1. Geography –
Japan and Korea
Japan Early
History
Japanese
Philosophies
Meiji Restoration
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2. Japan is at the intersection of two tectonic plates so is vulnerable to...

3. earthquakes volcanoes Typhoons Tsunamis

4. Japanese farming method designed to maximize limited space

5. Terrace Farming

6. The river that separates North Korea from China

7. Yalu River

8. The line of demarcation between North and South Korea

9. 38th Parallel

10. Japan is a chain of islands known as a(n)

11. Archipelago

12. In Japan, the chief general of the army and most powerful Samurai is the…

13. Shogun

14. Translated as "the way of the warrior”; is a Japanese code of conduct and way of samurai life

15. Bushido

16. This was the ruling Shogunate between 1603 and 1868

17. Tokugawa

18. This “unequal treaty” ended isolation in Japan in 1854

19. Treaty of Kanagawa

20. Form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment

21. Seppuku

22. The Japanese concept of group harmony is called…

23. Wa

24. The core belief of this philosophy is that everything has “spirits”

25. Shintoism

26. Shinto spiritual beings are called…

27. Kami

28. Philosophies that spread to Japan from China

29. Buddhism, Confucianism (And some daoism)

30. Entrance to the Shinto shrine

31. Torii Gate

32. Japan’s bicameral legislature

33. Diet

34. True or false: The Meiji period in Japan was a period of Westernization and social and economic reform.

35. True

36. During the Meiji period, the shogun relinquished power and the _________________ gained power.

37. Emperor

38. True or false: Women became even more oppressed during the Meiji Restoration.

39. False

40. True or false: The Meiji Period was a time of more rapid industrialization in Japan.

41. True

42. In this war, Japan acquired spheres of influence in China and gained Taiwan.

43. Sino-Japanese War (1st)

44. The event that directly led to Japan’s surrender in WWII was…

45. Atomic Bombings – Hiroshima and Nagasaki

46. During WWII, Japan joined the ____________ powers with Italy and Germany

47. Axis

48. Who was the US Navy Commodore that was sent to Japan to encourage them to sign a treaty that would allow trade between the two nations?

49. Matthew Perry

50. This event in the United States caused economic turmoil in Japan as the value of exports fell by 50%.

51. The Great Depression