Japan

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JAPAN
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Geography

• Size of California
• Islands are peaks of volcanic mountain that rise
  from the floor of the Pacific, which are covered
  with rugged mountains and steep hills
• Climate is heavily affected by ocean currents
  varies from tropical in south to cool in north

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ARCHIPELAGO
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Tsunami
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Mount Fuji
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TOKYO
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Geography

• Yokohama major port city
• No part of Japan is more than 70 miles from the
  ocean
• Northern Islands catch cold arctic winds ocean
  currents
• Southern Islands receive warm currents from the
  Pacific

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Japanese Education
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Japanese Industry
Industrial giant modern factories use newest
technology and robotics to make products
Products made automobiles, electronic
equipment, watches, calculators, small appliances
Japan has very few mineral resources, so it must
import much of its raw materials
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Honda
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Agriculture

• Farmland is very limited, use intensive
  cultivation
• In warm areas, harvest 2-3 crops a year
• Main crop is rice which is a basic part of the
  Japanese diet along with Seafood
• Even though Japan has one of the worlds largest
  fishing fleets, they import more fish than any
  other nation

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Intensive Cultivation
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Sashimi
Sushi
Norimaki
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Japanese Pollution

• Japan has had a difficult time preserving the
  environment
• Air pollution from factories have produced acid
  rain
• Overfishing has led to supply of seafood
  dropping, Govt has placed a limit on amount that
  can be caught each year

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Constitutional Monarchy
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Religion

• Shinto Buddhism are popular religions
• Religion influences country arts many paintings
  portray the beauty of nature
• Shinto

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Shinto Shrine
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The Tale of Genji
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SUMO
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Kabuki Theatre
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Martial Arts
JUDO KARATE
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Culture

• 127m. Population
• Most of people belong to the Japanese ethnic
  background/ ¾ are crowded into urban areas
• Cities are very crowded, many travel by subway
• Men work long hours arrive home very late
• Women often quit their jobs to raise children
• Family life is the center of Japanese culture

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Megalopolis
Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka
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CLANS
CLANS
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Japan History

• Trace their ancestry to various clans that lived
  on islands in late 400s ad that came from
  mainland Asia
• Close ties with China
• Japan was ruled by emperors who modeled society
  on Chinese way of life
• Japan was ruled by shoguns and samurais from
  1100s to 1860

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SHOGUNS
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Samurai
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TMNT
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Matthew Perry

• Japan did not want to trade with foreign
  countries/US sent Perry to demand trading
  privileges/ 1853

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History

• Late 1800s, Japan began to use Western Ideas to
  modernize the country
• By early 1900s, Japan was a leading military
  power in Asia
• In the 1930s, due to need for more resources
  Japan took land in China and in Southeast Asia
• Become allied with the Axis powers
  (Italy-Germany) during WWII

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PEARL HARBOR
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Hiroshima - Nagasaki
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Atomic Bomb Effects
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Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes
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History

• Japan surrendered after the atomic bombs
• The cities lied in ruins the economy collapsed
• United States helped Japan rebuild its ruined
  economy and helped it become a democracy
• US Japan have been allies ever since

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Kitty Samurai
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THE KOREAS
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Korean Peninsula

• Peninsula juts out from northern China between
  Sea of Japan Yellow Sea
• Koreans trace ancestry to people who settled
  there 1000s of years ago
• From 100 b.c. to early 300s, China ruled the
  land
• After Chinese rule, many separate Korean kingdoms
  ruled the land

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Silla Kingdom
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Dynasties
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Hangul Writing
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Korean Peninsula

• Historically, Korea has always been a stepping
  stone between Japan and mainland Asia
• In 1910, Japanese conquered Korea and made it
  apart of their empire until the end of the WW II

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Korean Division

• After WWII, Communist troops from the Soviet
  Union took over the northern ½ of Korea
• American troops occupied the southern ½\
• Korea divided along the 38th Parallel
• Communist state arose in the North, non communist
  state ruled the south

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Korean War

• 1950, armies of North Korea attacked South Korea
  in hopes to unite all of Korea under communist
  rule
• United Nations led by the United States rushed to
  help South Korea
• War lasted 3 years ending in 1953 without a peace
  treaty or a victory for either side
• By the 1960s 2 separate countries had developed
  on the Peninsula

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Panmunjom
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Korean War Memorial
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Digging In Questions

• 1. How did Tom Clawson and the other troops get
  things up the hill?
• 2. Why were troops not supposed to bring any
  personal belongings with them on patrol?
• 3. Describe Old Baldy.
• 4. What did Tom Clawson do before the war?
• 5. What is the buddy system?
• 6. What was the only day of the week the
  soldiers were sure of?

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South Korea
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Geography

• Lies at the southern end of the peninsula
• Covered by Mountains(Taeback)
• Most South Koreans live on coastal areas
• Economy
• Manufacturing trade dominate the economy
• High technology service industries have grown
  tremendously
• SK is a leading exporter of ships, cars,
  textiles, computers, electronic appliances

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Monsoons
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Agriculture/food

• Most of the farms are very small
• Major crops are rice, barley, onions, potatoes,
  cabbage, apples, tangerines
• Rice is the basic food item
• Many farmers raise livestock chickens
• Some add to income by fishing

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Kimchi
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Culture/people

• More than 80 of people live in cities towns
• Population 49 m. people
• Many Koreans have emigrated to the United States
  since the end of the Korean War
• Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity are the
  major religions

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Seoul
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Seoul Olympics 1988
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Sokkuram
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Tae Kwon Do
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North Korea
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Geography

• Separated from China by the Yalu river
• Slightly larger than South Korea
• Monsoons affect the climate/ central mountains
  block some of the winter monsoons

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Pyongyang
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Economy/Government

• Government owns runs factories and farms
• Coal iron ore are prosperous, but industries
  suffer from old equipment power shortages
• NK spends most of their money on the military
• NK is very economically poor
• Most of NK landscape is rugged which leaves very
  little farmland, however more than 40 of the
  people work on large government ran farms
• Farms do not grow enough food to supply to all of
  the people/ famine is the result

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FAMINE
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People

• 60 of the people live in urban areas along the
  coasts and river valleys
• Communist government discourages the practice of
  religion, however many still hold traditional
  beliefs
• Government places the needs of the communist
  system over individuals and their families

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Kim IL Sung
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Kim Jong IL