Chapter 12-Shaping a Unique Worldview

How has the Japanese described their country?

• Land of the Rising Sun

• Land of the Setting Sun

• Land of the many Gods

• Land of the Earthquakes

Why was it extremely difficult to get to Japan?

• The water is rough to travel

• What! people travelled to Japan!

• Europeans did not have the technology to travel

• There are fewer bays and ports to stop in at

__________________ are the most beloved flowers among the Japanese.

An old silent pond...

A frog jumps into the pond,

splash! Silence again.

By: Matsuo Basho

• katauta

• Limerick

• Haiku

• Sonnet

Fire, water, wind, thunder, animals, and plants are what the _____________ believe in.

Shinto is a type of...

• Religion

• Festival

• Mountain

• God

The small Buddhist shrine is called.

• Matsuri

• Butsudan

• Tsunami

• Kamidana

Japan's food staples are....

• Rice, Soy, and Bananas

• Soy and Wheat

• Fish, Rice, and Soy

• Fish and Rice

Homogenous Society means.......

• Essential part of trade

• Communication and trading corridor

• Similar geographic challenges

• Unified family, common values, and beliefs

Forbidden to speak their language, practise customs, restricted living area is an example of ____________________