Test 1 Flashcards
What is the length from northeast to southwest
3000km
The size of Japan
377,972km
Montana is the same size as Japan
True
What are the four main islands of Japan
Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku,Kyushu
How many small islands are in Japan
6800
What is the population of Japan
123.3 million
What is the ratio of the land of Canada and Japan
26:1
About 3/4s of Japans land surface is mountainous and hilly
True
How many active volcanoes are in Japan
111
How many prefectures are in Japan
47
Hokkaido
-Sapporo snow festival
-birthplace of beer in Japan/museum
-Ainu People
-Shiretoko (area in Japan)
-Niseko: ski resort
Tohoku
-2011 earthquake
-Matushima Bay
-Kamakura festival
-kamakura= snow caves
Kanto
-Tokyo capital
-Yokohama
-Minato Mirai= harbour location
-Yokohama largest chinatown
Kansai
-Kyoto
-Fushimi Inari Shrine
-Osaka
-Dontonbori
Chubu
-Japan Alps
-Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route
-Mt.Fuji (Shizouka)
-green tea plantation (Shizouka)
Chugoku
-Hiroshima
-atomic bomb
-Miyajiima-Itsukushima Shrine (Miyajiima island)
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Shikoku
-Kagawa, famous for udon noodles
Kyushu & Okinawa
-Beppu Onsen (hot springs)
-Ryukyu Kingdom
What region was controlled by the US after WWII until 1972
Okinawa
How many periods are in Japans history
12
What is the first period of history
Jomon
Jomon Period
Jomon Clayware
Yayoi Period
Rice Cultivation
Kofun Period
-Kofun Tombs
-Prince Shotoku
-Horuji temple (oldest wooden building in the world)
Nara Period
-Heijyo-kyo (Nara)
-Envoys were sent to China
Heian Period
-Heian-kyo (Kyoto)
-Nobility gained power
-emergence of samurai
-Taira Clan
-the culture of nobility
-Japanese kana
-The Tale of Genji
Kamakura Period
-shogunate in Kamakura,
- Minamoto Yoritomo,
-Mongol invasion,
-the culture of samurai, e.g. powerful Buddhis sculpture
Muromachi Period
shogunate in Kyoto,
-Ashikaga Takauji, a war over the succession of the shogun triggered the Sengoku period.
- Zen, Noh, Tea ceremony, Flower arrangement
Azuchimomoyama Period
-Oda Nobunaga,
-Toyotomi Hideyoshi,
-Vibrant culture(e.g. Chinese lions, painting on a folding screen,)
-castles
Edo Period
-shogunate in Edo,
-Tokugawa Ieyasu,
-260 years Sankinkotai,
-strict status system,
-Self-isolation policy,
-Matthew C Perry,
- development of agriculture and industries,
- Ukiyoe
Meiji Period
-Meiji restoration,
-change in people’s life: carriages lamps, railroads, brick buildings, eating beef
Taisho Period
- World War I,
-heavy industries developed, - Yoshoku, architectures→combination of western and traditional style
