1. Focus What was China known for exporting?
What was the Middle East known for exporting?
What is a lateen sail?
How was trade completed in:
The Silk Road
Europe
Africa
SE Asia
Who spread Buddhism into China?

2. Geography of Japan

3. The Geography of Japan Japan is an archipelago—a chain of islands
Japan is made up of four main islands:
Kyushu
Shikoku
Honshu
Hokkaido
Hokkaido
Honshu
Shikoku
Kyushu

4. The Geography of Japan
Japan is separated from continental Asia by the Sea of Japan (or East Sea)
The islands of Japan are volcanic islands—which means Japan has a mountainous terrain
Nearly 72% of Japan is considered mountainous
While Japan was isolated for much of its early history, its close proximity to China and Korea allowed for cultural diffusion

5. Map of China, Japan, and Korea
Key: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 4 7 6 5 3 2 1

6. Map of China, Japan, and Korea
Key: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7)
Kyushu 4 7
Shikoku 6
Honshu 5 3
Hokkaido 2
Korea 1
Sea of Japan
China

7. Chinese Influence on Japan

8. Chinese Influence on Japan
Early on Japan isolated itself from China but gradually became sinicized*
Sinification=adopting Chinese culture
Buddhism spread from China and Korea to Japan
The Japanese adopted the Chinese alphabet

9. Chinese Influence on Japan
Chinese pavilions influenced the Japanese architectural design of the Pagoda
Confucianism was adopted to help run the government
Japan was originally organized into clans that often fought
Chinese influence strengthened Japanese imperialism
The Japanese emperor was seen as divine

10. Examples of Sinification:
Chinese Alphabet
Japanese Alphabet
Chinese Pavilion
Japanese Pagoda

11. Religion in Japan

12. Shinto (Shintoism) Shinto is the ethnic religion of Japan
It is concerned with the creation of Japan and the Japanese people
Shinto was also the state religion of Japan
The emperor was divine and worshiped
Shinto literally means “the way of the gods” and is both polytheistic and animistic*
Animism is the belief in natural spirits (i.e. forests, mountains, rivers, animals, etc.)

13. Focus
me your DBQ.
What caused Japan to be isolated and protected from its surroundings (be specific)?
With which other modern countries did Japan have relatively close contact? Give some examples of influences this country had on Japan.
What is Shintoism? Describe its basic beliefs.

14. Map of China, Japan, and Korea
Key: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 4 7 6 5 3 2 1

15. Map of China, Japan, and Korea
Key: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7)
Kyushu 4 7
Shikoku 6
Honshu 5 3
Hokkaido 2
Korea 1
Sea of Japan
China

16. Shinto (Shintoism) The spirits worshiped in Shinto are known as kami
Kami= spirits in nature and ancestral spirits
In Shinto the people and kami occupy the same realm
There are shrines and sites were the natural and supernatural intersect and the kami are worshiped
Torii’s are gates that mark the entrance to sacred sites (the symbol of Shinto)

17. Buddhism
Buddhism was also practiced in Japan (after it spread from China and Korea)
In Japan Buddhism and Shinto coexisted
Meaning people practiced aspects of both and identified as both

18. Buddhism
Today the most common form of Buddhism in Japan is Zen Buddhism (or Japanese Zen)
Zen focuses on reaching enlightenment through regular meditation (known as zazen)
Enlightenment does not come from religious doctrine or worship but through personal experience and a teacher (a bodhisattva)