1. Reading: Page 1 Answers: Worksheet 1
Japan
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Answers: Worksheet 1

3. Japan is about the same size as the state of: California

4. Japan has a population of over: 100 million people

5. Japan is located in: Asia

6. Japan is surrounded by:
The Pacific Ocean
The East China Sea
The Sea of Japan

7. Japan is made up of: 4 main islands

8. The largest of the islands is: Honshu

9. The capital of Japan is: Tokyo

10. Japan’s most famous mountain is: Mt. Fuji

11. Planting crops on low mountain slopes is called: terraced farming (also: step farming)

12. Much of the food eaten in Japan comes from: the sea

13. Food and products bought from other countries are called: imports

14. Two problems Japan has because of its geographical location are:
Earthquakes
Typhoons

15. The destructive waves that hit Japan are called: tidal waves (or tsunamis)

16. The large tribes that once ruled Japan were called: clans

17. The most powerful of these tribes worshipped a: sun goddess

18. Today Japan is still called: “the land of the rising sun”

19. The Japanese flag symbolizes the rising sun

20. The most powerful of the clan leaders became an: emperor

21. An emperor rules over: his own land and the lands of others

22. The “ruling class” fought for and protected the emperor

23. The Japanese type of government was called: feudalism

24. The strong, powerful people who became the military leaders were:
Shoguns

25. The power handed from father to son was called: hereditary power

26. The famous military fighters of Japan were: Samurai

27. Rather than surrender to an enemy, these fighters would: commit suicide

28. This type of death was named: hari-kari

29. Reading: Page 3 Worksheet: 2
Japan
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Worksheet: 2

30. The 1400’s are called: the Age of Exploration

31. Europeans were going to: Asia and Africa

32. The Europeans came to Japan: in the mid 1500’s

33. The Europeans brought with them the religion of: Christianity

34. Any Japanese who tried to change to this religion was: tortured or executed

35. The Japanese chose not to mix with the Europeans and chose “isolation” from the Europeans

36. Japan was part of the Eastern World and Europe was part of the Western World

37. Japan remained isolated for about: 200 years

38. In history, Japan came out of it’s isolation when American ships sailed into Tokyo Bay

39. The American naval officer who sailed into Tokyo Bay was: Matthew Perry

40. The Asian country that England had defeated was: China

41. The other European country that was also interested in Japan was: Russia

42. Japan was afraid England and Russia might: invade them

43. The Japanese believed if the Americans stayed in Japan, the other countries would not try to conquer Japan

44. Japan’s isolation had to end because Japan was getting: far behind Europe and the United States

45. The type of war the Japanese had among themselves was a: civil war

46. The two sides
One side in this war wanted to give more power back to the emperor.
And wanted to modernize Japan

47. The civil war was won by the people who wanted to modernize Japan

48. Reading: Page 5 Worksheet: 3
Japan
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Worksheet: 3

49. For a country to grow and modernize it must have:
New equipment for the factories

50. The new class of people gaining power in Japan were: merchants

51. One thing this new class of people wanted was:
To control what was made, bought, and sold in Japan

52. Three ways to get natural resources from other countries:
Buy them
Trade for them
Take them

53. To solve the problem of getting natural resources:
Japan chose to take them by going to war

54. Expansionism:
Belief that a country should expand and gain control over other countries

55. The first Asian country Japan conquered was: Korea

56. Japan then took over the island of: Formosa

57. This island is now called: Taiwan

58. Natural resources are needed: to make products

59. These products are then: sold or traded

60. The natural resources can also: be sold or traded

61. The more natural resources and the more products a country has to sell:
the richer the country will be.

62. Japan and the rest of the western world wanted to control: China

63. The group that was gaining control of Japan in the late 1920’s was:
the military

64. In the 1920’s and 1930’s the whole world was having a: depression

65. When a depression occurs, millions of people are unable to find: work

66. The military leaders were afraid the depression might spread to Asia

67. The natural resources, the making of products, the selling of products, and trade is controlled by the government in communist countries