Geography of Japan
Japan is made up of how many main islands?
What are four main islands?
What warrior class ruled Japan for centuries?
Who were the samurai?
What religion focuses on spirits called kami?
What is Shinto?
What are traditional Japanese family crests called?
What are kamon?
What is the name of Japan’s tallest mountain?
What is Mount Fuji?
What period was Japan mostly isolated from the world?
What is the Edo Period?
What is the Japanese belief that nature has spirits?
What is animism?
What is bowing used for in Japan?
What is showing respect?
Which island is the largest and most populated?
What is Honshu?
Who held real power during the samurai era instead of the emperor?
Who was the shogun?
What concept means social obligation or duty?
What is giri?
Why are uniforms common in Japanese schools?
What is promoting equality and unity?
What body of water lies between Japan and Korea?
What is the Sea of Japan?
What event in 1868 ended the samurai era?
What is the Meiji Restoration?
What idea refers to human emotions and personal feelings?
What is ninjo?
What concept values putting the group before the individual?
What is collectivism?
Why does Japan experience frequent earthquakes?
What is Japan’s location on tectonic plate boundaries?
Why did Japan isolate itself during the Edo Period?
What was to control foreign influence and maintain order?
Why is harmony so important in Japanese society?
What is maintaining group harmony and avoiding conflict?
Why is respect for elders emphasized in Japan?
What is preserving tradition and social order?