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Year 8 Mid Course Exam Revision

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which hemisphere is Japan in?

a)

southern

b)

northern

2.

How much bigger is Australia compared to Japan?

a)

3 times

b)

5 times

c)

7 times

d)

9 times

3.

What is the population of Japan?

a)

10,000,000

b)

126,000,000

c)

157,000,000

d)

194,000,000

4.

What is the capital of Japan?

a)

Kyoto

b)

Hiroshima

c)

Tokyo

d)

Osaka

5.

What is the population of Tokyo?

a)

10 million

b)

11 million

c)

12 million

d)

13 million

6.

What is the highest mountain in Japan?

a)

Mt Everest

b)

Mt Kosciusko

c)

Mt Kilamanjaro

d)

Mt Fuji

7.

Identify the three closest countries to Japan.

a)

North Korea, South Korea and China

b)

Vietnam, Russia and Thailand

c)

Singapore, Indonesia and Taiwan

d)

India, Pakistan and Burma

8.

How many islands make up Japan?

a)

1500

b)

2000

c)

2500

d)

2800

9.

How many main islands does Japan have?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

10.

Identify the three most recent capital cities of Japan.

a)

Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Sapporo

b)

Fukuoka, Saga and Nagano

c)

Nara, Kyoto and Tokyo

d)

Kyoto, Tokyo and Osaka

11.

What two colours make up the Japanese flag?

a)

red and white

b)

blue and white

c)

yellow and red

d)

green and blue

12.

What is Japan's national flower?

a)

bougainvillea

b)

poppy

c)

cherry blossom

d)

daisy

13.

What is Japan's best known bird?

a)

duck

b)

sparrow

c)

budgerigar

d)

crane

14.

Identify the two religions of Japan.

a)

Buddhism and Shintoism

b)

Hinduism and Christianity

c)

Judaism and Sikhism

d)

Islam and Bahai

15.

What is the highest building in Japan?

a)

Yokohama Landmark Tower in Yokohama

b)

Sky Tree in Tokyo

c)

Abeno Tower in Osaka

d)

Tokyo Tower in Tokyo

16.

Identify Japan's currency.

a)

yen

b)

won

c)

baht

d)

peso

17.

What colour is Japanese tea?

a)

black

b)

brown

c)

green

d)

yellow

18.

Identify Japan's most watched sport.

a)

sumo

b)

baseball

c)

basketball

d)

karate

19.

Identify Japan's most played sport.

a)

baseball

b)

sumo

c)

kendo

d)

judo

20.

Identify the three natural disasters Japan is prone to.

a)

tsunamis, cyclones and blizzards

b)

famines, droughts and landslides

c)

earthquakes, volcanic eruption and typhoons

d)

tornadoes, sink holes and tropical storms

21.

What is sake?

a)

rice wine

b)

a kind of sushi

c)

raw fish

d)

Japanese grilled food

22.

What is the shinkansen?

a)

a fast train

b)

a suburban train

c)

an express train

d)

the bullet train

23.

How do you pronounce おおきい?

a)

oukii

b)

ookii

24.

How do you pronounce いもうと?

a)

imouto

b)

imooto

25.

How do you pronounce すわって?

a)

suwatsute

b)

suwatte

26.

How do you pronounce ちょっと?

a)

chiyotsuto

b)

chotto

27.

How do you pronounce きっぷ?

a)

kippu

b)

satsufu

28.

How do you pronounce は when it is a word all by itself?

a)

wa

b)

ha

29.

What does おはよう mean in English?

a)

morning

b)

good morning

c)

hello

d)

goodbye

30.

What gesture do Japanese people use when they are greeting and farewelling each other?

a)

wave

b)

bow

c)

put their hands together in a prayer-like position

d)

a thumbs up

31.

What two schools are Japanese high school students divided into?

a)

elementary and primary

b)

middle and senior

c)

junior and senior

d)

seihei and kohei

32.

Do Japanese students have to wear a uniform to school?

a)

yes

b)

no

33.

What do Japanese students do with their shoes at the start of the day?

a)

wipe them on a map at the school door

b)

take them off and put them in their bag

c)

take them off and carry them

d)

take them off and put them in a shoe locker

34.

What do all Japanese students have to do at the end of the school day?

a)

go home

b)

clean the school

c)

their homework

d)

junior students help senior students run club activities

35.

Three examples of school club activities.

a)

kendo, band and chess

b)

tea ceremony, archery and baseball

c)

English, dance and athletics

d)

all of the above

36.

Cram school (tutoring) is referred to as . . . .

a)

shinkansen

b)

judo

c)

juku

d)

chuugakkou

37.

What is obento?

a)

the box in which students put their shoes

b)

Japanese slippers

c)

a greeting

d)

a lunch box style meal

38.

What is a konbini?

a)

convenience store

b)

a Japanese police station

c)

a Japanese martial art

d)

a bin

39.

How do most Japanese students get to school?

a)

walk or bike

b)

parents' car

c)

bullet train

40.

What is manga?

a)

a Japanese magazine

b)

a Japanese movie

c)

a Japanese-style comic

d)

a Japanese shoe

41.

What animal is a Japanese national symbol?

a)

deer

b)

Hokkaido bear

c)

turtle

d)

badger