1. Japan

2. Japan was located on the Asian mainland an archipelago
one large island
What is the geographic feature pictured? What is an archipelago? How many islands make up Japan?

3. What protected Japan from the Asian mainland?
Mediterranean and Black Seas
North and Baltic Seas
Sea of Japan and East China Sea.
What countries had a great influence on Japan? What seas separated Japan from the Asian mainland?

4. Japan’s terrain is mountainous flat plains plateau
What is Japan’s terrain like?

5. China’s influence on Japan can be seen in all of the following except:
A. Buddhism
B. Writing
C. Communism
C. Architecture
In what ways did China influence Japan?
Japanese Buddhist Temple

6. Which religion is being described?
It is an ethnic religion unique to Japan
It involves the worship of kami (nature spirits) and ancestors
It became the state religion worshipping the emperor.
Which religion is being described?
A. Buddhism
B. Shinto
C. Hinduism
What is worshipped in the Shinto religion?

7. Which religion spread from India to China and from China to Korea and then Japan?
A. Buddhism
B. Shinto
C. Islam