Geography
This term describes Japan as a group of islands; it’s the best single‑word geographic description
What is an archipelago?
During the Tokugawa Shogunate (circa 1750) Japan was largely stable, unified, and prosperous. True or false?
What is True?
The U.S. commander who oversaw the dismantling of Japan’s military and major reforms after WWII
Who is Douglas MacArthur?)
what event drew the U.S. into war with Japan in 1941?
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
In Shinto belief, what are kami?
What are sacred spirits in nature?
Name the largest Japanese island that contains the Kanto Plain and Tokyo.
What is Honshu?
In samurai society, who held the most actual military power despite the emperor’s spiritual role?
Who is the shogun?
The person who forced Japan to open to trade with the West in the 1850s
Commodore Matthew Perry
Name the WWII pilots who followed extreme self‑sacrifice tied to Bushido
Who are kamikaze?
Name one common Shinto ritual practice?
What is purification and making offerings at shrines?
Japan sits on a geological feature that causes lots of earthquakes and volcanoes; name it.
What is the Ring of Fire?
Name the restoration that aimed to modernize and westernize Japan in the 19th century.
What is the Meiji Restoration?
Responsible for protecting wealthy daimyo and their property
The Samurai (class)
After WWII Japan adopted what kind of government change listed in the test?
What is a democratic government with a constitution and BOR?
In Zen Buddhism, what is zazen?
What is sitting meditation to calm the mind and gain insight?
Explain one main effect of limited flat farmland in Japan on population distribution and cities (short answer)
Acceptable: People concentrate in narrow coastal plains and large cities; limited farmland increases urban density and competition for housing/transport.
Name ONE of the three goals of Japan's emperor during the Meiji Restoration
any of the following:
Secure resources and gather wealth
Modernize and strengthen the military
Westernize culture and society
a legendary samurai warrior and believer in Bushido
Miyamoto Musashi
what postwar economic focus helped Japan recover and grow rapidly?
What is building consumer products like cars and electronics / high‑tech factories?
Explain the Zen idea of simplicity and one way it appears in Japanese life or art
Simplicity focuses attention on what matters and appears in minimalist design, tea ceremony, and uncluttered spaces.