Early Japanese History & Culture (3)

Early Japanese History & Culture (3)

Select the correct choice


1	The Kamakura Shogunate began after the?:
		Mongol invasion.
		fall of the Manchu Dynasty in China.
		end of the Heian period.
		reign of Ieyasu.


2	*The samurai code of Bushido* stressed?:**
		loyalty and indifference to pain.
		individualism and self-interest.
		generosity and social reform.
		scholarship and gentility.


3	*The shoen* was the?:**
		highly stylized theater popular in Tokugawa Japan.
		traditional form of dress worn by the samurai warrior.
		complex relationship between the emperor and shogunate established by Tokugawa Ieyasu.
		land and the corresponding right to its income held be feudal lords in Japan.


4	How did the arts and theater fare during Japan's feudal age?:
		they blossomed and developed several new forms.
		they were banned by the shoguns.
		they made modest advances.
		they were non-existent in Japan's warrior society.


5	Upper class women played an important role in Japanese?:
		religious teachings.
		government.
		literary development.
		economic growth.


6	Which one of the following BEST characterizes the government of early Heian Japan?:
		local governments that had strong authority.
		a strong central government.
		a democracy with an assembly of citizens.
		a separate empire in each of the Japanese islands.


7	The Japanese learned all of these from China EXCEPT?:
		the belief that the emperor was divine and could do no wrong.
		the Confucian stress on forms of behavior and ancestor worship.
		central government administration.
		Buddhism.


8	Japan's closeness to the Asian mainland resulted in the Japanese borrowing the?:
		tomb culture from China.
		Indian caste system.
		Shinto religion from Korea.
		Chinese writing system.


9	*A samurai* committed seppuku?:**
		when he wished to avoid surrender.
		to make up for a mistake or a crime.
		when his actions had been questioned.
		all of these choices are correct.