Per 1 Japan Quiz

The largest island in Japan is called

• Hokkaido
• Kyushu
• Honshu
• Shikoku

The Japanese island which is furthest north is

• Hokkaido
• Kyushu
• Honshu
• Shikoku

How much of Japan is considered mountainous?

• two-thirds (2/3)
• four-fifths (4/5)
• about half (1/2)
• one fourth (1/4)

Japan is located in the

• Pacific Ocean
• Atlantic Ocean
• Red Sea
• Indian Ocean

Which answer best describes the challenges presented by the geography of Japan?

• tsunamis, drought and frequent floods
• earthquakes, very long winters, and poor soil
• earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis
• Tsunamis, forest fires and drought

The indigenous people of Japan are called

• Fujiwara
• Hokkaido
• Ainu
• Korean

The main sources of food in Japan are

• corn and soybean farming
• cattle and rice farming
• fishing and rice farming
• rice farming and soybean farming

One advantage of being an island nation is that

• mountains are everywhere
• Only about 20% of the land is suitable for farming
• an island is easier to defend against invaders
• the weather is great

Two natural disasters of the last 100 years in Japan are

• the Fall of Saigon and the Tokyo Tsunami of 1935
• the bombing of Tokyo and the invasion of Okinawa
• the 1923 Tokyo Earthquake and the tsunami in Honshu in 2011
• frequent earthquakes and active volcanoes

Scientists think that people have been in Japan

• 12-15,000 years
• since about 1850
• 30--35,000 years
• 120,,000 years