The so-called seventeen-article constitution involved a. a ...

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The so-called seventeen-article constitution involved
 
  a. a decentralization of Japanese government by Shotoku Taishi.
  b. an effort to enable the Japanese to conquer the Tang Dynasty of China.
  c. the formal establishment of feudalism.
  d. a last-ditch effort to keep peasants under Buddhist control.
  e. a centralized government under a supreme ruler and a merit system.

Question 2

In reaction to the Tang infiltration into the Korean Peninsula,
 
  a. relations between the Korean kingdoms and the Japanese rulers became estranged.
  b. Japanese governmental power became more decentralized for a time.
  c. Shotoku Taishi made contacts with Tang rulers in order to adopt Chinese governing methods.
  d. Japan declared war upon Korea.
  e. Japan declared war upon Tang China.

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Answer to Question 1

e

Answer to Question 2

c

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