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41 Cards in this Set
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_______ cause alot of destruction along Japan's Pacific Coast. They are waves
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tsunamis
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Name the capital of Japan
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Tokyo
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huge urban area made up of several large cities and comunities near them
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megalopolis
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a group of islands
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archipelago
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what is the major religion of japan?
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shinto
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The japanese form of wrestling is called _____
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sumo
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body of water between japan and korea
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sea of japan
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the coldest region of japan is _______
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hokkaido
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the ______ ruled japan from the late 1100s to the 1860s
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shoguns
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japan's highest mountain
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mount fuji
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japanese _____ ____ ____ influenced the french impressionists
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wood-block prints
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japn is located in the ring of fire. what is that?
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ring of volcanoes
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tokyo, yokohama, osaka, and nagoya are an example of a japanese ________
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megalopolois
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name 2 cities destroyed by america's atom bomb in ww2
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hiroshima and nagasaki
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grow crops on every avaliable piece of land
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intensive cultivation
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famous type of japanese poetry
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haiku
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what is kabuki?
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historical plays
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japan modeled its way of life on _____
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china
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farmland in japan is limited why?
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it is so small and has lots of mountains
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Artic ocean ____ and _____ affect japans climate
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winds and currents
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japan is known for its industry but it has to import most of the ____ _____ those industries use
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raw materials
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during the 1930s japan began taking over land in _____
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china
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what is japan's form of government?
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constitutional monarchy
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which japanese island are tokyo and yokohama located on?
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honshu
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no part of japan is ___ miles from the sea
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70
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the line that divides north and south korea
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38 parallel
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system for writing the korean language
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hangul
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kingdom for early korea
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silla
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highly spiced korean vegetable dish
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kimchi
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the korean peninsula juts out from northern china between ____ and ______
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yellow sea and sea of japan
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3 major religions of south korea
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buddhism, confucianism, and christianity
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country that conquered korea in 1910
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japan
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how did the korean war end?
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the country split back into 2 countries
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martial art that began in korea
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tae kwon do and karate
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why did the korean war begin?
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troops from communist soviet union took over northern korea and invaded south korea
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what countries border the koreas
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china and japan
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which president sent troops ro korea?
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truman
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name north korea's capital
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pyongyang
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name south korea's capital
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seoul
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where do most south koreans live
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cities or towns in the costal plains
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what body of water lies west of the koreas
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yellow sea
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