Transcript Japan - Santee School District

Japan
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Pearl
bomb
The four largest Islands
Volcanoes
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Japan being a
mountainous
region has 188
volcanoesmany are
active
Here are the
major ones
Mt. Fuji - the largest
Mt. Fuji is the largest volcano in Japan. During a very large eruption that
occurred about 300 years ago (1707), abundant ash and scoria were
ejected over an area reaching as far as Edo. Mt. Unzen in Kyushu is
another active volcano. It had been queit for 192 years before it erupted
again in 1990. Mt. Asama is yet another example of very active and
dangerous volcanoes. Its eruption in 1783 caused enormous disaster.
First Settlers
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Came from northeast Asia,
30,000 B.C.- Japan was once
attached to the Asian
Continent
300 B.C. Yayoi- ancestors of
the Japanese peopleintroduced farming, rice
paddies, metal working
They also organized into
clans- groups related by
blood or marriage
Warriors at the top- controlling
artisans, farmers- protection
for rice
Yamato
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A.D. 500’s they became strong enough to
rule most of Japan
Rulers were descendants from heavenJimmu- “emperor of heaven”founded a line of rulers that has
never been broken
Shotoku
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Took charge of Japan on behalf
of his aunt
Wanted to follow China’s
example- sent people to
learn from China- new
knowledge trickled through
Korea
Created a constitution
Began the Taika- “great
change”- divided Japan into
provinces, or regional districtsall land belonged to emperorhis people collected taxes
Oldest Buddhist Temple
Shinto
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Based on nature spirits- “way of the spirits”
Believed that all things have their own spiritsanimism-the belief that all natural things
are alive and have spirits, worshiped in
shrines