Japan- Dozier
Test Thursday, Feb. 21
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- 10%
- Japan has what percent of the world's active volcanoes?
- shinkansen
- Japanese bullet train
- sashimi
- raw fish
- Yamato Damashi
- "spirit of Japan"
- koto
- thirteen-string Japanese harp
- May 1931
- Japanese had taken over Manchuria by what date? (15-year war, Japanese military basically took over govt)
- aquaculture
- growing seaweed, raising fish, etc.
- Christianity
- what did the first Europeans introduce to the Japanese?
- 70%
- percent of Japan is mountains
- 1919
- World War I Versailles Peace Treaty (only non-Christian non-Western nation sitting down with allies as an ally was Japan, Japan had entered to prove they were a major power, equality with the west, and wanted some German territory in East Asia (some islands)
- Ainu
- the remaining 20,000 of these individuals live on Hokkaido (northernmost island)
- nirvana
- Buddhist concept of spiritual perfection
- Kamakura Daibutsu
- World's second-largest Buddha
- crime rate
- lowest WHAT of any industrialized city in the world
- ABCD powers
- Americans, British, Chinese, Dutch
- favorable
- Japan has a WHAT balance of trade?
- kyoiku mama
- education mother
- modern industrial society
- During the Meiji Restoration, Japan transformed itself from feudalistic society to what type of society?
- Koreans
- largest ethnic group in Japan
- 15%
- percent of Japan is arable
- Manchuria
- iron, coal, best farmland in China are characteristics of what area?
- #1
- U.S.'s rank as Japan's agricultural export partner
- Todaiji Daibutsu
- largest Buddha in Japan, located in world's largest wooden building
- shogun
- what "official" ruled in the name of the emperor? (military commander)
- Kannon
- another important bodhisattva who offers protection and comfort
- Tokugawa
- What administration (shogun) introduced Japan's policy of isolationism?
- Monguls
- Japanese ancestors
- ginza
- expensive shopping center
- Kanto Plain
- only relatively extensive plain in all of Japan? (120 miles)
- seafood
- Japan's main source of protein
- east (Pacific)
- where are all of Japan's largest cities located? (flat area)
- General Douglas MacArthur
- was the person in charge of the occupation of Japan, in the Korean War, was the hero who saved our guys, he attacked Communists behind lines, became #1 hero of U.S., he pushed communists to Yaloo River
- nirvana
- Buddhist concept of spiritual perfection
- Confucianism
- ...stresses man in society...
- 2nd Sino-Japanese War
- 1937, Japan starts invading other parts of China Proper, doing horrible things, end up killing 15 million Chinese (Chiang Kai-Shek and Mao Zedong involved)
- Rape of Nanking
- Japanese killed over 300,000 people in 6 weeks in China, called what?
- LDP (Liberal Democratic Party)
- main Japanese political party after the constitution was ratified
- rice
- Japan's primary staple
- Nara
- ancient capital of Japan
- kendo
- Japanese fighting with bamboo swords
- importer
- Japan ranks as the world's leading WHAT of coal, iron ore, cotton, wool, and lumber?
- Manchuria
- Oct. 1930, Japan invades WHAT?
- Kyoto
- more familiar ancient capital of Japan
- "ko" or "kobun"
- "children"
- Yasuo Fakuda
- current Japanese prime minister?
- fires and traffic accidents
- lowest WHATS than any other city?
- 1880s
- Japans govt. put some factories and mills up for sale and some large families with lots of money pooled money with other families and purchased these factories and mills, became like organizations, known as zibatsu=ex. Mitsubishi, Mitsui (family names)
- bonsai
- dwarfing and shaping of trees
- President Truman
- who relieved MacArthur of command in 1951?
- Honshu
- where do 80% of Japan's people live?
- Jizo
- important Japanese bodhisattva who cares for children who died during childbirth or infancy or for aborted fetuses
- sushi
- raw fish combined with seaweed and vinegared rice
- juku
- cram schools
- Akihito
- current Japanese emperor? (son of Hirohito)
- mid 16th century
- when did the first Europeans reach Japan?
