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Japan's Easy History
Japan Easy History Basic - Stack #14434
Question Flap 1 | Answer Flap 2 | Detailed Answer Flap 3 |
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What is Japan's Highest point? | Mount Fuji | 3,776 meters high |
How many MAIN islands of Japan? | Four main islands | Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu |
What is the Japanese Climate in General? | Climate is generally rainy; high humidity | Climate is also Diverse. Climatic ranges from warm summers and long cold winters in north; hot humid summers and short winters in center; and long, hot, humid summers, and mild winters in southwest. |
Early in Japan's history, who controlled the society? | Japan's society was controlled by a ruling elite. | The ruling elite consisted of powerful clans. |
Who were the most powerful rulers of Japan in the Third century A.D. ? | The most powerful clan was the imperial family in Yamato. | Yamato is approx. modern Nara Prefecture or possibly in northern Kyushu. This kingly line claimed their descent was from the gods who created Japan. |
Where is Japan located? | Japan is in the Pacific Ocean, near the coast of Asia. | Longitude and Latitude |
Describe the Shinto religion. | Shinto means "the way of the gods" | Shinto worship gods and spirits which live in trees, rivers, rocks, mountians, and in nature. |
What is the name of the family which established the first emporer of Japan? | The Yamato clan began the first and only dynasty in Japanese history. | Historians believe the Yamato came to power around A.D. 400, and the present Japanese emporer is a descendant of the Yamato. |