constitution in 604.

Question 46

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