World Civilizations Online Chapter 19 -- Short Answer

Short Answer

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.

1	The __________ reforms of 646 represented the culmination of centuries of Japanese borrowing from China and attempted to remake the Japanese monarch into an absolute ruler. Need a hint?

2	__________ was the Japanese capital later called Kyoto. Need a hint?

3	Written by Lady Murasaki, the __________ was the first Japanese novel. Need a hint?

4	The __________ were aristocratic Japanese of the ninth century who exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs. Need a hint?

5	Regional warriors in Japan who ruled small kingdoms from fortresses were called __________. Need a hint?

6	The mounted troops of the bushi, the __________ were loyal to local lords rather than the emperor. Need a hint?

7	The ritual suicide practiced by defeated Japanese warriors was called __________ or hara-kiri. Need a hint?

8	The __________ Wars were waged for five years from 1180 on Honshu between the Taira and Minamoto families. Need a hint?

9	The military government established by the Minamoto following their defeat of the Taira was called the __________. Need a hint?

10	__________ were military leaders of the military government established by the Minamoto. Need a hint?

11	A Japanese warrior family who dominated the Kamakura regime, the __________ claimed to rule in the name of the emperor. Need a hint?

12	A member of the Minamoto family, __________ overthrew the Kamakura regime and established the Ashikaga Shogunate from 1336 to 1573. Need a hint?

13	A full-scale civil war was fought between rival heirs of the __________ between 1467 and 1477. Need a hint?

14	The __________ were warlord rulers of three hundred small states established following the disruption of the Ashikaga Shogunate. Need a hint?

15	The earliest kingdom in Korea, __________ was conquered by the Han emperor Wudi in 109 B.C.E. Need a hint?

16	The __________ tribe of northern Korea established an independent kingdom in the northern half of the Korean peninsula. Need a hint?

17	__________ is the extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regionshorizontalparticularly in Japan and Korea. Need a hint?

18	A kingdom in southeastern Korea, __________ allied with the Tang emperors of China to defeat their Korean rivals. Need a hint?

19	Ritual bows introduced from China and indicating submissiveness and deference were referred to as __________. Need a hint?

20	The first dynasty of the kingdom of Silla was the __________ dynasty. Need a hint?

21	The Korean dynasty that succeeded the Koryo dynasty following the Mongol invasions was the __________ dynasty. Need a hint?

22	The __________ sisters led one of the frequent peasant rebellions in Vietnam against Chinese rule in 39 C.E. Need a hint?

23	The __________ dynasty was the first independent Vietnamese dynasty following the disruption of the Chinese political control of southeast Asia, but continued to adopt Chinese cultural patterns. Need a hint?

24	The Indianized rivals of the Vietnamese who moved into the Mekong delta region at the time of the Vietnamese drive to the south were the __________. Need a hint?

25	The Indianized rivals of the Vietnamese who lived along the lowland areas along the coast and who were driven into the highlands were the __________. Need a hint?

26	The Hanoi-based dynasty of the north that ruled during the period of Vietnamese expansion were the __________. Need a hint?

27	The dynasty that emerged in the frontier areas of south Vietnam and who challenged the Hanoi-based dynasty was the __________. Need a hint?

28	The capital of the southern dynasty in Vietnam was located at __________. Need a hint?