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KMS Japan
CH 21
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Geography
8th Grade
04/25/2011

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Honshu
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Japan's most largest and populous island.
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Mount Fuji
Definition
Japan's highest mountain peak.
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Kanto Plain
Definition
The largest lowland of japan, which extends from the Japanese Alps east to the Pacific.
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Hokkaido
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Japan's northernmost and second largest island.
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Kyushu
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Japan's southernmost island and home to several large cities.
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Shikoku
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Japan's smallest and least populated major island
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Ring of Fire
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A geographic zone that extends along the rim of the Pacific Ocean and has numerous volcanoes and earthquakes.
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samurai
Definition
professional soldiers of Japan
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shogun
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the leader of the military government of Japan beginning in 1192
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diamyo
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powerful samurai who because warrior-chieftains
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Shinto
Definition
Japan's original religion; involves worshiping gods believed to be found in nature
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militarism
Definition
a government's aggressive use of its armed forces
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Diet (DY-iht)
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Japan's law-making body, which consists of a House of Representatives and a House of Councillors
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zaibatsu
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the large family-controlled banking and industrial groups that owned many companies in Japan before WWII
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