Ch. 24- Section 1- Japan

Four main islands- Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Hokkaido

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• Mt. Fuji- Japan’s highest peak• Land- size- CA• Ring of Fire- earthquakes and volcanoes• 5,000 earthquakes- year• 1995- Kobe- earthquake- thousands die• $50-$70 billion- damage• Tsunamis- huge sea waves- undersea

earthquakes

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• No more than 70 miles- sea• Kanto Plain- most cities and farms located here• Climate- humid continental- cold winters• Humid subtropical- warm currents- Pacific Ocean• Economy- economic giant, major industrial power• High standard of living• Farming limited- intensive cultivation• Farmers grow crops every piece of land• More than one harvest- same piece of land

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• MFG• High technology- use of robots• Highly skilled workers- value education, hard

work, cooperation• Trade- limited mineral resources• Import oil, coal, and iron ore• Environment- pollution- problem• Very strict laws- pollution• Public transportation- cuts down pollution

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• Ancestry- clans- groups of related families• Ruled Japan (400’s)• Japan and China- close ties • Religion- Buddhism• 790’s- Japan’s power declined• 1100’s – 1860’s- Japan ruled by samurai• Warrior class• Shoguns- military ruler/dictator

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• Japan- “closed door policy”• 1853- Commodore Perry demanded trading

privileges• Japan- no war- opened their doors• 1800’s- Japan- modernized- improve education

and industries• Entrance exams• 1900’s- Japan- #1 Asian power• 1930’s- Japan takes land from China• December 7, 1941- Japan attacks Pearl Harbor-

WWII

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• 1945- Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombed

• Japan defeated- US helps rebuild Japan- democracy

• Pop.- 126.4 million- live in cities

• Megalopolis- “super city”- Honshu- Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Yokohama

• Very modern, steep tradition

• People have many jobs

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• Family life- center of life, obey rules, extended family• School 6 days a week• Baseball, sumo wrestling, judo• Food, religion to other countries• Fashion, music accepted by Japanese• Religion- Shinto• Respect nature, be clean, be mannerly, live simple• Buddhism- inner peace• Arts- world’s first novel- Japan- The Tale of Genji• Haiku- poetry- 3 lines- 17 syllables- 5-7-5