A wildly entertaining and informative history lesson by Bill Wurtz.
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The History of Japan
Looking down this list of things, how many do you know something about? Listen and see what you can learn.
___ Nihon (Sunrise land)
_1_ Rice Kingdoms
___ Yamoto
___ "wa" (dwarf)
___ Buddhism
___ Taika reforms
___ Rice farms
___ Toyotomi Hideyoshi
___ Korea
___ Shogun
___ Mongols
___ Shingon Buddhism
___ Samurai
___ Shogunate
___ Oda clan
___ Tornado
___ Onin war
___ Kyoto
___ Edo
___ Sakoku
___ Dutch
___ Population
___ Literacy
___ 1853
Predict the order these places or organisations will be mentioned, then listen and check
___ Korea
___ Nagasaki
___ The League of Nations
___ Manchuria
___ Russia
___ Britain
___ Germany
___ Pearl Harbour
___ Hiroshima
Write a passage summarising Japan's history.
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