Early Japan

What is an archipelago?

• a group of books

• A chain of islands

• the tops of mountains

• unstable earth

Japan is located by which ocean?

• Atlantic

• Indian

• Pacific

• Red Sea

How many MAIN islands are in Japan?

• 3

• 7

• 6

• 4

True or False: The islands of Japan are the tops of mountains that rise from the ocean floor.

• True

• False

Where do most people live in Japan?

• near the mountains

• along the coast

• in the forests

The early Japanese built villages near the coast so they could

• fish

• travel

• trade

• all of the answers

Japan is an isolated country. What does isolated mean?

• heavily populated

• together

• separate

• very hot and humid

True or False: The first people to settle in Japan came from north eastern Asia

• True

• False

What did the Yayoi people bring to Japan?

• farming

• rice

• pottery and metalwork

• all of the above

What did Yayoi warrior chiefs do?

• protected the people

• developed schools

• attacked their own people

• none of the above