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Bell Activity
Monday: Copy and answer.1. Why does Japan experience many
earthquakes?
JAPAN: The land of Rising Sun
Land and Geography:-Lies on the Ring of Fire-They experience many earthquakes and tsunamis every year- Japan is an archipelago-Mt. Fuji, the highest peak-Climate:-Northern island are cold while southern islands are warm
Japan’s Economy• The people of Japan are • - highly skilled, hard working, educated, cooperative• Japan has few mineral resources. It imports raw
materials• Known for variety and quality of its manufactured
goods• Products:• Agriculture• Farmland is limited• Intensive cultivation, use fertilizers and modern
machinery to produce high crop yield.• Economic Challenges:• World’s leading exporter but limits import• Preserving the environment
Japan’s History and Government• Trace their ancestry to various clans.• Originally from ______.• Rulers:• - Emperors• Model of Society• - Chinese way of life• - Borrowed Chinese Writing• - Accepted Buddhist Religion• Shinto, Japan’s own traditional nature religion• Shoguns• - military leaders• Samurai• - powerful land-owning warriors• U.S.A . Pressured Japan to trade with others countries• Military power in 1900’s• Pearl Harbor• Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan
Japan’s Government
• Japan’s government is constitutional monarchy
• - Emperor, the head of state• Japan has great influence as a
world economic power.• Japan keeps military small caused
by the suffering during WWII• Improved health care and
education for its people.• Lowest infant death rate• 100% literacy rate• Crime rate is very low.
Emperor Akihito and
Empress Michiko
JAPAN’S PEOPLE AND CULTURE• About the size of California but the
population is nearly half of the US.• Most of the people live in urban
area or city.• Some people are still wearing the
traditional dress called kimono• Family ties still remain strong• Religion;• Shinto and Buddhism• Shinto teaches respect of nature,
love of simple things, cleanliness and good manners.
Japanese Garden
JAPANESE TRADITIONAL ARTS• Japan’s religion has influenced
country’s art• Many paintings portray the
beauty of nature• Kabuki – theater arts• Sports:- Sumo wrestling, judo and
karate martial artsThey enjoy baseball, rock music,
modern fashion, television, movies and Japanese cartoons
JAPAN
The Land of the Rising Sun
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Bell Activity: 10-18-11
• Read the story of the Thousand Cranes on page 194.
• Just write your answer to this question:
• What was it about Sadako that made other Japanese people connected to her and proud of her?
JAPAN: Complete this organizerLAND ECONOMY
4 important facts-Ring of fire-- archipelago--Mount Fuji-- Where are the most cities, farms, and industries located?
4 important facts-Skilled workers-- minerals-- goods and products-- intensive cultivation--economic challenges
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT PEOPLE AND CULTURE
5 important facts-Japanese ancestry-Japan’s model of society-trade-Pearl Harbor attack- government
5 important facts -Population-religion - Pastimes-haiku-Kabuki-Sumo-Baseball