On your map, label:  Japan  N. Korea (NK)  S. Korea (SK)  Russia  Mongolia  China  Sea of Japan  Pacific Ocean

Japan is an Archipelago (Chain of many small Islands)

Japan is very mountainous (4/5ths of Japan is a mountain!!!!) and has very little Arable Land- so it uses terrace farming Mount Fuji

Japan gets a lot of its food from the sea. This is another way they adapted to their geography

Japan has very few natural resources Iron ore Coal

Japan has a very high Population Density (a lot of people in a small space) Population: California: 38,802,500 Japan: 127,103,388 Land mass (sq. km) California 423,967 Japan 377,915 Japan is a little smaller than California but has more than 3 times the population

In Japan, there are people employed as “pushers” who push people onto the train during rush hour so more people can fit) See a video here:

A capsule hotel is a type of hotel developed in Japan that features a large number of extremely small "rooms" (capsules) intended to provide cheap, basic overnight accommodation for guests who do not require the services offered by more conventional hotels. There are also “reuglar” hotels in Japan, but these are helpful to provide more cheap rooms for such a big population

Japan is a homogeneous Society (people all have the same genes, ethnicity and basic culture) (America would be the opposite of a homogenous culture; we are very DIVERSE)

Island isolation encourages them to be ethnocentric

Japanese religion is a blending of Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism and Shintoism Spirits in Nature

The Japanese have a true respect for nature

They practice Selective Borrowing which is when a country deliberately takes on only certain aspects of a culture (ideas mostly came from China and Korea) – Missionaries from China introduced Buddhism, Confucianism and writing – Japan sent people to China to study their government, art, science, literature, etc. – Ignored ideas like the civil service test which did not fit with their culture (in Japanese culture you inherited your position rather than having to earn it through a test)

Korea acts as a cultural “bridge” between China and Japan *Please write this on your note sheet below the last box on the right

Japanese Feudalism

Emperor (Figurehead) Shogun (Political leader) Daimyo (Nobles) Samurai (Warriors) Peasants & Merchants (Farmers, Fishermen & Sales People) (90% of population)

Feudalism is a system in which land is exchanged for military service and loyalty  It provided social stability because everyone had a clear place/role in society  It provided a way for rulers to preserve law and order  It is very similar to European feudalism

Samurais followed the Code of Bushido: a strict code of behavior/how to act (Be loyal, moral, courageous, respectful, honest, humane, respect elders)

Tokugawa Shogunate  The Tokugawa shoguns gained control of Japan in the 1600s o Tokugawa= the name of the warrior family that ruled Japan from o Shogun= the leader of Japan’s military (this job was hereditary/inherited)

 Increase in social order/ stability o More peaceful conditions o More trade and travel on rivers and roads o Growth of cities

 Tokugawa shoguns enforced a policy of isolationism. o 1600-Missonaries, Japanese Christians, and foreigners are persecuted o 1639They banned almost all contact with the outside world  Foreigners cannot come in  Japanese cannot come back if they leave  Not allowed to build oceangoing ships o Strengthens homogeneous culture & leads to a more unified nation