Cities
Capital of Japan
Tokyo
Japan's highest mountain, formed by a Volcano
Mt. Fuji
The area separating North and South Korea
DMZ
Why does Japan have more earthquakes than the Korean peninsula?
Tectonic Plate Boundaries
Destructive waves due to underwater earthquakes
Tsunamis
Capital of South Korea
Seoul
Name for elected legislature in Japan
Diet
North Korean leaders discourage people from practicing what?
Religion
Powerful generals who ruled in emperors name in early Japan
Shoguns
Served under shoguns and were highly trained warriors
Samurai
Capital of North Korea
Pyongyang
Traditional robes of Japanese
Kimono
What is Kimchi?
Pickled cabbage in Korea
Fee a country charges on exports and imports...
Tariff
The year the Korean War began
1950
US dropped bombs on what two cities, leading Japan to surrender in WW2?
Nagasaki and Hiroshima
Japan's largest mountain range
Alps
What religion was brought to Korea and later carried to Japan by the Chinese?
Buddhism
Characters in Japanese writing system representing whole words
Kanji
Who ruled Korea before Japan?
China
Japan's Imperial Capital
Kyoto
Compare the population of Japan to California
Japan has 4x as much people
In the past, most people in Korea followed two types of religions...
Buddhist and Confucianist
Shintoists believe that everything in nature has a spirit called
Kami
Why does Japan import much of its food?
Densely populated, land not suitable for growing, average farm is small