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Chapter 32: Japan And Korea Is Flashcards

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What is in archipelago?

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Chain of islands

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What is the ring of fire?

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A region of spectacular tech tonic activity along the rim of the Pacific ocean

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What are typhoons?

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A typhoon is a tropical hurricane that forms over the Pacific ocean, often causing floods and landslides

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What does homogenous mean?

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It means uniform. 99% of Japan’s people have ancestors who lived in Japan thousands of years ago

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What is selective borrowing?

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Selective borrowing is:

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What is militarism?

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The glorification of the military and a readiness for war. Military leaders encourage people to believe that your pans mission in the world was to free the Asian nations from Western imperialism

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What is a quota?

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Affix quantity which limits the number of foreign-made goods sold in Japan

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What are tariffs?

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Tariffs our taxes on imports that make foreign goods more costly than their domestic equivalents

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What is the demilitarized zone?

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A strip of land between North and South Korea on which troops and weapons are not allowed

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What is proliferation?

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Proliferation is the increasing number of atomic weapons around the world

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What are the four main islands of Japan?

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Honshu - largest island and home to 80% of population
Shikoku
Kyushu
Hokkaido

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What is the largest island of Japan?

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Honshu

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Describe the terrain of Japan

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Japan has mountainous terrain. Only 13% of Japan’s land is arable, or able to grow crops

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Japan is made up of what?

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An archipelago, or chain of islands

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Who experiences more earthquakes than any other country in the world??

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Japan. More than 1500 earthquakes can be felt by people each year

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What are volcanoes beneficial to Japan?

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Volcanoes warm underground water and create Hot Springs

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How is Japan created more farmland?

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Japan has carved terraces into hillsides and drained marshes, swamps, and deltas

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What is the Japan current?

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It flows north word from tropical waters, and warms the air. This leads to a strong growing season

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What is the oyashio current?

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Flows southeastward cooling the air

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How was high population density affect Japan?

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Landyn housing is expensive and many families live in high-rise apartments

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Describe Japanese ancestry

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Most have a common heritage and shared ancestry or how much it is population. The only significant ethnic minority is Koreans

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Define Ainu:

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Early inhabitants of northern Japan, excluded from society

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Define burakumin

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Ethically Japanese, but social outcast. Descendants of burgers and leather tanners

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Describe the religion of Shintoism

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Shintoism worship the forces of nature and the spirits of the dead ancestors. This religion no longer focus on daily life still a part of festivals and

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Which religion was started in Japan?

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Shintoism

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Describe Buddhism

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Majority of Japanese also practice Buddhist traditions
People should seek spiritual enlightenment or knowledge by living selflessly and modestly
Simple images of nature and art are influenced by Buddhism

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When was Dupin’s first contact with The west?

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In 1543 Portuguese trading ships arrived in Japan

Roman Catholic missionaries followed

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When did Japan shut its doors to the west?

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At first Japan welcome foreigners, but in 1639 the government closed it’s doors to the west

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Who forcibly reopen the Japan when he and his fleet sailed into the Japanese harbor in 1853?

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Commodore Matthew see Perry was sent with a fleet of ships to Japan. He was sent to negotiate trade agreement. Later Japan was forced to sign trade agreements with others as well

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What does Meiji mean?

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Enlightened rule

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What did the Meiji government do and when did they establish themselves?

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In 1868 new government took control of Japan for revolution.
The Meiji government determined to modernize and industrialize
This. Lasted from 1868 to 1912

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What does Japanese Parliament call itself?

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The Diet

33
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List three things needed to carry out the meiji revolution

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1) reformers sent hundreds to US and Europe to learn western ways
2) The country became more democratic
3) legal reforms made all men equal before the law

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Before World War II how did Japan acquire natural resources?

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They followed Western example and started conquering weaker nations

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When did Japan force Korea to become a part of Japan?

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1910

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Who did Japan side with in World War I

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The Allied powers

37
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What two places did Japan invaded in the 1930s?

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1931 Japan invades Manchuria

1937 Japan invades China

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Who did Japan the side with in World War II?

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Nazi Germany

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When did Japan attacked Pearl Harbor?

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December 7, 1941

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When did World War II end for japan?

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In 1945 the US dropped atomic bomb on heroshima and Nagasaki. Japan quickly surrendered

41
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Who was the first country to occupied Japan in her history?

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The United States occupied Japan from 1945 to 1952

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What did Japan do with the raw materials she had to trade for she had to trade for

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Took in wrong materials and change the finished goods for export

Made switch to expensive high-quality goods such as cameras and electronic equipment

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List and describe the four reasons for economic success in Japan

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Great natural resource has been educated workforce

Attitude and cooperative skills of its workers

Japan is now at center of active trade networks

Government takes active role in business

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What three countries had invaded Korea in years past

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Mongolia, China, and Japan

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What did the Koreans adapt from Chinese culture?

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The Chinese writing system and Chinese words

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What are the two most common religions of the Koreans?

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Buddhism and Christianity

47
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What is North Korea’s a stance on religion?

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Ethey discourage all religion

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What happened to the Korean Peninsula at the end of World War II?

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The Soviet Union was in charge of the north and the United States was in charge of the south

49
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How did the Korean War start?

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North Korea launched a surprise attack on South Korea

The objective was to unite the country under single rule of communism

50
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Who fought in the Korean War with the South Koreans?

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United Nations forces from 15 different countries came to help South Korea

98% were US troops

51
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How many countries helped in the Korean War

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15

52
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Where is the boundary established between North and South Korea?

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At the 38th parallel

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What is the capital of North Korea?

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Pyongyang

54
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What is the climate of North Korea?e

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Short cool summers and bitterly cold winters

55
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What are the natural resources of North Korea?

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Cole, iron ore, copper, lead, tungsten, and zinc

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Capital of South Korea

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Seoul

57
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Almost a quarter of South Korean population is located where?

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In its capital, Seoul

58
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Why is South Korea better suited to agriculture the North Korea?t

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Warmer climate and less mountainous

59
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Who are North Korea’s trading partners?

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China and Soviet union

60
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Who are South Korea’s trading partners?

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United States and Japan

61
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South Korea became a major exporter of what items?

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Textiles, clothing, automobiles, and electronic goods

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What led to a decline in North Korea’s economy?

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North Korea’s lower standard of living

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Why is South Korea hesitant to reunify with North Korea

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South Korea does not want to jeopardize standard of living or capitalist government mom

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What was the nonproliferation Treaty that North Korea pulled out of a 1993?

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The nuclear nonproliferation Treaty

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