1. Warm Up How many islands are in Japan?
How much of Japan is covered in mountains?
How many earthquakes occur in Japan a year?
What is the Pacific Ring of Fire?
What is the oldest religion in Japan?
What is the water around Japan like?
BONUS: What are the four main islands of Japan?

2. Warm Up How many islands are in Japan? (p. 1)
How much of Japan is covered in mountains? (p. 2)
How many earthquakes occur in Japan a year? (p. 3)
What is the Pacific Ring of Fire? (p. 3)
What is the oldest religion in Japan? (p. 4)
What is the water around Japan like? (p. 4)
BONUS: What are the four main islands of Japan? (p. 1)

3. Japan- Geography

4. General Facts Continent- Asia Country- Japan Islands Over 3,900
Four main islands

5. Islands

6. Land Mountains Land between mountains is fertile Volcanoes
75% of Japan
Forests
Land between mountains is fertile
Volcanoes

8. Weather Natural Disasters Frequent Rainfall Typhoons Earthquakes
Flooding common
Typhoons
Large waves

10. Architecture

11. Effects of Geography Island Mountains Weather/Natural Disasters
Isolated from other cultures
Mountains
Hard to travel and communicate
Hard to farm
Weather/Natural Disasters
Hard to sail from islands
Houses built high
Paper walls