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Sent 1: The Golden Heian Era: The geomancers in 794 decided that Heian-kyo (modern Kyoto) would be an auspicious site for the imperial family.
Sent 2: It was indeed — until 1869.
Sent 3: Grants of tax-free land over the years had been made to Buddhist temples and members of the court aristocracy.
Sent 4: The most powerful families thus carved out for themselves whole regions that were to become the fiefdoms of Japanese feudalism.
Sent 5: By the end of the eighth century the clans had created a hierarchy of shiki, or rights, from the highest to the lowest ranks of society.
Sent 6: The aristocrat or court patron lent his prestige to a powerful provincial proprietor, who employed a competent estate-manager to oversee smallholders, who in turn worked their farms with dependent laborers.
Sent 7: This elaborate structure of interdependent rights and obligations was to serve Japanese society right into the 20th century.
Sent 8: Meanwhile, Heian court life blossomed in an effusion of aesthetic expression.
Sent 9: Princes and princesses judged the merits of birds, insects, flowers, roots, or seashells.
Sent 10: Literary party games held in ornate palace gardens required each guest to compose a small poem as his wine cup floated toward him along a miniature winding channel of water.
Sent 11: Expeditions were organized to the best viewing points for the first spring cherry blossoms, and special pavilions were built to watch the rising of the full moon.
Sent 12: Every gesture, from the most banal opening of an umbrella to the sublimest act of lovemaking, had its appropriate ceremonial.
Sent 13: Conversation often took the form of elegant exchanges of improvised verse.
Sent 14: The changing role of Chinese culture in Japanese life was epitomized in the language itself.
Sent 15: In the absence of an indigenous alphabet, Japanese scholars had with the greatest difficulty tried to adapt the complex ideograms of monosyllabic Chinese to the essentially polysyllabic Japanese.
Sent 16: Thus developed the katakana system used as a vehicle for writing Buddhist names and concepts.
Sent 17: After rival Fujiwara factions had been struggling for years to gain control of the imperial throne, they turned to the Taira and Minamoto armies in 1156 to wage the four-year war that heralded the end of the golden age of the Heian court.
Sent 18: The Taira, controlling the region along the Inland Sea, defeated the Minamoto armies based in the Kanto province east of the capital.

Question: When was the end Heian-kyo as a site for the imperial family? (false/1)

1869
20th century
1855

Question: What allowed powerful families to claim large regions before the height of Japanese feudalism? (false/2)

Grants of tax-free land to members of the court aristocracy and Buddhist temples
By creating a hierarchy of shiki
Grants of tax-free land
The emperor

Question: When did the Golden Heian Era end? (false/3)

794
1156
1969
1869

Question: What is the time period for the use of the hierarchy of Shiki used? (false/4)

21st Century
18th century
The eighth century into the 20th century
666

Question: What led to the development of the katakana system? (true/5)

Question: What led to the Tiara army defeating the Minamoto armies? (true/6)

Love
War
Katakana System
Rival Fujiwara factions

Question: What time period was Heian-kyo used as a site for the imperial family? (true/7)

20th Century
Japanese Life
1899
From 794 to 1869

Question: How did Japanese feudalism impact Kyoto? (true/8)

Powerful families claimed whole regions
The king claimed many lands
It was abolished
The Japanese feuded with the Chinese
The geomancers in 794 decided that Heian-kyo (modern Kyoto) would be an auspicious site for the imperial family. Sent 2: It was indeedâââuntil 1869
The most powerful families claimed whole regions to serve as their families fiefdoms while establishing a hierarchy within the society

Question: What was the Japanese word for the elaborate structure of interdependent rights and obligations that served Japanese society into the 20th century? (true/9)

Shiki
Sushimi

Question: Why were the most powerful families able to obtain whole regions for themselves? (false/10)

By grants of tax-free land over the years
Atta's personalities
Grants of tax-free land had been given over the years to these members of the court aristocracy
By creating a hierarchy of shiki

Question: Which people were able to experience, for example, literary party games in ornate palace gardens and expeditions to the best places to see the first spring cherry blossoms? (false/11)

Question: Who invaded Kyoto and what was the outcome? (true/12)

The Buddhists
Japanese scholars
Realize
The Heians
The Chinese
Rival Fujiwara factions, the Taira & Minamoto Armies. The Heian Court fell and the Minamoto Armies were defeated

Question: In Heian court life, princes and princesses judge merits of creatures and items based on what category? (false/13)

Question: What lead to the development of katakana system? (false/14)

In the absence of an indigenous alphabet, Japanese scholars had with the greatest difficulty tried to adapt the complex ideograms of monosyllabic Chinese to the essentially polysyllabic Japanese
The Buddhists
A need for language
The changing role of Chinese culture
The Chinese
The absences of an indigenous alphabet

Question: The changing in Chinese culture in Japanese life eventually had what written language develop? (true/15)

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