BJU Cultural Geography chapter 21

prefecture

political division in Japan

tsunami

A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor.

samurai

Japanese warriors who protected the estates of feudal lords

shogun

A general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name

DMZ

A zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited

4 main islands of Japan

Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu

Ring of Fire

A circle of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean.

Government of North Korea

Communist dictatorship

Government of South Korea

democratic republic

primary religion of Japan

Shintoism & Buddhism

First leader of North Korea

Kim Il Sung

Current leader of North Korea

Kim Jong Un

Juche

North-Korean ideology in which it remains completely independent from other nations and worships the dictator as a god.

Nippon

The Japanese word for Japan. It means "source of the sun."

Mount Fuji

Japan's highest mountain peak. It is a stratovolcano

How many people are punished for a political crime in North Korea?

3 generations

How did the Korean War start?

North Korea, who was communist, invaded a democratic South Korea.

Japan's population is

declining

chaebols

very large, family-held Korean conglomerates that have considerable political and economic power (examples: LG, Samsung, Hyundai)

homogenous society

society in which the people share a common ethnic and cultural background

How does North Korea threaten the US?

they have nuclear weapons that can reach many US cities

Solutions to Japanese trash problems?

1. large-scale recycling

2. creating land out of trash

Hokkaido

Japan's northernmost and second largest island.

Honshu

Largest island of Japan

Shikoku

the smallest of the four main islands of Japan

Kyushu

the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan

Heaven Lake

Mythical birthplace of the Korean people

Fukishima

nuclear disaster caused by a tsunami in 2011, where the storage pools containing radioactive material leaked when backup electricity failed. As a result, Japan shut down all nuclear plants

Most of Japan has ___ seasons

four

Capital of Japan

Tokyo

Capital of North Korea

Pyongyang

Capital of South Korea

Seoul

most important crops for North Korea

rice and corn

Most of South Korean farmland is used to grow

rice

Japan is one of the largest importers of

fossil fuels

government of Japan

constitutional monarchy

Japan and the Koreas have how many other ethnicities?

almost none

Culture of Japan

high context, but influenced by some aspects of Germany

Hangul

Korean phonetic alphabet

Ondol

Floor heating system in Korean traditional houses