Medieval Japan

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.

Before the time of Prince Shotoku, Japanese government

• ruled over Korea and China.

• depended on local clan leaders.

• had a bureaucracy of officials.

• filled jobs based on examinations.

Prince Shotoku’s worked to spread which religion?

• Shinto

• Islam

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

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.

Urbanization, or the movement of people to cities, was illustrated in Japan when the emperor started building which city?

• Hokkaido

• Chang'an

• Edo

• Heian-Kyo

As a result of foreign influence, the Japanese began creating sculptures of

• Shinto kami.

• emperors

• the Buddha.

• armored warriors.

The Heian period is called Japan’s golden age because of its?

• rich mines.

• foreign trade.

• military power.

• art and literature.

Which group was most responsible for the achievements of Japan’s golden age?

• the wealthy landowners

• farmers

• artisans

• merchants

Some of the original buildings of Heian-kyo were later rebuilt on the same sites. Where might a tourist go to see them?

• Nara

• Kyoto

• Tokyo

• Nagaoka