SS Study Guide

Which is not true about Peace Day in Japan?

• It is celebrated to honor those who died from the bombings in WW1.
• It is celebrated on August 6th.
• Fireworks, special foods, and lit lanterns that float off to sea are all part of this day.
• All of the above

The legend behind folding the paper cranes states that...

•  A. folding 100 paper cranes will honor the gods.
• B. folding 1, 000 paper cranes will grant a special wish.
• C. folding 1,000 paper cranes is important because the crane is said to live 1,000 years.
• both b and c are true.

Mt Fuji is

• Japan’s highest mountain.
• part of the Japanese Alps.
• not a volcano.

Because of its location, Japan is subject to all of the following natural disasters except

• tsunamis
• earthquakes
• tornadoes

Which of the following is true about the Japanese language?

• It is based on an alphabet.
• 2,000 characters known as kanji represent whole words.
• Some characters called kami represent parts of words.

Hirohito

• ruled Japan as emperor when the United States bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
• as the emperor he ruled Japan as a democratic nation.

Powerful military generals who once ruled Japan in the emperor’s name were called...

• Samurai
• Buddhist priests
• Shoguns

Japan’s economy is successful today due to...

• a huge trade surplus
• strong employee work ethic
• placing high tariffs on imported goods
• all of the above

The following are examples of some of Japan’s current issues and challenges.

• lack of space, lack of farmland, and inadequate education
• lack of space, lack of farmland, pollution

All of the following are true about the Berlin Wall except...

• It separated East and West Berlin.
• It separated East and West Germany.
• It divided communism and democracy.