Unit 6 Japan Revised

What type of physical feature is Japan?

• peninsula

• subcontinent

• archipelago

• island

What proportion of Japan is mountainous?

• very little

• about half

• more than three quarters

• none, it is river plains

Japan's highest mountain is the

• Fuji Mountain

• Foogies Mountain

• Foothills Mountain

• Fuja Mountain

How many major islands make up Japan and which one is the largest?

• There are two major islands, Nara and Heian-kyo

• There is one major island and Mt. Fuji is the largest

• There are four major islands and Honshu is the largest

• There a over 3,000 very large islands and Tokyo is the largest

What happened to Japanese culture when Empress Suiko and Prince Shotoku came into power in early medieval period?

• Japan was not influenced by other cultures.

• The Mongol empire took over Japan and replaced its culture with mongolian culture.

• Other cultures completely replaced Japan's own culture.

• Cultural diffusion occurred at a faster rate because Shotoku studied China

Which two countries were a major influence on Japanese culture?

• China and Korea
• China and Russia
• Korea and Russia
• Egypt and Greece

Which country's government did Prince Shotoku use as an example for Japan using a similar bureaucratic style?

• China

• Ghana

• India

• England

Prince Shotoku created a governing breaucracy like China's and based ranks for government officials on

• Shinto ideas

• Muslim ideas.

• Buddhist ideas.

• Confucian ideas.

Although Japan was heavily influenced by their neighbors, what cultural practice did they decide NOT to adopt?

• Using characters instead of letters for their writing system

• Metalworking with steel

• The Civil Service Exam system

• Painting scenes from nature

In 710 CE the imperial government built a new capital city of Nara modeled on the Chinese capital Chang’an. What difference might a visitor notice between these two cities?

• Nara lacked a wall for protection.

• Nara lacked an imperial palace

• Nara lacked religious temples and monasteries.

• Nara lacked an orderly street pattern.