Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) Their strong nationalism. 
B) Their appeal to idealism. 
C) Their separation from the general population. 
D) Their belief in nature worship. 
E) Their desire to attain nirvana. 
A) Their strong nationalism. 
B) Their appeal to idealism. 
C) Their separation from the general population. 
D) Their belief in nature worship. 
E) Their desire to attain nirvana. A

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

The ____________________ were the high nobility who supported the shoguns.

Accepted Answer

daimyo

Question 4

Compare and contrast mainland and island Southeast Asia.

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Answers would include a discussion of th

Question 5

Discuss the history of Japanese social structure.

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Answers would include a discus

Question 6

What country was the source of the strongest cultural influences on the Japanese?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

What was the status of the shogun during Japan's Kamakura period?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

Term for identification: Kami

Accepted Answer

The term "Kami" is most commonly associa

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

Parcels of good land known as shoen were

Accepted Answer

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. 
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 11

Term for identification: Silla

Accepted Answer

Silla refers to an ancient Korean kingdo

Question 12

Term for identification: Chakri Dynasty

Accepted Answer

The Chakri Dynasty, also known as the Ho

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

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. 
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 14

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

Accepted Answer

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. 
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 15

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

Accepted Answer

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. 
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 16

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of Difficulties with monasteries and Christianity in general...

Question 17

Term for identification: shogun

Accepted Answer

The term "shogun" refers to a military d

Question 18

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

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Answers would include a discus

Question 19

Why was the great temple at Angkor Wat constructed?

Accepted Answer

A) It was a place of worship. 
B) It was the funeral monument of the king. 
C) It served the colonizing Chinese. 
D) It was a copy of the Egyptian pyramids. 
E) It was a Mongol holy site. 
A) It was a place of worship. 
B) It was the funeral monument of the king. 
C) It served the colonizing Chinese. 
D) It was a copy of the Egyptian pyramids. 
E) It was a Mongol holy site.

Question 20

Elaborate on the development of early Japan.

Accepted Answer

Answers would include a discus

Exam 19: Japan and Southeast Asia

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

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

The ____________________ were the high nobility who supported the shoguns.

Compare and contrast mainland and island Southeast Asia.

Discuss the history of Japanese social structure.

What country was the source of the strongest cultural influences on the Japanese?

What was the status of the shogun during Japan's Kamakura period?

Term for identification: Kami

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

Parcels of good land known as shoen were

Term for identification: Silla

Term for identification: Chakri Dynasty

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

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

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

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

Term for identification: shogun

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

Why was the great temple at Angkor Wat constructed?

Elaborate on the development of early Japan.

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