IBWH 11-3 Japan and Korea p1

1.

1 point

Prince Shotuku (regent 593-622) was primarily important (historically significant) because he

he isolated Japan to free it from the influence of outside forces

he started the first conflict with China, leading to future wars over the next 500 years

sent scholars to learn from the Chinese and brought back many ideas, fashions, and products to Japan

he developed Shintoism

2.

1 point

The Koryo dynasty of Korea ended

with the Yuan (a Mongol dynasty from China) invasion and occupation of Korea

with the voluntary abdication of a Korean general who wanted new blood (the Sobaek) to rule Korea

because the Korean farmers were tired of hundreds of years of illiteracy and lack of any culture

3.

1 point

Japan is

a peninsula

bordering Vietnam on its western edge

a collection of islands

connected to Russia, which explains its close ties to that country

4.

1 point

The two cultures with which Japan had most contact in the premodern period were

Korea and China

Thailand and Vietnam

Russia and Korea

Ukraine and Russia

5.

1 point

During the Heian period,

all people struggled throughout the society to eke out a living, leaving little or not time for entertainment at court

there was an elegant and stylish court society

literacy was only developing slowly, and the emperor guarded the secret of writing carefully and jealously, not allowing anyone outside of his own direct family to learn to write

6.

1 point

The first (and all following) Japanese emperors were of the ____________________ clan.

Heian

Hokkaido, which descended from the stars (according to legend)

Ainu

Yamato, descended from the sun goddess (according to legend)

Shikibu, which descended from the moon goddess (according to legend)

7.

1 point

You would most likely find a kami or torii

only among the Ainu in the northernmost of Japan

in one large central religious building

you wouldn't...there are no kami in Japanese religion

in the cities

in nature

8.

1 point

When the Han dynasty declined, which kingdom gained control of Korea by first making an alliance with China, then conquering the rival kingdoms in Korea, then driving out the Chinese by 670?

Silla

Tang

Fujiwara

Angkor

9.

1 point

This religion had spread through Japan by the 800s, brought by Korean monks:

Buddhism

Christianity

Islam

Hinduism

10.

1 point

Lady Murasaki Shikibu

wrote The Tale of Gengi, the world's first full-length novel

became known as the one leader of Buddhism in Japan, known as the Monogatari

ruled as regent empress

was a Korean war leader

11.

1 point

The Han dynasty of China defeated and colonized part of Korea in 108 BCE, leading to

absolutely nothing, as they conquered but then isolated the Koreans

leading the Koreans to adopt Confucianism, Chinese writing, political institutions, and agricultural methods

Korea's illiteracy, as their Chinese rulers did not want them to learn to write and potentially overthrow their conquerors

absolutely nothing, as the Koreans strongly resisted any Chinese influences despite being defeated and colonized

12.

1 point

One of the main Japanese religions is

Shinto, which means way of the kami

Ainu, which centers on worship of Poseidon

Ainu, which means volcano worshippers

Shinto, which means supporter of the Buddha