JAPAN GEOGRAPHY LOCATION1.EAST OF KOREA /CHINA JAPAN IS AN ARCHIPELAGO CHAIN OF ISLANDS

FOUR MAIN ISLANDS OF JAPAN 1.HONSHU 2.SHIKOKU 3.HOKKAIDO 4.KYUSHU

POPULATION OF JAPAN 127 million TOPOGRAPHY MOSTLY MOUNTAINS MANY VOLCANOES 30 ACTIVE WHAT PROBLEMS DOES THIS CAUSE? 1.BUILDINGS AND BUSINESS THREATENED BY ERUPTION AND EARTHQUAKE

2. ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF LAND IS FARMABLE 3. LACK OF LIVING SPACE CAUSES OVERCROWDING 4. PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO ADAPT BY LIVING VERTICALLY 5.LACK OF NATURAL RESOURCES

EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES JAPAN LOCATED ON THE “PACIFIC RING OF FIRE”

MT. FUJIHIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN JAPAN INNACTIVE 200,000 PEOPLE PER YEAR CLIMB THIS VOLCANO

SCARCITY OF RESOURCES 1. LAND 2. MINERALS HOW HAS THE SCARCITY 0F RESOURCES IN JAPAN AFFECTED IT’S HISTORY? 1.CAUSED IT TO BECOME IMPERIALISTIC 2.CAUSED IT TO RELY ON THE SEA FOR SURVIVAL