JAPAN 50 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Closeted, Japanese Archipelago, Impermanence
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Choose five questions from the following three categories, a, b, & c. you must answer at least one question and no more than two questions in each category a, b, and c. The answer should be concise, and no more than 10 sentences. A: give a brief description of one of the historical periods we have covered in class. (eg. nara period) Early phase of stone age - when humans lived in rock shelters and caves agriculture. Hunter-gather societies with greater reliance on seafood and limited use of. Regional and temporal variety: from northeast asia. Jomon culture - named after the rope pattern style of clay pottery (pottery serves functional purpose and represents cultural messages too eg) dogu figures) * yayoi was named after where the pots were discovered in tokyo. Dates: various theories about beginning of yayoi period. New technologies using iron, bronze, glass, cloth, wood. Koreans introduced intensive agriculture: wet rice cultivation.
