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World History, Japan
Japanese history
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History
9th Grade
05/26/2010

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What is the main island of Japan?
Definition
Honshu.
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Which island is the northernmost island of Japan?
Definition
Hokkaido.
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Which island is the smallest of the 4 main islands of Japan?
Definition
Shikoku.
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Which island is the southernmost MAJOR island of Japan?
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Kyushu.
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What is Buddhism?
Definition
The most common religion in Japan that centrals around the teaching of the Buddah.
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Who is the U.S commodore who sailed into Tokyo Harbon with a letter asking Japan to allow foreign trade?
Definition
Commodore Matthew Perry.
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What was the 1854 agreement between in US and Japan which opened 2 Japanese ports to U.S ships and allowed the US to set up an embassy?
Definition
The Treaty of Kanagawa
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What were the Meiji Reforms?
Definition
Reforms in the Meiji Era that caused modernization. Japan wanted to oppose western ideas, by taking the best of the west and compiling it into one country.
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Who did the Japanese model their government after?
Definition
Germany.
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What did the Japanese "take" from America for the Meiji Reforms?
Definition
The Educational System.
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What is imperialism?
Definition
A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, or economocially to expand national territories.
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Which northeast province was invaded by Japan in 1932 for iron ore and coal?
Definition
Manchuria, in China.
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What was the Sino-Japanese war over? And between who?
Definition
Between Japan and China, in Korea when China broke a "Hands off" agreement.
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What was the Russo-Japanese war?
Definition
A war between Japan and Russia over Japan's prescense in Manchuria. Japan drove Russian troops out of Korea.
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What was the amazing thing about the Russo-Japanese war?
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It was the first time in history when an Asian country defeated a European country.
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What is an annexation?
Definition
the adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit.
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Who were the Axis powers?
Definition
Germany, Italy, and Japan in WW2. Formed in 1936.
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Who was Admiral Yamamoto?
Definition
Japans naval strategist in WW2, who organized the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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What was the Bataan Death March?
Definition
A 150 mile walk up the peninsula forcively. Thousands of US citizens of Japanese descent were falsely labeled as enemies.
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What was the naval battle of WW2, in which Americans defeated Japanese on their way to Midway island? This turned the war in the Pacific.
Definition
The Battle of Midway.
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Who was General Douglas MacArthur?
Definition
US general commanded UN forces in Korea and was US cheif if staff. He commanded the Allied forces, and creaded the strategy of Island Hopping in WW2.
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Who was a kamikaze?
Definition
a Japanese airforce worker who was charged with the suicidal mission of crashing an aircraft with explosives into an enemy target.
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What was the Korean War?
Definition
A 1950 war between North and South Korea. It ended where it started, at the 38th parallel.
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What is population density?
Definition
The number of people relative to the space they occupy. Japan's population density is very high, which affects housing and family patterns.
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Why did Japan finally start allowing imports? Give two reasons.
Definition
1st: they were forced to by Matthew Perry.
2nd: they have no resources, so they need them from other countries.
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How was Japan militarily different that Germany and Italy?
Definition
Japan was ruled by militarists who kept the emporer in power.
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How did the US respond to Japanese agression in SouthEast Asia?
Definition
By cutting off oil supplies to Japan.
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What country did Japan impost annexation on?
Definition
Korea.
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What was Pearl Harbor called?
Definition
"a date that will live in infamy".
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Which country organized demilitirization of Japanese and removed military leaders?
Definition
The United States.
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What were 3 measures taken by the United States to ensure that Japanese would never again be a threat to the world?
Definition
1)the emporer was stripped of most political power.
2) Japanese military leaders were removed from power.
3) Japanese armed forces were disbanded (broken apart).
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Which country is closest to Japans SOUTHERNMOST point?
Definition
Taiwan.
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What happened to Japans economy after WW2?
Definition
It grew faster than any other nation.
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Why was Japan known as the worlds workshop?
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Because it imported cheap materials, in order to make them into expensive products.
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Where do most Japanese live?
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In the cities.
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What is different about Japanese military?
Definition
It can only fight if attacked.
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