Today’s Schedule – 05/10/10

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 cultureA Japanese emperor ruled

from Kyoto, a central city.

But real power rested in a local warlord called a shogun.

Local rulers had their own warriors called Samurai.

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.

1941 Japan entered WWII by attacking the US

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

1950North 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