In what way did the geography of Japan affect the development of ancient Japanese government?
A. Since Japan is an island nation, the first emperors were great sea captains.
B. Japanese geography encouraged the development of centralized power in the hands of strong emperors.
C. Reliance on many separate rice farmers encouraged the growth of popular democracy.
D. Mountainous terrain resulted in regional, rather than national governments
2006-10-26 14:53:05 · 3 answers · asked by ha 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
D Japan was ruled by an emporur with no power. the shogun controled every aspect of life. If the emporur was lucky the shogun would give him goku. the shogun would also give power to each daimyo of the diffrent regions, because it took to long to travel over the montain passes. my wife is from japan
2006-10-26 15:05:54 · answer #1 · answered by templarfound 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ancient Japan? I assume your talking the period known as the Jomon period or Yayoi period.
The answer is D.
Shoguns were not around till a good 1500 years later.
2006-10-28 04:36:49 · answer #2 · answered by Shichido 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not a or b c is correct but so is d hnnmmmm? yeah,yeah but the first emperor was a sea captian!!!!!
2016-03-28 08:46:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