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Japan: Culture & History

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Japan is an island nation located in...

a)

East Asia

b)

West Asia

c)

South Asia

d)

North Asia

2.

How many MAIN islands Japan consist of?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

3.

What is the tallest mountain in Japan?

a)

Mount Everest

b)

Mount Fuji

c)

Mount Sakurajima

d)

Mount Kilimanjaro

4.

The capital of Japan...

a)

Nagasaki

b)

Okinawa

c)

Tokyo

d)

Osaka

5.

What is the largest main island in Japan?

a)

Tokyo

b)

Hokkaido

c)

Honshu

d)

Kyushu

6.

Japan is an archipelago, which means...

a)

A large peninsula

b)

A sheltered group of islands

c)

A long chain of islands

d)

Mountainous islands

7.

The red circle on the Japanese flag represents...

a)

A unity circle

b)

the circle of life

c)

the Shinto concept of Kami

d)

A sun without rays

8.

The currency of Japan...

a)

Yen

b)

Yuan

c)

Rupiah

d)

Rupee

9.

Japan's government is a(n)...

a)

Absolute Monarchy

b)

Constitutional Monarchy

c)

Direct Democracy

d)

Representative Democracy

10.

The Head of Government in Japan is the...

a)

Emperor

b)

President

c)

King

d)

Prime Minister

11.

The two main religions in Japan...

a)

Hindu and Buddhism

b)

Buddhism and Daoism

c)

Shinto and Buddhism

d)

Shinto and Christianity

12.

Which religion believes that all aspects of nature have spiritual energy called kamis?

a)

Zen Buddhism

b)

Shintoism

c)

Daoism

d)

Hinduism

13.

Japan's first civilization started 12,000 years ago and became known as the __________ culture.

a)

Jomon

b)

Yamato

c)

Yayoi

d)

Chinese

14.

The period of time between the 12th and 18th centuries when the samurais ruled is known as...

a)

the Japanese dynasty

b)

ancient Japan

c)

feudal Japan

d)

the Japanese Renaissance

15.

Shinobi is the Japanese word for ______, who existed about 600 years ago.

a)

Ninja

b)

Samurai

c)

Geisha

d)

Emperor

16.

The women who are Japan's highly skilled traditional entertainers are called .....

a)

dancers

b)

geishas

c)

samurais

d)

performers

17.

Can you wear shoes into a Japanese home?

a)

YES

b)

NO

18.
Japanese comic books
a)
ANIME
b)
MANGA
c)
CALLIGRAPHY
d)
ORIGAMI
19.

Which of these pictures is a National sport in Japan?

a)
b)
c)
d)
20.

Main food source in Japan:

a)

Beef

b)

Pork

c)

Fish

d)

Duck

21.

Which of the following is NOT a typical Japanese food?

a)

Sushi

b)

Ramen

c)

Pho

d)

Onigri

22.

The Japanese sided with _____ and _____ during WWII

a)

Italy; Germany

b)

United States; France

c)

Great Britain; Germany

d)

France; Great Britain

23.

Hiroshima and Nakasaki were hit with the atomic bomb in...

a)

1935

b)

1945

c)

1955

d)

1965

24.

Which country occupied Japan after WWII?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

United States

d)

Russia

25.

What was the original Gojira, or Godzilla, supposed to represent?

a)

wars

b)

tsunamis

c)

nuclear weapons

d)

earthquakes

26.

The strongest magnitude earthquake ever recorded in Japan happened in...

a)

March 1991

b)

March 2001

c)

March 2011

d)

March 2021

27.

Tokyo is the most populated city on earth.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Manga stories are read from...

a)

left to right

b)

right to left

c)

bottom to top

d)

the upper left corner to the lower right corner

29.

A popular slot machine game in Japan...

a)

Pinball

b)

Donkey Kong

c)

Robotron

d)

Pachinko

30.

Before Japan's capital was Tokyo, it was...

a)

Kyoto

b)

Osaka

c)

Nagasaki

d)

Yokohama

31.

Which Japanese island has the highest number of centenarians than anywhere else in the world?

a)

Honshu

b)

Kyushu

c)

Okinawa

d)

Hokkaido

32.

The writing system, _______, comes from Chinese and uses thousands of different pictograms to describe meaning.

a)

Romanji

b)

Kanji

c)

Hiragana

d)

Katakana

33.

True or False: Over 98% of Japan's population are ethnic Japanese, sometimes referred to as Yamato.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Maneki neko are symbols of...

a)

good luck

b)

dreams fulfilled

c)

messages from spirits

d)

ancestors who have passed on