Japan

Population of Japan?

127 Million

How much of Japan is arable or farming land?

20%

How much of Japan is mountainous?

80% or 4/5

Archipelago

A chain of islands

Ring of Fire

A narrow zone of active volcanoes that nearly encircles the Pacific Ocean. About 170 volcanoes are in Japan (75 are active).

Tsunami

An enormous ocean wave that happens when an earthquake occurs under the sea floor.

How is Japan a homogeneous society?

Because the people speak the same language and share the same culture. Plus Japan has almost no ethnic minorities.

Explain the Coastal cities of Japan?

Cites are located along the cost because of the mountainous terrain of Japan- most of the population live crowded together on the coastal plains

Because of limited land the use of technology helped how?

Complex irrigation systems to flood rice paddies to help produce more food for the crowded population. Carved terraces cut into steep hills to increase land for farming. Drained marshes and swamps for farming land.

Limited natural resources

Dependent of world trade for oil, coal, and iron

Kanto Plain

Flat lans surrounding Tokyo. Major farming center. Large harbor for trade

Japan has 4 main islands the northern island is?

HOKKAIDO is in the north, cold climate and low population, isolated

Japan has 4 main islands the largest is?

HONSHU is the largest and most densely populated

How do the Japanese adapt to being crowded?

High rise buildings. Capsule hotels (fiberglass bunks built in rows). Gold and baseball on top of department stores and office buildings (tiny putting greens and fields) Commute to work from far away because cities too crowded to live in.

Fish

Japan's natural resource and a major source of protein.

Japan has 4 main islands the southern island is?

KYUSHU is the most southern island

Japan has 4 main islands the smaller?

SKIKOKU is the smallest island, located east off the souther tip of Honshu

Explain Japan's island setting

Seas have isolated and protected Japan from invaders. Seas also have allowed Japan to make contact with other societies and have served as a water highway between islands.

Because of Japan's isolated island setting?

The Japanese have a sense of their own separate. special identity and this encouraged ethnocentrism.

Tokyo

The capital of Japan.

Why are there more earthquakes in Japan than in any other nation.

The islands sit very near the intersection of four tectonic plates and have numerous fault line. Earthquakes and volcanoes are located in the same general areas along plate boundaries.

Mt. Fuji

The largest mountain in Japan.

Ethnocentrism

The tendency to judge other cultures by the standard of your own culture.

Earthquakes

There are more earthquakes in Japan than in any other nation.

Inland Sea

Waterway between Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku. Lots of trade and culture here. Protected from typhoons.

How were the islands (Archipelago) formed?

When a series of volcanic mountains thrust up from the pacific Ocean Millions of years ago.