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1
Q

What is the length from northeast to southwest

A

3000km

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2
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The size of Japan

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377,972km

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3
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Montana is the same size as Japan

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True

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4
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What are the four main islands of Japan

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Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku,Kyushu

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5
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How many small islands are in Japan

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6800

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6
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What is the population of Japan

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123.3 million

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What is the ratio of the land of Canada and Japan

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26:1

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About 3/4s of Japans land surface is mountainous and hilly

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True

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9
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How many active volcanoes are in Japan

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111

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10
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How many prefectures are in Japan

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47

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11
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Hokkaido

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-Sapporo snow festival
-birthplace of beer in Japan/museum
-Ainu People
-Shiretoko (area in Japan)
-Niseko: ski resort

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12
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Tohoku

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-2011 earthquake
-Matushima Bay
-Kamakura festival
-kamakura= snow caves

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13
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Kanto

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-Tokyo capital
-Yokohama
-Minato Mirai= harbour location
-Yokohama largest chinatown

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14
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Kansai

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-Kyoto
-Fushimi Inari Shrine
-Osaka
-Dontonbori

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Chubu

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-Japan Alps
-Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route
-Mt.Fuji (Shizouka)
-green tea plantation (Shizouka)

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Chugoku

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-Hiroshima
-atomic bomb
-Miyajiima-Itsukushima Shrine (Miyajiima island)
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17
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Shikoku

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-Kagawa, famous for udon noodles

18
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Kyushu & Okinawa

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-Beppu Onsen (hot springs)
-Ryukyu Kingdom

19
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What region was controlled by the US after WWII until 1972

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Okinawa

20
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How many periods are in Japans history

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12

21
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What is the first period of history

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Jomon

22
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Jomon Period

A

Jomon Clayware

23
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Yayoi Period

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Rice Cultivation

24
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Kofun Period

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-Kofun Tombs
-Prince Shotoku
-Horuji temple (oldest wooden building in the world)

25
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Nara Period

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-Heijyo-kyo (Nara)
-Envoys were sent to China

26
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Heian Period

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-Heian-kyo (Kyoto)
-Nobility gained power
-emergence of samurai
-Taira Clan
-the culture of nobility
-Japanese kana
-The Tale of Genji

27
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Kamakura Period

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-shogunate in Kamakura,
- Minamoto Yoritomo,
-Mongol invasion,
-the culture of samurai, e.g. powerful Buddhis sculpture

28
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Muromachi Period

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shogunate in Kyoto,
-Ashikaga Takauji, a war over the succession of the shogun triggered the Sengoku period.
- Zen, Noh, Tea ceremony, Flower arrangement

29
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Azuchimomoyama Period

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-Oda Nobunaga,
-Toyotomi Hideyoshi,
-Vibrant culture(e.g. Chinese lions, painting on a folding screen,)
-castles

30
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Edo Period

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-shogunate in Edo,
-Tokugawa Ieyasu,
-260 years Sankinkotai,
-strict status system,
-Self-isolation policy,
-Matthew C Perry,
- development of agriculture and industries,
- Ukiyoe

31
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Meiji Period

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-Meiji restoration,
-change in people’s life: carriages lamps, railroads, brick buildings, eating beef

32
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Taisho Period

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  • World War I,
    -heavy industries developed,
  • Yoshoku, architectures→combination of western and traditional style

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