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28 Cards in this Set
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What is the capital of Japan?
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Tokyo
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a. Why does Japan get so many earthquakes?
b. What's a tsunami? |
a. Lies in the Ring of Fire
b. huge waves caused by under-sea earthquakes |
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What is Japan made of?
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4 main islands (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu) and thousands of tiny islands
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What is Japan's most famous peak?
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Mt. Fuji (12,388 ft)
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What's the largest coastal plain?
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Kanto Plain
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T of F: Japan has lots of natural resources
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False
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What do Japanese factories produce?
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automobiles and other vehicles; electronic equipment, watches, small appliances, calculators
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What is intensive cultivation?
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Using all available land for farming
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What crops do they grow?
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main crop: rice. others: sugar beets, potatoes, fruits, tea (seafood)
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What are Japan's 2 economic challenges?
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~trade restrictions: imports few finished goods
~environment: air pollution=acid rain, overfishing |
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Where do the Japanese trace their ancestry to?
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clans, or groups of related families, lived on mainland of Asia & islands in late 400 AD
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What happened in the 790s, and 1100-1860s?
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790~power of emperors began to decline
1100-1860~ ruled by shoguns and samurai |
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What are:
a. shoguns b. samurai |
a. military leaders
b. powerful land-owning warriors |
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What happened in 1853?
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US sent fleet headed by Commodore Matthew Perry to demand trading privileges, succeed
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What happened in the late 1800s? the early 1900s?
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~Japanese leader used Western ideas to modernize the country
~Japan was the leading military power in Asia |
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What happened in:
a. 1930s b. 1941 |
~needed more resources for its growing population, took land from China
~Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, caused the US to enter World War 2 |
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What kind of government does Japan have?
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constitutional monarchy~ emperor is official head, elected officials run the government
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How is Japans:
~literacy rate ~infant death rate ~crime rate |
~100%
~lowest in the world ~very low |
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What state is Japan about the size of and what is the population?
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California
127.5 million people |
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What % of Japan's people live in urban areas?
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80%
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What are the 4 largest cities?
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~Tokyo
~Yokohama ~Nagoya ~Osaka |
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What do these cities form?
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megalopolis (huge urban area made of several large cities and communities close together)
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What are the 2 main religions?
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Buddhism and Shinto
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What do the religions teach?
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Shinto~respect for nature, love of simple things, concern for cleanliness and good manners
Buddhism~respect for nature, need to achieve inner peace |
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What is a well known Japanese poem?
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Haiku
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What are 3 sports that have origins from Japan?
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sumo, judo, and karate
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How have Japan's religions influenced the country's arts?
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Because both religions appreciate nature, many Japanese paintings portray the beauty of nature
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Why do the Japanese not want a large military?
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So that other countries won't think they're a threat, and attack them
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