Japan- Exam
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- Brazil
- second largest producer of ships
- mongols
- ancestors of the Japanese
- 2nd
- sino-japanese war that included chiang and mao
- oya bun
- leader of a group
- Xianity, samurai
- Tokugawa wanted to get rid of ___ and used ___ to do it
- Honshu
- where 80% of Japanese live
- saki
- rice wine
- confucianism
- chinese system of thought, stresses man in society
- mt. fuji-san
- volcano revered by Japanese
- 2nd sino-japanese war
- war b/w japan and china (Chiang Kai-Shek & Mao Zedong)
- Nara, Kyoto
- old capitals of Japan
- showa era
- reign of hirohito
- feudalism
- type of govt enforced by tokugawa
- 1930
- year Japan invaded Manchuria
- ships
- Japan produces half of the world's _____
- emperor
- semi-divine ruler
- heian
- shinto shrine in kyoto
- 3 years and 8 months
- length of time US fought japan
- Akihito
- current emperor of japan
- liberal democratic party
- main political party after creation of constitution
- seafood
- japan's main source of protein
- ronin
- masterless samurai, students who fail entrance exams
- 1
- US' rank as Japan's agricultural export partner
- Xianity
- what the portuguese introduced in 16th century
- sushi
- raw fish w/ seaweed and vinegared rice
- shinkansen
- bullet train
- kendo
- fencing with bamboo swords
- Han
- the Northern Chinese
- eastern
- side of Japan where all of the largest cities are located
- November 1, 1945
- original date for d-day
- ko bun
- followers in a group
- shogun
- "official" that ruled in the name of the emperor
- 1st
- sino-japanese war over korea
- bonsai
- dwarfing and shaping of trees
- boxer rebellion
- japan rescued westerners from this situation
- shinjinrui
- term for younger generation, means new human beings
- Koreans
- largest ethnic minority
- eastern seaboard
- part of US w/ similar climate and latitude to Japan
- new years
- students have hw everyday except ___
- 1919
- year of Versailles Peace Treaty
- homogeneous
- Japan is one of the most ___ societies
- kami
- spirit/god that resides in a shinto shrine
- refuel
- Matthew Perry wanted to be able to ___ in Japan; if not, they would return w/ more ships
- Ainu
- earliest type of humans in Japan
- Manchukuo
- new name for Manchuria
- Nippon
- Japanese for Japan
- filial piety
- respect for one's elders
- 1868-1912
- years of Meiji Restoration
- ***uda
- current pm of japan
- 15-year war
- term used for period of japanese involvement in WWII
- shogun
- military commander
- japan
- Only non-Christian non western country ally in Versailles Treaty
- 6 years and 8 months
- time US occupied japan
- Hideyoshi
- greatest founding father
- samurai
- 1st class, carried out the orders of the shogun
- favorable
- japan has a ____ balance of trade
- sashimi
- raw fish
- Portuguese
- first Europeans to reach Japan
- Meiji Restoration
- 1868-1912
- aquaculture
- term for growing seafood, raising fish
- continental
- hokkaido and northern honshu have a ___ climate
- 10
- Japan has ___% of world's active volcanoes (196)
- obi
- sash for kimono
- kanto
- only real plain in Japan, 120 miles
- 1853
- year 1/4 of US ships entered Japanese harbor b/c samurais killed shipwrecked soldiers
- humid sub-tropic
- southern honshu, shikoku, and kyushu have a ____ climate
- shintoism
- japan's native religion
- russo-japanese war
- war over a warm water port
- Japanese alps
- "runs down the spine" of honshu
- America, Britain, China, Dutch East Indies
- ABCD bloc/powers
- juku
- cram schools
- rice
- japan's primary staple
- yen
- money
- 1
- japan's rank in per capita consumption of fish
- torii
- gate that symbolizes the division of human and spirit worlds
- daibutsu
- "great buddha"
- modernized, industrialized
- during Meiji Restoration, Japan went from feudalistic to ___ and ___
- 11 x 11
- size of many apartments in tokyo
- forests and water
- two resources Japan has in relative abundance
- Tokugawa
- dynasty that introduced policy of isolationism
- Southeast asia
- area invaded by Japan
- gohan
- japanese word for meal, means rice
- koto
- thirteen-string japanese harp
- 47
- # of prefectures
- zaibatsu
- family owned business
- manufacturing
- japan's most important economic activity
- Hokkaido
- where most of Ainu live today
- kyoiku mamas
- education mothers
- Meiji
- 15 yr old emperor who decided to modernize Japan and agree to Perry's requests in 1850s
- haiku
- three lined poem; 5/7/5 syllables
- koizumi
- pm who turned around japan's economy
- ginza
- most expensive shopping center
- Matthew Perry
- American who negotiated w/ Meiji in 1850s
- ikebana
- art of flower arranging
- 1
- japan's rank in commerical fishing
- rote memorization
- learning style emphasized
- pachinko
- japanese pinball
- new year's day
- most important holiday
- Dec. 7, 1941
- d/m/y of pearl harbor
- Pu Yi
- man put in charge of Manchuria
- baseball
- #1 japanese sport
- buddhism
- religion introduced thru chinese and koreans
- Diet
- name of japan's legislature
- kimono
- traditional womens' dress
- yamato
- refers to Japan or Japanese things