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| Who is the current emperor? |
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| What does the emperor do today? |
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- Appoints the prime minister (not chooses).
- Makes oversea visits.
- Recieves leaders from foreign countries.
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| Do the Japanese favor war? |
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| No, the Japanese renounce, or reject, war. |
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| The Diet is a group of people who make laws for Japan. |
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| How is the Prime Minister chosen? Who is the current Prime Minister? |
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The elect the Prime Minister.
The current Prime Minister is Prime Minister Kan. |
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| What is population density? |
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| The average number of people who live on each square mile of land. |
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| Is Japan densely populated or sparsely populated? |
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| The coastline of Japan is very densely populated; it is home to many major cities. The mountainous region in the middle of Japan is sparsely populated, though. |
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| What is the population density of Japan? |
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| 876 people per square mile. |
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| How does population density affect land use? |
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| The Japanese grow rice on terraces cut into steep mountains and build underground parks and zoos. |
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| How does population density affect transportation? |
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| The Japanese have a law that says that no car can be registered in Tokyo without proof that the owner has a place to park it and the average employee in Tokyo commutes 90 minutes to work. |
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| How does population density affect housing? |
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| The Japanese have homes that do not have separate bedrooms and the average home in Japan is smaller than the average home in the United States. |
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| How does population density affect health and the environment? |
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| The Japanese wear facemasks to avoid making others ill and they recycle cookie wrappers to reduce trash. |
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| Which is the most closely related to a nation's life expectancy: population density or per capita income? |
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| How did cultural diffusion affect Japan's government? |
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Before: The Japanese had an emperor, who only had loose control. All of the clans, or uji, were semi - independent and had their own leaders.
After: Power was taken from the uji leaders and the emperor had all the power. He distributed the land, made people pay taxes and government officials helped him rule. Two important documents were written, the 17 Article Constitution and the Taika Reform. |
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| How did cultural diffusion affect Japan's city design? |
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Before: The Japanse did not have a capital city.
After: Their capital, Nara, was based on the Chinese capital, Chang'an. The streets were laid out in a checkerboard pattern, there were Buddhist temples in the north and a boulevard ran through the center. |
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| How did cultural diffusion affect Japan's religion? |
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Before: The Japanese believed in Shinto. Shinto taught love and respect for nature, the Shintoists worshipped Kami, spirits in wind and trees and believed that it was important to purify things like dirt and wounds.
After: Buddhism came to Japan in the sixth century. Mahayana was the particular branch. Mahayana Buddhists believe in Bodhisvattas. Bodhisvattas are people who can enter nirvana but choose to help others reach it instead. |
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| How did the Japanese incorporate both Shinto and Buddhism? |
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| Followers built shrines to Kami (Shinto) and to Buddhas / Bodhisvattas (Buddhism). Birth and wedding ceremonies were usually Shinto and funerals were usually Buddhist. |
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| How did cultural diffusion affect Japan's writing? |
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Before: The Japanese did not have a writing system, only a spoken language.
After: There are two different ways of writing in Japanese: Kanji and Kana. Kanji uses Chinese characters to represent Japanese words. Kana uses Japanese characters inspired by Chinese characters that were invented later. |
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| Who was the first emperor? |
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| The sun goddess that all emperors are believed to have descended from. |
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| A person who is the ruler in name only; who does not have any real power. |
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| What is the current government of Japan? |
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| A constitutional monarchy, a form of government in which the emperor has only a symbolic role. |
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| Who wrote Japan's first constitution? |
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| Which clan was Japan's first emperor from? |
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| A supreme military leader. |
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