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Today’s Schedule – 05/10/10. CNN Student News 28.2 Vocab Check 28.2 PPT Pt. 1: History of Japan and the Koreas Video: Secrets of the Samurai HW: Continue working on websites. In the 700’s AD. Japan developed a unique political culture A Japanese emperor ruled from Kyoto, a central city.
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Today’s Schedule – 05/10/10 • CNN Student News • 28.2 Vocab Check • 28.2 PPT Pt. 1: History of Japan and the Koreas • Video: Secrets of the Samurai • HW: • Continue working on websites
In the 700’s AD Japan developed a unique political culture A Japanese emperor ruled from Kyoto, a central city.
Japan was largely cut off from the world until 1853 When US ships led by Commodore Matthew Perry arrived, helping to open up Japan for trade.
The emperor began to modernize Japan, And the country soon grew into a modern industrial power.
Japan began to invade other countries to meet its growing need for natural resources.
By 1937 Japan had a huge empire. The Japanese signed a treaty with Germany and Italy in 1940.
Japan surrendered in 1945 after the US dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Korea had been controlled by Japan until after WWII The peninsula was divided into North and South by the US and the USSR
1950 North Korea invaded South Korea, and the US sent soldiers by to defend South Korea.
1953 The war ended, and the two sides set up a peace line along the 38th parallel
This is called the demilitarized zone And neither side governs it. No military may enter it.
It is a fortified area and there are a lot of tensions on the border