TIPS ON NOTE TAKING:

1. Please enter the room quietly and make note of the daily objective, class work 
and homework in your agendas. Will the person responsible for retrieving 
the journals for your row please do so.

2. TIPS ON NOTE TAKING: GREEN - Don't write it down if you don't want. It is there 
for to read and make a mental note. BLUE - You should write this information down, but put it in 
your own words. Don't worry about coping it exactly. Put 
it in a way that you'll remember. BLACK - You need to write this down. It is important. If 
you can find a way to write it using less words that okay, but 
make sure you are getting this information in your notes. RED - This is very important and needs to be written in your 
notes EXACTLY as it is on the board.

3. Vocab Word Search (pages 320 - 323) Proximity - archipelago - mainland - indicate - survive -

4. Vocab Word Search (pages 320 - 323) Proximity - Closeness in space. archipelago - mainland - indicate - survive -

5. Vocab Word Search (pages 320 - 323) Proximity - Closeness in space. A chain of islands. archipelago - mainland - indicate - survive -

6. Vocab Word Search (pages 320 - 323) Proximity - Closeness in space. A chain of islands. archipelago - The major land area of a continent. mainland - indicate - survive -

7. Vocab Word Search (pages 320 - 323) Proximity - Closeness in space. A chain of islands. archipelago - The major land area of a continent. mainland - to show that something exists or is likely to be 
true. indicate - survive -

8. Vocab Word Search (pages 320 - 323) Proximity - Closeness in space. A chain of islands. archipelago - The major land area of a continent. mainland - to show that something exists or is likely to be 
true. indicate - to live or make a living; continue to live despite 
danger. survive -

9. Land of the Rising Sun How did geography affect the early development of Japanese culture? What do you already know about Japan and its geography?

10. The Geography of Japan From this map what kind landscape does Japan have?

11. The Geography of Japan * Japan is an archipelago that 
is just East of the continent of 
Asia (mainland). * The Japanese call their 
country Nippon, which means land 
of the rising sun. * Less than 20 percent of 
Japans land can be used for 
farming. * Most people have settled on 
one of Japan's few flat plains or 
along the coastline.

12. Ring of Fire Has anybody heard of the Ring of Fire? Do you know (can 
you guess) what it is?

13. Ring of Fire * Japan is part of the Ring of 
Fire. * This is a region of volcanoes 
and earthquakes that circle the 
Pacific Ocean. * The Japanese islands sit at 
the boundary between two plates, 
or sections, of Earth’s outer 
shell.

14. Early Inhabitants Where do you think the majority of Japan's inhabitants came 
from?

15. Early Inhabitants * The first settlers in Japan 
came from mainland Asia. * They survived mainly by 
hunting and fishing. * They developed a new 
farming technique, growing rice 
in irrigated fields. *  Rice soon became Japan's 
most important crop.

16. A Borrowed Writing System Looking at the symbols above, from where do you think 
Japan borrowed its writing system?

17. A Borrowed Writing System * In 500 AD the Japanese 
began to borrow the Chinese 
writing system. *  Early Japanese writing use 
Chinese characters in two ways: 1) Some characters stood for 
ideas. 2) Others stood for the sounds 
of Japanese syllables.

18. Arrival of Buddhism Where did Buddhism come from originally and how do 
you think it got to Japan?

19. Arrival of Buddhism * Before the arrival of 
Buddhism the Japanese believed 
in the religion of Shinto. * Shinto means "the way of the 
gods." Shinto temple * The Japanese believed that 
Shinto gods created Japan as a 
special group of islands. * In 552 AD Buddhist priests 
from Korea brought Buddhism to 
Japan. Buddhist temple

20. Shinto Buddhist

21. Important things to remember: * Settlements in Japan were limited to flat lands along 
the coast. * Japan borrowed a writing system from China. * Priests from Korea spread the religion of Buddhism to 
Japan. * Shinto was the religion that originated in Japan and it 
means “way of the Gods.”

22. Use textbook pages 320 - 323 to complete your 
worksheet:

27. Flip over your worksheet: Quick Write: Choose three of these questions to answer 
on the back of your worksheet. 1) How do you think living on islands affects how people 
live? 2) What effect might earthquakes have had on life in 
Japan? 3) How might isolation have been both good and bad for Japan? 4) How do you think Japan’s culture would be different if its 
contacts with China and Korea had not come until much later? 5) How have the mountains affected how the people of 
Japan have lived?

28. Geography of Japan (Video): Please be prepared to comment on the video you are about to 
watch. I will ask questions if no one volunteers information.

29. Homework: Directions: Using the map and the information on page 320 – 321 to 
complete the following activity. 1) Label all of the major islands of Japan. 2) Draw and color where you believe China is in RED. 3) Use YELLOW to color in the coastal areas on Japan’s main island. 4) Use GREEN to color in the mountain regions

30. Using the notes in your journal and the information in your 
textbook create an Effect Map. Topic: What were the effects that China and Korea had 
on Japanese culture? China China Japanese 
Culture Korea Korea