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Sent 1: Chinese Influences: The Japanese were forced out of the Korean peninsula in the sixth century, but not before the Koreans had bequeathed to the Yamato court copies of the sacred images and scriptures of Chinese Buddhism.
Sent 2: Just as Christianity introduced Mediterranean culture into northern Europe, so Buddhism brought Chinese culture into Japanese society.
Sent 3: Throughout the seventh and eighth centuries numerous Japanese monks, scholars, and artists made the perilous trip west across the Sea of Japan to study Chinese religion, history, music, literature, and painting — later to be brought back for further development in Japan.
Sent 4: An outstanding figure of this time was Prince Shotoku, who in 604 developed the "Seventeen-Article Constitution," outlining a code of human conduct and the ideals of state as a basic law for the nation.
Sent 5: He also established relations with the Sui dynasty in China.
Sent 6: Through him, the Japanese imperial court developed Chinese patterns of centralized government, with its formal bureaucracy of eight court ranks.
Sent 7: The Chinese calendar was used to calculate the year of Japan's foundation by counting back the 1,260 years of the Chinese cosmological cycle.
Sent 8: Thus, 660 b.c.
Sent 9: is still the official date celebrated nationwide.
Sent 10: At this early stage in its history Japan was already (for the most part) only nominally ruled by the emperor.
Sent 11: De facto power was exercised by the militarily and economically strongest family.
Sent 12: The Sogas had promoted Buddhism as an imperially sanctioned counterweight to the native Shinto religion, along with the new Chinese customs, to weaken the influence of their more conservative rivals.
Sent 13: But they in turn were ousted in a.d.
Sent 14: 645 by Nakatomi Kamatari, founder of the great Fujiwara clan, which was to rule Japanese affairs for hundreds of years and provide prominent advisers to the emperor even up to the 19th century.

Question: Who were ousted in 645 AD by Nakatomi Kamatari? (false/0)

Question: The main country that influenced Japan in the region (true/1)

Question: What year is known as the year of Japan's foundation? (true/2)

Question: Who was the economically strongest family in Japan's early history? (true/3)

Question: Who helped the Japanese imperial court develop Chinese patterns of centralized government? (false/4)

Question: The religion brought to Japan from China (false/5)

Question: Who did Nakatomi Kamatari oust in a.d. 645? (false/6)

Prince Shotoku
The Sogas
Fujiwara clan

Question: Who helped influence the Japanese imperial court to develop Chinese patterns of centralized government? (false/7)

Question: How did Buddhism bring Chinese culture to Japanese society? (false/8)

Chinese Calendars
Northern Europe Christians brought Buddhism to Japan
Chinese laws
Chinese patterns of centralized government
Japanese monks, scholars, and artists brought it back to Japan for further development
Japanese monks, scholars and artists went west to study in China and then returned to Japan with what they had learned

Question: What parts of Chinese culture were brought into Japanese society? (false/9)

Question: Who established relations with the Sui dynasty in China? (true/10)

Question: Who established relations with China's Sui Dynasty? (true/11)

Question: Which Japanese figure established relations with the Sui dynasty? (true/12)

Question: Who established relations with the Sui dynasty? (false/13)

Korea
Prince Shotoku
Nakatomi Kamatari

Question: What year was Japan founded (true/14)