Japan
Geography and People
Japan is an __________. Which means surround by Water
Island
What is a chain Islands called?
Japan is a chain of Islands in the Northern Pacific.
Archipelago
Hokkaido Honshu Shikoku Kyushu
Most of the Japanese live on the ____ Major Islands.4
Much of Japan is covered by ____________.Mountain
s
188 of Japan’s mountains are _________________.Volcanoes
About 20% of Japan’s land is ____________. Farmable
______ and seafood are important in the Japanese ______.
FishDiet
Sushi
Japan is surrounded by _________ and has forced Japan
to stay __________Water
Isolated
Japan developed its own _________, _____, _____________
and ____________.Religion Art Literature
Government
Japan’s earliest settlers probably came from ______________________.Northeast Asia
Around 5,000 BCE a wandering group developed called
____________.JomonThey are known for their Pottery
___________ became a way of life for the Jomon People.Fishing
The Next Group of people are the _________________Yayoi
The Yayoi people grew rice in a ________________.Paddy
A paddy is a rice field that is flooded when rice is planted and drained for
the Harvest
They were skilled in ______________ working and made _____________
out of _________________.
MetalWeapons
Iron & bronze
A Clan is a group of families related by blood or marriage.
By 300 C.E. the early Japanese organized themselves into _______.Clans
The Clan ________________ protected the people in return for a share of the
rice harvest each year.
Warrior Chiefs
Yayoi would bury their Chiefs in large tombs called __________.Kofun
The story goes 2 Gods dipped their spears into the sea.
When they pulled it out drops of salty water fell and created the islands Japan
The Myth of the creation of Japan
The 2 Gods then created the Sun Goddess _________________ to rule over ___________.
AmaterasuEarth
Then the Gods created the Storm God ___________________.Susanowo
Susanowo and Amaterasu’s ______________ became the first
people of JapanChildren
Amaterasu sent her ______________ Ninigi to rule the people of Japan.
Grandson
This ensured people would follow his leadership
Amaterasu gave Ninigi her __________, her_________, and
___________________.Mirror Jewel
A Great Sword
These objects became the sacred _____________ of
leadership in early Japan. Symbols
Other clans got to keep their land in return they pledge their loyalty
to the chief.
Around 500 C.E. a clan called ____________ ruled most of Japan.Yamato
Yamato Chiefs claimed they came from the _________________
Amaterasu and, therefore, had the right to rule.
Sun Goddess
Yamato Leader named __________ took the title “Emperor of __________”
JimmuHeaven
Jimmu started a long line of Japanese ____________ that has never
been broken. Even Emperor ___________ is a _________________ of
Jimmu.
Rulers
Akihito descendant
About 600 C.E. _________ took control in Japan. He wanted to
create a strong ____________ and he looked to ______as an example.
Shotoku
GovernmentChina
Constitution is a plan for government
Shotoku created a _______________.Constitution
>Constitution gave all _________ to the __________.>The Emperor will appoint ___________.>The Constitution listed ________ for working in the government.>The rules were based on ____________.
Power Emperor
Officials
Rules
Confucius
Shotoku sent officials and students to study ________. They learned about
Art, Medicine, philosophy, and ______________.
China
Buddhism
Shotoku ordered the building of Buddhist _________&______________.Temples Monasteries
Horyuji – the oldest Buddhist Temple in
Japan
Divided Japan into Provinces or Regional Districts. All land came
under control of the Emperor.
In 646 C.E. the Yamato began the _________ or the great change.Taika
Government officials collect a part farmer’s _________ for ________ for the Emperor.
Harvest Taxes
Shotoku created Japan’s first strong central _______________.Government
The Japanese ___________ is called ___________ and was based on __________ spirits.
ReligionShinto
Nature’s
Japanese believe all things have their own ___________.Spirits
Animism
Nature’s spirits are called _______. To honor the Gods
they built ___________.Kami
Shrines
Shinto means “way of the spirits” and is still followed today.
This is Japan, how it started, who started it, and their beliefs.