OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON JAPAN 



Outline 



I. Location and Size 



(1) An island empire 



(2) Relation to Asia 



(3) Chief islands 



(4) Total area 



(5) Population 



II. Its Geography 



(1) Mountainous, volcano-built country 



(2) Fujiyama 



(3) Rivers 



(4) Lakes 



(5) Climate 



III. Industries and Communication 



( 1 ) Agriculture 



(a) Intensive character 



(b) Chief crops 



(2) Mining 



( 3 ) Manufacturing 



(a) In the homes 



(b) In factories 



(4) Fisheries 



(5) Transportation 



(a) By sea 



(b) By rail 



(c) The 'riksha 



(6) Commerce 



IV. The People 



(1) Racial peculiarities 



(2) Mode of life 



(3) Education 



(4) Religion 



(5) Language and literature 



(6) Art 



V. Government and Defense 



( 1 ) Departments of government 



(2) Army 



(3) Navy 



VI. History 



(1) The early days 



(2) Beginnings of foreign intercourse 



(3) New Japan 



(4) Its modern wars 



Questions 



Why do not the rugs in a Japanese house get as dirty as those in a house in 

 America? 



What part do flowers play in the life of the Japanese? 



What quality of these people has enabled them to profit greatly from their 

 intercourse with other nations? 



How do the Japanese treat their women? 



If all the people in Japan who engage in fishing or some industry growing out 

 of it lived in one city, which city of the United States would it most closely resemble 

 in size? 



What did the early explorers go to Japan for? 



What two larger nations did Japan defeat in war? What was the effect on Japan? 



How do the two types of Japanese differ from each other? 



Why is one Japanese mountain familiar the world over? 



What was the "frog in a well" period of Japanese history? 



What are the chief merits of Japanese pictures? The chief defects? 



Who were the shoguns? When did the last shogun lose his power? 



What famous explorer thought he had discovered Japan? 



Does the multiplicity of the temples in Japan indicate truly the religious char- 

 acter of the people? 



What is the first definite fact in Japanese history? 



What do the Japanese call their country? What is the origin of the name? 



What connection has there been between education and suicide in Japan? 



What is the ordinary carriage in which passengers ride? 



