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Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who sent Matthew Perry to Japan?
a)
President McKinley
b)
President Fillmore
c)
President Garfield
d)
President Roosevelt
2.
What kind of government does Japan have today?
a)
Single Party Communism
b)
Constitutional Monarchy
c)
Feudalism
d)
Dictatorship
3.
What kind of social and economic system was used in medieval Japan?
a)
democratic capitalism
b)
dictatorship
c)
feudalism
d)
republican capitalism
4.
Because of it's geography, Japan usually needs to
a)
import its food and raw materials
b)
Watch for constant invasions from other countries
c)
Export food and raw materials to other countries
d)
build houses that can withstand tornadoes
5.
What kind of government does the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) have?
a)
Democracy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Dictatorship
d)
Republic
6.
What weapon was known as the soul of a samurai?
a)
Gun
b)
Sword
c)
Slingshot
d)
Dagger
7.
The powerful generals of feudal Japan were the
a)
ninja
b)
daimyo
c)
samurai
d)
shogun
8.
Shintoism is a religion native to
a)
Japan
b)
North Korea
c)
South Korea
d)
China
9.
What piece of land is between the two Korean countries?
a)
Korean Peninsula
b)
Demilitarized Zone
c)
Meiji Restoration
d)
Mount Fuji
10.
Which US naval base was bombed by Japan?
a)
Pearl Harbor
b)
Iwo Jima
c)
Nagasaki Harbor
d)
San Francisco Bay
11.
Japan maintains a high GDP by exporting
a)
Cars
b)
Technolgoy
c)
Video Games
d)
All above
12.
Why does South Korea have a strong economy?
a)
Communism and collectivized farming
b)
Their economy is actually very weak
c)
Help from the US, manufacturing-focused
d)
Help from Japan, farming-focused
13.
What type of government does North Korea have?
a)
Republic
b)
Christian Theocracy
c)
Communist Dictatorship
d)
Constitutional Monarchy
14.
What type of government does South Korea have?
a)
Republic
b)
Christian Theocracy
c)
Communist Dictatorship
d)
Constitutional Monarchy
15.
What happened in 1945 in Nagasaki and Hiroshima?
a)
Atomic bomb
b)
Earthquake
c)
Tsunami
d)
World War 1
16.
The capital city of Japan is ________.
a)
Sapporo
b)
Hiroshima
c)
Tokyo
d)
Osaka
17.
The Soviet Union helped which country's government form?
a)
North Korea
b)
South Korea
c)
Japan
d)
Taiwan
18.
How did Japan’s geography influence the country?
a)
It made them
an easy target for barbarians to attack
b)
It allowed
them to be isolated from other civilizations
c)
It helped
their ideas and beliefs spread throughout the world
d)
It
allowed them to have many farms and grow many different types of food
19.
Before being introduced to outside ideas, Japan practiced the religion of
a)
Hinduism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Shintoism
d)
Taoism
20.
Which statement best describes Japan’s geography?
a)
A large,
flat area of land
b)
A long,
narrow peninsula
c)
A single,
large island with many rivers
d)
Small group
of mountainous islands
21.
What religion spread to Japan from China?
a)
Confucianism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Islam
d)
Taoism
22.
The picture shows
a)
Zen Garden
b)
Sand Box
c)
Rock Garden
d)
Zen Pin
23.
In Shintoism, Japanese worship spirits of their ancestors found in
a)
nature
b)
animals
c)
other people
d)
statues
24.
The spirits of Japanese ancestors are called
a)
Zen
b)
Kami
c)
Mimi
d)
Souls
25.
This image shows
a)
A Shinto shrine
b)
a Buddhist Temple
c)
A Samurai
d)
Origami
26.
Which statement is true about emperors in Japan?
a)
They were figureheads with no real power
b)
They ruled Japan through the Mandate of Heaven
c)
They were thought of as gods
d)
They feared China's army
27.
Which of the following is not associated with the Ring of Fire.
a)
Tsunami
b)
Earthquake
c)
Volcano
d)
Typhoon
28.
What major physical characteristics make farming difficult in Japan and the Koreas?
a)
rivers
b)
mountains
c)
pleateaus
d)
deserts
29.
Who was not a part of the feudal Shogunate system in Japan?
a)
Samurai
b)
President
c)
Shogun
d)
Daimyo
30.
Japan has how many major islands?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
31.
Approximately how many years was Japan isolated in the Tokugawa Era?
a)
200
b)
300
c)
400
d)
500
32.
What is Japan's most important resource?
a)
Oil
b)
Gold
c)
Diamonds
d)
Their skilled work force
33.
What other Asian nation heavily influenced Japan and the Koreas?
a)
Vietnam
b)
India
c)
China
d)
Taiwan
34.
What does Shinto mean?
a)
Many gods
b)
Praise the gods
c)
The way of the gods
d)
One with the gods
35.
What is the capital of South Korea?
a)
Pyongyang
b)
Tokyo
c)
Seoul
d)
Osaka
36.
What is the capital of North Korea?
a)
Pyongyang
b)
Tokyo
c)
Seoul
d)
Osaka
37.
What makes Japan's soil so fertile?
a)
Rivers
b)
Fertilizer
c)
Volcanoes
d)
Earthquakes
38.
Cities continuing one after another and sometimes referred to as mega cities are known as
a)
megalopolis
b)
metropolis
c)
village
d)
metroarea
39.
What percent of Japanese soil is arable?
a)
10%
b)
11%
c)
12%
d)
13%
40.
What line of latitude (parallel) separates North and South Korea?
a)
35th
b)
36th
c)
37th
d)
38th
41.
What was the result of the Korean War?
a)
A unified Korea with a communist government.
b)
A unified Korea with a democratic government.
c)
Korea remained divided. The North was communist and the South is democratic.
d)
Three separate countries formed on the Korean Peninsula
42.
This mean largely the same, and describes Japan's population.
a)
heterogeneous
b)
homogeneous
c)
photogenic
d)
uniform
43.
Humid-subtropical best describes what countries climate?
a)
Japan
b)
China
c)
India
d)
Australia
44.
A country extending its powers to other territories to acquire things like natural resources is called what?
a)
Ambitious
b)
Overextended
c)
Imperialism
d)
Aristocratic
45.
What is the name of the Japanese Parliment?
a)
Diet
b)
Genji
c)
Cabinet
d)
Imperial Court
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