Topic 4 Test Review

Prince Shotoku believed that both _______ and _______ could unify Japan.

• Kami

• Confucianism

• Tang China

• Buddhism

Which of the TWO following ideals were bushido values that guided samurai?

• Loyalty to one's lord

• Loyalty to one's family

• Personal honor

• Family honor

What features are associated with the dynasties of the Tang and Song?

• Economic problems and political violence

• Prosperity, stable government, and advances in farming

• Development of government bureaucracy

• Overseas conquests and colonization

When the Mongols came to power, they

• Reopened the SIlk Road to trade

• Shut down the Silk Road

• Raised taxes on merchants using the Silk Road

• Ignored the Silk Road entirely

Which of the following inventions proved to be of great value to European sailors?

• Tea

• The Compass

• Gunpowder

• Paper

Read the following quote from Buddhist scripture Dhammapada.

“Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like); fletchers bend the arrow; carpenters bend a log of wood; wise people master themselves.”

What central part of Buddhism expressed in the quote appealed to samurai who practiced Zen?

• Patience

• Self-control and discipline

• Purity

• Loyalty and obedience

For three hundred years after 860 (before feudalism), the real power in Japan was in the hands of

• The Fujiwara family

• Powerful emperors

• The warlords

• The samurai

What does the map suggest to you about Marco Polo’s journey to China?

• He traveled almost entirely by sea

• He traveled as far west as North America

• The Mongol empire must have provided safety for travellers

• He had to avoid Mongol lands to make the trip safely

Which belief system spread first from India to China and then to Korea and Japan, helping to create

cultural unity in the region?

• Buddhism

• Daoism

• Confucianism

• Christianity

What important practice or teaching is used in Shingon Buddhism?

• the belief in a merciful being who has achieved enlightenment but chooses to remain on Earth

  to help others

• the practice of individual efforts focused on self-control and discipline

• the idea that no one is too lowly to be saved

• the recitation of true words, or mantras, to advance one’s spiritual growth