1. The smaller countries of Asia

2. Japan: The Land of the Rising Sun Amaterasu is the goddess of the sun

3. A few facts:  Japan is an archipelago.  There are 4 large islands.  Honshu is the largest island. 80% of the people live here.

4. The Ring of Fire

5. Japan: people and culture  127 million people live in Japan  Japan is the size of California. Problems: -shortage of housing causes high prices. -two or three families share one apartment.

6. Capsule Hotels:

7. Nature and religion…  The Japanese love nature.  Grow miniature gardens.  Majority of Japanese are Buddhist.  This religions teaches that people should seek spiritual enlightenment or knowledge by living selflessly and modestly.

8. Miniature Gardens:

9. The Koreas:

10. A few facts…  The Koreas have been invaded by the countries of Mongolia, Japan, and China.  Koreans adopted the ways of the Chinese.  Writing system  Religion

11. The Korean War  1945  Communist vs. non-communists  North and South Korea were created.

12. North Korea South Korea  23 million people  Pyongyang is the capital.  47 million people  Seoul is the capital.

13. Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia  What would you put on this slide?  Page… 709-710

14. Pol Pot  Leader in Cambodia.  Wanted to form a Communist peasant farming community. (The killing fields) 25% of the countries population was starved, over worked, or executed. That was 2 million people!!