Southern and East Asia History

Prince Shotoku believed that both Buddhism and __________ could unify Japan.

• kami

• Confucianism

• Tang China

• Taiki Reform

Which of the following ideals were bushido values that guided samurai? Choose the TWO correct answers.

• loyalty to one’s lord

• loyalty to one’s family

• personal honor

• family honor

What features are associated with the dynasties of the Tang (618–907) and Song (960–1279)?

• 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.

• opened a Linen Road.

European sailors really loved

• tea

• the compass

• gunpowder

• tik tok

Who had a higher social status in the Yuan dynasty?

• Song scholar-officials

• the Packers

• northern Chinese nobles

• Turks and other Muslims

For three hundred years after 860, the real power in Japan was in the hands of...

• the Fujiwara family.

• powerful emperors.

The Tale of Genji provides a glimpse of life in the Heian court because its author served the emperor’s wife.

• True

• False

The Mongol empire provided safety for travellers like Marco Polo.

• True

• False

What strategy did both Toyotomi Hideyoshi and, later, Tokugawa Ieyasu use to create peace in Japan?

• They both forced the daimyo to pledge loyalty to them.

• They both commanded the daimyo to leave their families.