Introduction
Government & City Design
Buddhism
Writing, Literature & Music
Sculpture & Architecture
100
Japan absorbing elements of culture from Korea, China and India is known as this.
What is cultural diffusion?
100
Prior to Prince Shotoku's reign, Japan's government relied on these people.
Who are local leaders?
100
This was Japan's original religion.
What is Shinto?
100
The Japanese writing system of kanji came from this country.
What is China?
100
Japan borrowed this design for its temples.
What is the pagoda (or pagodal design)?
200
Empress Suiko and this person were largely responsible for increasing contact with neighboring cultures.
Who is Prince Shotoku?
200
This was a major difference between China's capital, Chang'an and the Japanese city of Nara.
What is a wall around Chang'an?
200
For Buddhists, an important step on the path to enlightenment is this practice.
What is meditation?
200
A tanka poem has this many total syllables.
What is 31?
200
The spread of Buddhism led to Japanese artists creating statues of this.
What is the Buddha?
300
During the rule of Prince Shotoku, power in Japan was divided among chiefs of clans known as this.
What are uji?
300
Emperor Tenmu and Empress Jito strengthened the central government by taking land away from these people.
Who are clan leaders?
300
The core teaching of this branch of Buddhism is that all people can achieve nirvana.
What is Mahayana Buddhism?
300
This Chinese court music required the Japanese people to use new instruments.
What is gagaku?
300
These buildings were intended to blend in with their natural surroundings.
What are Shinto temples?
400
This was one of three ways that knowledge of Korea and China came to Japan.
What is gifts (books, art) OR Korean workers settling in Japan OR Japanese travelers?
400
Prince Shotoku drew on the ideas of Confucius to do this.
What is create ranks for government officials?
400
TRUE OR FALSE: With the arrival of Buddhism, the Japanese blended their Shinto beliefs with those of Buddhism.
What is TRUE?
400
This writing system uses simplified characters to represent Japanese syllables.
What is kana?
400
Japanese artists used this material to make their sculptures look more natural.
What is wood?
500

Prince Shotoku and Empress Suiko came from what region / family of rulers?

What is Yamato?

500
By the 800s, members of this group held all government positions in Japan.
Who are noble families (or nobility)?
500
Buddhism arrived in three countries after its founding in India. Put these countries in order from earliest adoption of Buddhism to latest adoption.
What is China, Korea, Japan?
500
This instrument was meant to look like a phoenix.
What is a sho (or sheng)?
500
In India, Buddhist monasteries featured shrines that looked like bells. These shrines are known as this.
What are stupas?
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