Chapter 13 Self-Assessment

. The following are in the correct chronological order:

Yayoi period; Yamato period; Koryo kingdom; dynasty of Le Loi

Heian period; Yamato period; Ashikaga shogunate; Koryo kingdom.

Ashikaga shogunate; Yamato period; Koryo kingdom; dynasty of Le Loi.

Kamakura Shogunate; Heian period; Tran dynasty; Parhae kingdom.

. The works of a handful of very literate Japanese women such as Murasaki Shikibu were often written in:

Blue tempera.

Formal Mandarin.

Kana script.

Haikus.

. The authors of the textbook consider the influence of China in northeast and southeast Asia to be analogous to:

The influence of France in Europe.

The influence of India in China.

The influence of the Greek-Hellenistic and Roman cultures in Europe.

The influence of Aristotle on Enlightenment thought.

. Geographically, Korea could be described as:

Basically consisting of planes, with a few high plateaus.

Generally mountainous in the north and hilly in the south.

Desolate and arid in the southern areas, forcing South Koreans to import most of their food.

Rainy in the winter and hot and dry in the summer.

. All of the following is true of the first Korean state EXCEPT:

The first Korean state predated Korean contact with China.

Was named Choson, meaning "The Land of the Morning Calm."

Extended far into the area of what is now southern Manchuria.

We are able to reconstruct the history of early Korea from the copious written records of the first dynasty.

. Systematic Chinese attempts to transform Korea:

Were initiated after the Han conquest in the second century BCE.

Were largely due to the efforts of Qin Shiuangdi.

Resulted in the loss of Korean metallurgy.

Cut off contact between Korea and Japan.

. In the first century BCE:

The Chinese abandoned the entire Korean peninsula.

The northern kingdom, Silla, invited the Japanese to help them conquer the south.

Three Kingdoms -- Koguryo, Paekche, and Silla -- developed.

Paekche rejected Buddhism and Daoism as "vile foreign lies."

. All of the following are true of the Mongol conquests on the Korean peninsula EXCEPT:

The Mongols used weapons such as rockets and bombs in the siege of Kaesong.

About 250,000 Koreans were deported by the Mongols to be used as slave labor.

The Mongols kept themselves separate from the Koreans, prohibiting intermarriage or the overt adoption of Korean culture.

The benefits of protected trade routes and easy travel and transport were useful, but were far outweighed by the cruelty of the Mongol conquest.

. Korea's final imperial dynasty was:

The Koguryo of Choson.

The Yi.

The Latter Silla.

The Former Paekche.

. Sericulture is:

The science of cultivating rice.

The art of making alcoholic beverages from rice and millet.

A technique for raising cereal grains.

The art of raising silkworms to produce raw silk.

. After instituting their version of the Confucian examinations, Koreans:

Developed a social structure that mirrored that of China, but unlike in China, class tensions erupted immediately and official designations were abandoned.

Became influenced much less by warrior/serf feudal power structures as the responsibilities of the upper classes to see to the wellbeing of the lower classes became codified.

Developed four basic classes: the high-ranking scholar/gentry; the lower or minor officials; commoners, such as artisans and peasants; and then the lower group, bond slaves, laborers, and prostitutes.

Focused on maintaining a social structure that allocated specific responsibilities to each level, including women, who tended to become more secluded as Koreans adopted the practice of foot binding.

. All of the following are true EXCEPT:

Asian literacy rates grew in the twelfth century, but never reached the levels attained in Europe.

By the twelfth century, Korea developed into one of the world's largest centers of printing.

The demand for printed material was fueled by the demand for Buddhist literature.

Korean publishers used what may have been the world's first movable metallic type.

. All of the following are true of Japan EXCEPT:

As an island nation, its relative isolationâlike that of Great Britain â led to a much greater sense of security.

It consists of many islands, with the main four islands varying greatly in climatic conditions.

Japan is fortunate in that an unusually high proportion of its land is suitable for agriculture.

The rugged landscape of Japan has supported development of politically isolated, culturally united communities.

. The term Ainu means:

Strangers to the land.

Hairy ones.

First people.

Uncivilized people.

. Archaeologists and anthropologists believe that:

Matriarchal and matrilineal clans dominated prehistoric society in Japan.

The predominant political organization was based on clans led by warrior patriarchs.

There was very little social or political structure until the Japanese established contact with Koreans and some of the Late Zhou Chinese coastal states.

