For seven centuries, the Samurai were Japan’s warrior class. As a class of warriors and knights, they dominated society in feudal Japan. Their code or “Way of the warrior”, bushido (History of the Samurai-www), called for a life of duty, discipline and self control, on and as well as off the battlefield (History of the…
Japan is a society whose culture is steeped in the traditions and symbols of the past: Mt. Fuji, the tea ceremony, and the sacred objects of nature revered in Shintoism. Two of the most important traditions and symbols in Japan; the Emperor and Confucianism have endured through Shogunates, restorations of imperial rule, and up to…
Sonno joi, “Restore the Emperor and expel the Barbarians,” was the battle cry that ushered in the Showa Restoration in Japan during the 1930’s. The Showa Restoration was a combination of Japanese nationalism, Japanese expansionism, and Japanese militarism all carried out in the name of the Showa Emperor, Hirohito. Unlike the Meiji Restoration, the Showa…
The Basics Japan is an island nation located in East Asia – it has about 3,000 islands! There are about 128 million people who live in Japan, and it has the second highest GDP in the world Technically, there are no official languages, but Japanese dialects are most commonly spoken A Brief History Occupation of…
Nations Involved The Japanese and Americans were fighting over this small island. The Japanese had already built two airfields and were constructing a third. The airbases would allow Japan to be able to intercept any B-29 bombers bombing Japan. The United States wanted the island because it would provide them with a fighter base and…
Great Barrier Reef, Australia The Great Barrier is the world’s largest system of coral reefs. The Great Barrier Reef is made up of more than 2000 individual reefs and it extends 2000 kilometres. The Great Barrier Reef stretches 2300 kilometres along the Northeast coast of Australia going from Queenstown to Bundaberg. Ocean animals called coral…
School Geography Thoughts Rituals Theravada Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia “the way of the elders” Conservative Do not worship Buddha as a god. Meditation Mahayana China, Vietnam, Korea, Japan “the greater vehicle” Older forms of the religion. Liberal Heavens are populated with Buddha or divinities to whom people can pray. Bodhisattvas. -the buddha is the…
The ‘Great War’, which began on 28 July 1914 with Austria-Hungary’s declaration of war with Serbia, was the first truly global war. It began in Europe but quickly spread throughout the world. Many countries became embroiled within the war’s first month; others joined in the ensuing four years, with Honduras announcing hostilities with Germany as…
Volcanoes formed at certian locations because they were along plate boundaries, which provide the ideal circumstances for magma formation and its subsequent eruption. At subduction boundaries the lithopsheres collide and the denser plate is pulled down into the mantle. This introduces water into the asthenosphere which lowers melting temperature and allows the less dense magma…