WHI.11c - Japan

The student will apply social science skills to understand the civilizations and empires of Asia, with emphasis on Japan and China, by

c) explaining the impact of Shinto and Buddhist traditions and the influence of Chinese culture on the region;

Japanese cultural development was influenced by proximity to China.

Shinto and Buddhism coexisted as religious traditions in the Japanese culture.

Location and place

 Mountainous Japanese archipelago (four main islands)

 Sea of Japan or East Sea between Japan and Asian mainland

 Proximity to China and Korea

Influence of Chinese culture

 Writing

 Architecture

 Buddhism

Shinto

 Ethnic religion unique to Japan

 Importance of natural features, forces of nature, and ancestors

 State religion; worship of the emperor

 Coexistence with Buddhism

Terms

Maritime (10a)

Amber (10b)

Textiles (10b)

Watermills (10b)

Windmills (10b)

Lateen sails (10b)

Archipelago (10c)

Shinto (10c)

Animism (10d)

Torri

People

Samurai

Mansa Musa (10d)

Places

Indian Ocean (10a,b,d)

China Sea (10a)

Black Sea (10a)

Middle East (10b)

Korea (10b)

Japan (10b)

Sea of Japan (10c)

East Sea (10c)

Ghana (10d)

Mali (10d)

Songhai (10d)

Axum (10d)

Ethiopian highlands (10d)

Zimbabwe (10d)

Great Zimbabwe (10d)

Sahara (10d)

Timbuktu (10d)

Zambezi River (10d)

Limpopo River (10d)

Niger River (10d)