Cultural Diffusion in Medieval Japan

Buddhist priests visiting from this country introduced Buddhism to Japan which had begun in India about one thousand years earlier

• China

• Korea

• Indonesia

• Vietnam

In 593, a female ruler, Empress Suiko, came to power in Japan. Prince Shotoku was her...

• husband

• cousin

• son

• nephew

Immigrants and visitors from this country introduced Confucianism to Japan.

• China

• Korea

• India

• Vietnam

Empress Suiko was from a line or rulers from this region of Japan, which loosely controlled much of Japan.

• Tokyo

• Yamato

• Kyoto

• Osaka

Who influenced the spread of Buddhism throughout Japan and built many Buddhist temples?

• Empress Suiko

• Confucius

• Lao Zi

• Prince Shotoku

Which of the following means "land of the rising sun" ?

• Uji

• Suiko

• Shotoku

• Nippon

Clans who ruled by a chief who helped rule regions of Japan in the name of the emperor.

• Uji

• Suiko

• Shotoku

• Nippon

Credited with helping create the "17 Article Constitution," Prince Shotoku borrowed ideas from this Chinese religion...

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

• Islam

• Daoism

Whereas the Chinese government depended on a bureaucracy run by scholar-officials, Japan's early emperors depended on...

• the 17 Article Consitution

• a Nippon Bureaucracy

• uji leaders

• Samurai warriors

By the 700s, Japan's imperial government looked much like China's, but with ONE key difference...

• The Japanese government was run by a powerful aristocracy

• Japanese government officials depended on local uji leaders

• The Japanese no longer had an emperor and was run by scholar-officials.

• Japanese government officials were chosen based on their ability [merit]