Japan and India Flashcards
Summarize Japanese cultural attitude toward immigrants in Japan.
The Japanese do not like immigration. “they view them as a form of social pollution”
What are the four main islands of Japan
Honshu
Hokkaido
Kyushu
Shikoku
What country provided a model for the Four Asian Tigers’ success?
Japan
Who are the Four Asian Tigers
Taiwan
Singapore
South Korea
Hong Kong
What group is ranked at the bottom of Japan’s ancient feudal system?
Merchants
What religion is growing faster in South Korea than in any other country in the world?
Christianity
What structure/symbol is found at the entrance of a Shinto shrine? What country is it typically found in?
Torii found in Japan
Highest mountain in Japan
Mt. Fuji
While sumo is the national sport of Japan, the sport with the most viewers and participants is?
Baseball
After the surrender of the Japanese in 1945, what two geopolitical powers divided the Korean Peninsula along the 38th parallel?
Soviets (North) and the US (South)
Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory claimed by which two nuclear-armed nation states?
India and Pakistan
(China now has control)
What human migrations occurred as a result of the 1947 partition of British India?
Muslim groups left India and Hindu groups entered the area that the Muslim groups left
Dharavi is the name of the largest shantytown located in which Indian city?
Mumbai
What natural phenomenon affects the Indian subcontinent every year?
Monsoons
The Golden Temple in Amritsar, India is a sacred site to what religion?
The Sikhs
