Japan Test - January 29th

Which sentence below describes cultural diffusion?

• warships and armies from Japan attacked Korea

• practices and beliefs spread from Korea to Japan

• Written languages developed separately in Japan and Korea

• Korea and Japan grew different crops because of different climates.

What is one important way in which Prince Shotoku changed Japan?

• He turned it into an agricultural society

• he divided power among the chiefs of clans

• he increased contact with neighboring cultures

• he introduced the craft of bronze and iron smithing

When Korea workers settled in Japan, how did they change the lives of the Japanese?

• they set up a new government over the country

• the worked as slaves for middle-class families

• they brought knowledge and skills from the mainland

• they became the customers who bought Japanese crafts

Before the time of Prince Shotoku, Japanese government

• ruled over Korea and China

• depended on local leaders

• had a bureaucracy of officials

• filled jobs based on examinations

Prince Shotoku's creating ranks for government officials was based on

• Shinto ideas

• Muslim ideas

• Buddhist ideas

• Confucian ideas

Emperor Tenmu and Empress Jito made changes in land ownership to strengthen the imperial power. Who would have been upset by these changes?

• merchants

• clan leaders

• peasants

• military leaders

If a visitor compared the Chinese capital Chang'an and the Japanese capital Nara, what difference might the visitor notice?

• Nara lacked a wall for protection

• Nara lacked an imperial palace

• Nara lacked religious temples and monasteries

• Nara lacked an orderly street pattern

The design of a Shinto temple would most likely draw attention to

• a code of moral rules

• worship of foreign gods

• the cycle of pain and suffering

• respect for the beauty of nature

Where did Buddhism arrive between 1 and 500 C.E.?

• India and Japan

• India and China

• Korea and Japan

• China and Korea

In Buddhist teaching, how does meditation help lead to wisdom?

• by teaching the steps to a moral life

• by emptying the mind of distracting thoughts

• by providing a time to regret one's sins

• by encouraging the study of books by enlightened teachers