5-13-04

                                                                                                   GH2-HW#32

Read pages 323-326
complete (1-6) on page 326

1. Identify: Ring of Fire, Yamato clan, Amaterasu, Shinto, Shotoku,
Sei Shonagon, Murasaki Shikibu

2. Define: archipelago, kami, kana

3. Describe two ways geography affected Japan.

4. a) What aspects of Japanese life were influenced by China?
b) How did the Japanese preserve their own culture?

5. How did women influence culture at the Heian court?

6. Critical Thinking: How was the Japanese development of kana similar
to the Korean development of hangul?