The first tribal organizations were centered upon "big men," warriors powerful enough to protect the fragile food supply.

. The sixth century was momentous in Japanese social, political, and cultural development in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

Buddhism was introduced from the Korean state of Paekche.

The Korean kingdom of Silla eliminated the Japanese colony of Kaya.

Daoism was formally adopted as the state religion by the Yamato empress Suiko.

The Chinese Sui dynasty attempted to dominate the Korean peninsula, pushing the levels of emigration from Korea to Japan to high levels.

. The following events/circumstances were important in the development of the Yamato regime EXCEPT:

The introduction of Chinese writing systems and imperial histories.

The Chinese concept of the "Mandate of Heaven" was rejected in favor of more concrete notions.

The Soga clan was overthrown and Fujiwara No-Kamatari emerged as advisor to the new emperor.

A 17-article constitution, modeled on Confucian and Buddhist precepts, was adopted.

. Problems arising during the Heian period in Japan include all of the following EXCEPT:

The effectiveness of political organization in the outlying area diminished as power was absorbed by the capital.

Although supported by the elite, rapid social change was unwelcome to peasants, artisans, and merchants.

The bureaucracy weakened as the rural uji began reasserting power.

Revenues dropped to dangerous levels as much of the land, such as elite clan estates and Buddhist monasteries, became tax exempt.

. The Shogunate era in Japan refers to:

The period during which the emperor personally assumed the responsibilities of military leadership.

The organization developed by the Japanese to repel the Mongol invasions.

The period during which all Japanese, including peasants and merchants, had military responsibilities.

The time when real power was vested in a hereditary military dictator, with the emperor largely acting as a figurehead.

. The dramatic changes in Japanese society and political organization during the period between 1250 and 1600 were made possible by:

The creativity with which the Japanese interpreted and implemented Western ideas.

Dramatic increases in food production.

The symbiotic relationship between the emperor and the shogun.

The wealth accrued through trade with China and Korea.

. All of the following statements are true about the status of Vietnamese women EXCEPT:

Obtaining a divorce seems to have been relatively easy for both parties.

During the first millennium BCE, women occupied official and bureaucratic roles, such as diplomats and small-business operators.

During the first millennium, villages and clans were often organized on a bilateral basis.

They were generally physically sequestered and under the authority of their fathers, husbands, or sons.

. Ancient Vietnamese relationships with China are accurately described by all of the following statements EXCEPT:

The Qin dynasty occupied northern Vietnam in the third century BCE, as did the Han in the second century BCE.

With the fall of the Han Empire in 220 BCE, the Vietnamese were able to attain a long lasting period of independence.

The occupation of parts of Vietnam did much to develop and solidify a sense of a Vietnamese identity.

Two women, the Trung sisters, became national symbols because of their fierce rebellion against the Han dynasty.

. All of the following statements are true of Vietnamese agriculture EXCEPT:

Vietnam has been one of the world centers of wet rice cultivation from the time the grain was domesticated.

Vietnamese rice yields ran as high as 25 bushels per acre.

By the mid-fifteenth century, there were about 50 strains of rice cultivated in northern Vietnam.

During the long rainy season of the summer, vegetables and commercial crops such as hemp would be cultivated.

. Vietnam's relatively unobstructed natural border with southern China had all of the following results EXCEPT:

It assured continual contact and often led to ethnic blending.

There is some evidence that a degree of ancestor veneration was also transmitted, although not nearing the degree found in Han China.

It fostered the transmission of Buddhism, leading to Vietnam's development of vibrant art motifs and temples.

Although Theravada Buddhism was successfully introduced to Vietnam, Mahayana Buddhism did not have an impact on the Vietnamese.

. All of the following are generally accurate about the institutions governing Vietnamese politics, labor, and trade EXCEPT:

The village headman and the institutions of the court provided the basic structures.

Local leadership was elective, but the choice had to be approved by the imperial court.

The headman had considerable power, collecting taxes and sitting with a council of notables, composed of members of a scholar-gentry class.

The notion of a balance between the central and local governments was promoted, but it was always a sham.

. Chinese cultural diffusion:

Was greater in areas such as Korea and Vietnam than in Japan because they had more direct association with the Chinese.

Was minimal in Japan because of its island status and because China never conquered Japan.

Was considered a threat by Japanese, Vietnamese, and Korean elites because it tended to invalidate local practices and traditions.

Proceeded more quickly in Japan than on the Asian mainland, perhaps because they were voluntary and not imposed from the outside.

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