Japan and Korea Review

What major event caused a decline in Chinese influence on Japan during the Heian Period?

Who wrote most of the classic Heian Period literature in Japanese, the first novels in Japanese?

Why did Emperor Kammu move the capital to Heian-kyo (Kyoto) in 794?

Most Japanese people in this era were

What type of pottery was made during the Neolithic era in Korea?

Who overthrew the first Korean dynasty, the Chosun, in 108 BCE?

According to the Korean creation myth, the first Korean woman Ung-Yo was actually a

The Korean writing system is based on

Which dynasty in Korea gave it the name we use today?

What was the primary geographical feature of Japan’s landscape during early habitation?

The most famous work of literature from Heian era Japan is the

What kind of government was Silla Korea?

When did humans first inhabit the Korean peninsula?

What was the role of Prince Shōtoku in early Japanese history?

During the rule of the Minamoto clan, the shogun was headquarted in the city of

The word "samurai" means

What is the central belief of Shintoism?

What was the primary subject of literature produced during the Heian Period?

Which clan (and their samurai) eventually won the Genpei War and assumed the Shogunate for centuries?

How did Japan differ from China in terms of its government?