Chapter 32: Japan And Korea Is Flashcards
What is in archipelago?
Chain of islands
What is the ring of fire?
A region of spectacular tech tonic activity along the rim of the Pacific ocean
What are typhoons?
A typhoon is a tropical hurricane that forms over the Pacific ocean, often causing floods and landslides
What does homogenous mean?
It means uniform. 99% of Japan’s people have ancestors who lived in Japan thousands of years ago
What is selective borrowing?
Selective borrowing is:
What is militarism?
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
What is a quota?
Affix quantity which limits the number of foreign-made goods sold in Japan
What are tariffs?
Tariffs our taxes on imports that make foreign goods more costly than their domestic equivalents
What is the demilitarized zone?
A strip of land between North and South Korea on which troops and weapons are not allowed
What is proliferation?
Proliferation is the increasing number of atomic weapons around the world
What are the four main islands of Japan?
Honshu - largest island and home to 80% of population
Shikoku
Kyushu
Hokkaido
What is the largest island of Japan?
Honshu
Describe the terrain of Japan
Japan has mountainous terrain. Only 13% of Japan’s land is arable, or able to grow crops
Japan is made up of what?
An archipelago, or chain of islands
Who experiences more earthquakes than any other country in the world??
Japan. More than 1500 earthquakes can be felt by people each year
What are volcanoes beneficial to Japan?
Volcanoes warm underground water and create Hot Springs
How is Japan created more farmland?
Japan has carved terraces into hillsides and drained marshes, swamps, and deltas
What is the Japan current?
It flows north word from tropical waters, and warms the air. This leads to a strong growing season
What is the oyashio current?
Flows southeastward cooling the air
How was high population density affect Japan?
Landyn housing is expensive and many families live in high-rise apartments
Describe Japanese ancestry
Most have a common heritage and shared ancestry or how much it is population. The only significant ethnic minority is Koreans
Define Ainu:
Early inhabitants of northern Japan, excluded from society
Define burakumin
Ethically Japanese, but social outcast. Descendants of burgers and leather tanners
Describe the religion of Shintoism
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
Which religion was started in Japan?
Shintoism
Describe Buddhism
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
When was Dupin’s first contact with The west?
In 1543 Portuguese trading ships arrived in Japan
Roman Catholic missionaries followed
When did Japan shut its doors to the west?
At first Japan welcome foreigners, but in 1639 the government closed it’s doors to the west
Who forcibly reopen the Japan when he and his fleet sailed into the Japanese harbor in 1853?
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
What does Meiji mean?
Enlightened rule
What did the Meiji government do and when did they establish themselves?
In 1868 new government took control of Japan for revolution.
The Meiji government determined to modernize and industrialize
This. Lasted from 1868 to 1912
What does Japanese Parliament call itself?
The Diet
List three things needed to carry out the meiji revolution
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
Before World War II how did Japan acquire natural resources?
They followed Western example and started conquering weaker nations
When did Japan force Korea to become a part of Japan?
1910
Who did Japan side with in World War I
The Allied powers
What two places did Japan invaded in the 1930s?
1931 Japan invades Manchuria
1937 Japan invades China
Who did Japan the side with in World War II?
Nazi Germany
When did Japan attacked Pearl Harbor?
December 7, 1941
When did World War II end for japan?
In 1945 the US dropped atomic bomb on heroshima and Nagasaki. Japan quickly surrendered
Who was the first country to occupied Japan in her history?
The United States occupied Japan from 1945 to 1952
What did Japan do with the raw materials she had to trade for she had to trade for
Took in wrong materials and change the finished goods for export
Made switch to expensive high-quality goods such as cameras and electronic equipment
List and describe the four reasons for economic success in Japan
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
What three countries had invaded Korea in years past
Mongolia, China, and Japan
What did the Koreans adapt from Chinese culture?
The Chinese writing system and Chinese words
What are the two most common religions of the Koreans?
Buddhism and Christianity
What is North Korea’s a stance on religion?
Ethey discourage all religion
What happened to the Korean Peninsula at the end of World War II?
The Soviet Union was in charge of the north and the United States was in charge of the south
How did the Korean War start?
North Korea launched a surprise attack on South Korea
The objective was to unite the country under single rule of communism
Who fought in the Korean War with the South Koreans?
United Nations forces from 15 different countries came to help South Korea
98% were US troops
How many countries helped in the Korean War
15
Where is the boundary established between North and South Korea?
At the 38th parallel
What is the capital of North Korea?
Pyongyang
What is the climate of North Korea?e
Short cool summers and bitterly cold winters
What are the natural resources of North Korea?
Cole, iron ore, copper, lead, tungsten, and zinc
Capital of South Korea
Seoul
Almost a quarter of South Korean population is located where?
In its capital, Seoul
Why is South Korea better suited to agriculture the North Korea?t
Warmer climate and less mountainous
Who are North Korea’s trading partners?
China and Soviet union
Who are South Korea’s trading partners?
United States and Japan
South Korea became a major exporter of what items?
Textiles, clothing, automobiles, and electronic goods
What led to a decline in North Korea’s economy?
North Korea’s lower standard of living
Why is South Korea hesitant to reunify with North Korea
South Korea does not want to jeopardize standard of living or capitalist government mom
What was the nonproliferation Treaty that North Korea pulled out of a 1993?
The nuclear nonproliferation Treaty
