Japanese envoys studied Tang China in the 600s and 700s. Which borrowing became central to Japanese writing?

Nara was planned with Tang China’s capital in mind. Which feature did Japanese builders copy?

Early Japanese rulers used the ritsuryo system after studying China. What kind of model was ritsuryo?

In 894 Japan ended official missions to Tang China. What did this help make possible at court?

Which Chinese government practice did Japan borrow in idea but never fully use like China did?

After 1185 the imperial court still existed, but warriors increasingly managed government. Who held practical military rule?

In medieval Japan, what was a daimyo?

Which statement best describes the emperor under much of warrior rule?

Kamakura's central authority was called the bakufu. What does bakufu mean in this setting?

Kamakura rulers placed jitō and shugo in provinces. What work did these officials do?

During the Ashikaga era, central control weakened. Who often ruled provinces and fought over territory?

Tokugawa rulers required daimyo to live part-time in Edo and leave families there when away. What was the purpose?

Which role did the term samurai name in medieval Japan?

A tale praises a retainer who stays loyal to his lord despite danger. Which code does that fit?

A defeated warrior performs a formal death by cutting his abdomen to avoid disgrace. What was this act called?

Which Buddhist school especially appealed to many warriors because it stressed discipline and self-control?

During the long Tokugawa peace, what happened to many samurai roles?

A daimyo supports a retainer from rice income. What obligation was expected in return?

After the Minamoto defeated the Taira in 1185, which warrior government did they set up in eastern Japan?

Minamoto Yoritomo received which title in 1192 to mark his military control?

After Kamakura fell in the 1330s, which warrior family established a new government near Kyoto?

Which sequence of warrior governments is in the correct historical order?

After the 1274 Mongol attack, what did Japan build around Hakata Bay before the next invasion?

What happened to the Mongol-led invasions of Japan in 1274 and 1281?

Japanese accounts remembered the storms that helped destroy Mongol fleets as what?

Which difference separated many Japanese lord-retainer ties from European vassalage?

Which land-and-service comparison is most accurate?

Which comparison correctly matches warrior codes?

Which comparison of the timing of warrior rule in Japan and feudalism in western Europe is accurate?

Why do historians warn that “Japanese feudalism” was not simply a copy of Europe’s system?