Notes Quiz: Empire of the Rising Sun

1. How did the early Japanese people arrive on the Japanese islands?

• They flew on a Boeing Dream-liner aircraft.

• They arrived from Alaska after crossing a land bridge.

• They arrived either overland or by boat from the Asian mainland during the last ice age.

The earliest organized Japanese culture, known for its very ancient "corded" pottery, was called the:

• Yamato

• Jomon

• Yayoi

The second group to arrive in Japan in the third century BCE were the:

• Yamato

• Jomon

• Yayoi

The clan that emerged from dominant over the people of the Osaka/Kyoto/Nara agricultural region were the:

• Yamato

• Jomon

• Yayoi

Native Japanese religion (called ________) is based on the worship of many divine nature spirits, called______.

• uji, kami

• kami, Shinto

• Shinto, uji

• Shinto, kami

The first Japanese emperor (chief of chiefs) was a semi-legendary figure named:

• Amaterasu

• Prince Shotoku

• Jimmu

The most important deity in Japanese religion is ________________, the Goddess of the Sun.

• Amaterasu

• Prince Shotoku

• Jimmu

Which of these are evidence of Chinese and Korean influence over early Japan?

• Confucianism was abandoned in government.

• Japanese capital at Nara was built in the likeness of Chang'an (Xi'an).

• Shintoism adopted as an official religion.

• Adoption and preaching of Buddhism.

• Idea of an emperor ruling over all of Japan.

In what way does the Shinto religion give Japanese emperors the "mandate of heaven"?

• Japanese emperors claim to be the offspring of the Goddess Amaterasu, giving them a divine right to rule.

• Japanese emperors are expected to be the most religious people in the land. This piety gives them the right to rule.

• Japanese emperors usually rule the way the Gods tell them to, so they get permission from the Gods to rule.

Who oversaw the adoption of Chinese-style reforms (Buddhism as the state religion, Confucian ideals) to Japan's government

• Amaterasu

• Prince Shotoku

• Jimmu