Unit 8 Japanese Geography and History - Lesson 1: East Asia

1. The Jomon civilization develops sometime before 250 BC 2. Prince Shotoku issues a constitution that embraces Buddhist and Confucianist teachings 3. Yoritomo establishes a new capital and adopts the title of shogun (general). 4. The Tokugawa shogunate forces out all foreigners and closes China 5. Power is restored to the emperor. The new age of modernization is known as the Meiji Restoration, or "enlightened rule." 6. The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack begins World War II in the Pacific.

Arrange the events in Japanese history in chronological order using the numbers 1-6. a. Yoritomo establishes a new capital and adopts the title of shogun (general). b. The Jomon civilization develops sometime before 250 BC c. The Tokugawa shogunate forces out all foreigners and closes China d. The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack begins World War II in the Pacific. e. Prince Shotoku issues a constitution that embraces Buddhist and Confucianist teachings f. Power is restored to the emperor. The new age of modernization is known as the Meiji Restoration, or "enlightened rule."

Douglas MacArthur

General __________________ and American military lawyers wrote Japan's 1947 constitution.

Hiroshima; Nagasaki

Japan surrendered after atomic bombs destroyed ______________ and _________________ in 1945.

Murasaki

Lady _____________________ wrote the Tale of Genji during the Heian period. Some scholars believe her work to be the world's first full-length novel.

Fuji

Mount ____________, Japan's tallest mountain, is in the Japanese Alps.

Okinawa

Over 100,000 Japanese soldiers died defending ________________ during World War II.

Hokkaido

Russia and Japan dispute ownership of the Kurile Islands. The Japanese island of ______________ is closest to the Kuriles.

Bushido

Samurai followed a code of behavior called _______________, or "way of life."

Russian

The Japanese Navy destroyed a(n) _______________ fleet of 40 vessels in 1905 during the Russo-Japanese War.

emperor

The Japanese constitution allows the __________________ to serve as a symbolic leader.

war

The Japanese constitution says that Japan cannot declare ______________ and only maintains a small defense force.

Nippon

The Japanese name for Japan, _______________________, is commonly translated as "Land of the Rising Sun."

Mongul; kamikaze

The Kamakura shogunate turned back ____________________ invasions in 1274 and 1281. The Japanese believed the storms to be "divine winds" called ___________.

a. The Ring of Fire is a continuous chain of boundaries where tectonic plates meet. The chain wraps around the Artic Ocean. Many of the world's largest and most active volcanoes are on the Ring.

What is the Ring of Fire? a. The Ring of Fire is a continuous chain of boundaries where tectonic plates meet. The chain wraps around the Artic Ocean. Many of the world's largest and most active volcanoes are on the Ring. b. The Ring of Fire is a continuous chain of boundaries where tectonic plates meet. The chain wraps around the Atlantic Ocean. Many of the world's largest and most active volcanoes are on the Ring. c. The Ring of Fire is a continuous chain of boundaries where tectonic plates meet. The chain wraps around the Pacific Ocean. Many of the world's largest and most active volcanoes are on the Ring. d. The Ring of Fire is a continuous chain of boundaries where tectonic plates meet. The chain wraps around the Indian Ocean. Many of the world's largest and most active volcanoes are on the Ring.

Tokyo

_______________, Japan's capital and largest city, is on the Kanto Plain.

Western

a label given to countries in Europe and the Americas not ruled by unlimited governments

tsunami

a surge of seawater inland caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption

shogunate (SHOH-guh-nit)

government headed by a shogun

isolation

separated from and not interacting with others

shogun

title of a Japanese military ruler

flourish

to thrive or grow

renounce

to voluntarily give up