- exporter
- Japan is a leading WHAT of manufactured goods
- gohan
- Japanese word for a meal (steamed or cooked rice)
- September 2nd, 1945
- fighting in Japan officially ceased (met with Japan on USS Missouri, emperor sent representatives, special flag)
- pachinko
- Japanese pinball
- 1850s
- Japanese isolation ended when American sailors trying to get to China shipwrecked on one of Japan's islands, samurai cut their heads off, we try to change things
- Ryoanji Temple
- Zen Buddhist temple (in Kyoto)
- samurai
- #1 class
- Nippon
- Japanese word for Japan
- Meiji
- Who sent out representatives all over the world to copy stuff, copied Germany's army, copied Great Britain's navy, French legal system, Germany's constitution?
- isolation
- What did Tokugawa's administration enforce? (--> get rid of outside influences-Christianity; samurai killed 300,000 Christians)
- Meiji Restoration
- 1868-1912
- Matthew C. Perry
- leader of the US fleet that ended Japan's isolation
- Hirohito
- longest reigning emperor
- obi
- sash around the waist
- bodhisatva
- Buddhist religious figures who held back from entering nirvana to help in the salvation of others
- shin jin rui
- "new human beings"; term used by some members of older generation for today's younger generation (difference in values and work ethic possibly)
- eastern "seaboard"
- Japan has climates similar to what part of the United States?
- Boxer Rebellion
- (1900) happened in northern China, was a martial arts group called the first of Righteous Harmony (Boxers), believed in magic, was trying to expel foreigners
- 1603-1869
- How long did Tokugawa's administration last?
- ikebana
- the Japanese art of flower arranging
- "oya" or "oyabun"
- leader of a group, "father"
- Kyoto
- original site of US atomic bomb-dropping
- Russo-Japanese War
- 1904-1905 war, fought over a warm water port
- kami
- spirit or god that resides in a Shinto shrine
- humid sub-tropic
- southern Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu have this climate
- diet
- name of Japan's legislature
- zeroes
- Japanese planes (because of sun)
- daibutsu
- "great Buddha"
- Portuguese
- Which Europeans first reached Japan?
- 1929
- Great Depression, Japan hardest hit because of heavy reliance on trade for imports
- manufacturing
- Japan's most important economic activity
- Hideyoshi
- Greatest of Japan's founding fathers, given credit for uniting Japan
- Pu Yi
- who was a puppet emperor (over Manchuku)?
- continent of Asia/coriolis effect
- what influences dominate Japan's climate?
- Japanese Alps
- what runs down the spine of Honshu?
- torii
- gate that symbolizes the division between the human world and the spirit world
- Rote memorization
- What type of learning style is emphasized? (word for word, not just in context)
- forests, water
- 2 resources that Japan has in relative abundance
- 1942
- Japan at its peak ("Eight Corners of the World Under One Roof" or "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere", controlled all of East Asia, thousands of miles (indo china and insular southeast Asia))
- geisha
- women who entertain men, not necessarily prostitutes, play musical instruments, etc.
- 1924
- US ban Japan immigration
- #1
- Japan's rank in per capita consumption of fish
- Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
- 4 islands that make up Japan
- November 1st, 1945
- D-Day for Japan, planned by US
- July 1853
- woke up, 1/4 of US fleet was in their harbor (Matthew C. Perry was the commodore in charge)
- December 7th, 1941
- Pearl Harbor, we fought Japanese for 3 years and 8 months, occupied country for 6 years and eight months
- Brazil
- what country is the second producer of ships?
- 1638
- no foreign influence, isolationism that lasted 230 years, created feudalism, samurai became the #1 class
- 1894-1895
- Sino-Japanese War (fighting over Korea)
- ships
- Japan produces half of the world's production of what seafaring product?
- shintoism
- indigenous religion of Japan
- ronin
- "masterless samurai", students who fail their entrance exams
- #1
- Japan's rank in commercial fishing
- continental
- Hokkaido and northern Honshu have this climate
- Mt. Fuji(san)
- what was last active in 1707 and is 12,385 ft. above sea level, and is revered by all Japanese?