1. Mrs. Reed 8th Grade Geography
Japan & the Koreas
Mrs. Reed
8th Grade Geography

2. Objectives What are the physical features of Japan and the Koreas?
What natural resources does the region have?
Which climate types are found in the region?

3. Physical Features
The Koreas are located on a peninsula.

4. Japan’s four islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu.

5. Mountains dominate the region. The Japanese Alps are the longest range.

6. There are plains along the coast and the rivers valleys
There are plains along the coast and the rivers valleys. Japan lies along the “Ring of Fire”.

7. Ring of Fire

8. Natural Resources
Korea’s mountainous terrain and rivers are good for producing hydroelectricity.

9. North Korea has iron ore, copper, zinc, lead, and coal.

10. Japan’s Resources
The Oyashio Current and the Japan Current create Japan's superior fisheries.

11. Climate types Humid Continental-
Hokkaido, northern Honshu, and northern Korean Peninsula

12. Climate
Humid subtropical-southern Japan and the rest of the Korean Peninsula.

13. Objectives How did the modernization of Japan take place?
What was Japan’s early history and culture like?

14. History of Japan
300 B.C. Rice farming is introduced; irrigation becomes important for political power.
Shintoism is the first religion to develop. Buddhism and Confucianism follow from China.

16. A.D. 700 Feudal political system develops; samurai warriors serve the lords; shoguns are named by the emperor

18. 1200s Mongols invade and the feudal domains unite against them.
1500 Portuguese traders arrive followed by Spanish missionaries

19. Japan loses its power with its defeat in WWII
The U.S. Occupies Japan until 1952-rebuilds and becomes a major industrial power.
Constitutional monarchy established

21. Objectives Where do most Japanese live?
What are the major Japanese cities like?
What is life in Japan Like?
How has the Japanese economy developed?

22. Japan has little arable land on which people can live.
Most people live on the small coastal plains.

23. Japan has reclaimed land from the sea and the rivers with dikes.
The airport near Osaka is built on an artificial island.

24. Major Japanese Cities Tokyo-megalopolis has almost 30 million people.
Tokyo is the capital and center of government.

25. Land is scarce and real estate prices are among the highest in the world.
Ginza is the largest shopping district in the world.

26. Major Japanese cities are busy, noisy, and densely populated
Yokohama is Japan’s major seaport.
Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe form another major megalopolis.

27. Japan Today Japan is ethnically homogenous. Culture is male dominated
Most people live in the suburb and work in the city.

28. Since land is scarce, homes are small.
Arts include flower arranging, bonsai trees, kite flying

29. Japanese Economy Japan has the world’s largest fishing industry.
Most raw materials must be imported.

30. Agriculture is centered on Honshu and farms practice intensive cultivation.

31. Foreign investments have influenced Japan’s industry and economy.
Protectionism has created Japan’s huge trade surplus.

32. Objectives-Korea
What were the Major events of Korea’s early modern period?
Why was Korea divided after WWII, and what were the effects of the division?

33. Korea-early modern history
Mid-1890s Japan defeats China in the Sino-Japanese War.
1910-Japan annexes Korea and becomes a harsh ruler until after WWII.

34. Korea divided after WWII
U.S. And Soviet troops oversaw the division of Korea. Unable to agree on how to unite North and South.

36. 1948-The Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea were officially created.

37. 1950 - North Korea invades South Korea and the Korean War is fought until 1953.
The demilitarized zone is the most heavily guarded border in the world.
Why does U.S. care so much about South Korea?

38. Today-South Korea Seoul is the capital.
Much like other cities – pollution and overcrowding are problems
Currently ruled by multiparty democratic government.
Christianity is the dominant religion.

39. Today-North Korea
Government controlled by Communist Party and a command economy.
Government owns all land and housing and controls job access.
Capital P’yongyang.

40. The country cannot produce enough food and lost its main source of aid with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Famine killed thousands in the 1990s.
Has been developing nuclear weapons since the 1990s.