Test 1

Question 1

What is the length from northeast to southwest

Answer 1

3000km

Question 2

The size of Japan

Answer 2

377,972km

Question 3

Montana is the same size as Japan

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What are the four main islands of Japan

Answer 4

Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku,Kyushu

Question 5

How many small islands are in Japan

Answer 5

6800

Question 6

What is the population of Japan

Answer 6

123.3 million

Question 7

What is the ratio of the land of Canada and Japan

Answer 7

26:1

Question 8

About 3/4s of Japans land surface is mountainous and hilly

Answer 8

True

Question 9

How many active volcanoes are in Japan

Answer 9

111

Question 10

How many prefectures are in Japan

Answer 10

47

Question 11

Hokkaido

Answer 11

-Sapporo snow festival
-birthplace of beer in Japan/museum
-Ainu People
-Shiretoko (area in Japan)
-Niseko: ski resort

Question 12

Tohoku

Answer 12

-2011 earthquake
-Matushima Bay
-Kamakura festival
-kamakura= snow caves

Question 13

Kanto

Answer 13

-Tokyo capital
-Yokohama
-Minato Mirai= harbour location
-Yokohama largest chinatown

Question 14

Kansai

Answer 14

-Kyoto
-Fushimi Inari Shrine
-Osaka
-Dontonbori

Question 15

Chubu

Answer 15

-Japan Alps
-Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route
-Mt.Fuji (Shizouka)
-green tea plantation (Shizouka)

Question 16

Chugoku

Answer 16

-Hiroshima
-atomic bomb
-Miyajiima-Itsukushima Shrine (Miyajiima island)
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Question 17

Shikoku

Answer 17

-Kagawa, famous for udon noodles

Question 18

Kyushu & Okinawa

Answer 18

-Beppu Onsen (hot springs)
-Ryukyu Kingdom

Question 19

What region was controlled by the US after WWII until 1972

Answer 19

Okinawa

Question 20

How many periods are in Japans history

Answer 20

12

Question 21

What is the first period of history

Answer 21

Jomon

Question 22

Jomon Period

Answer 22

Jomon Clayware

Question 23

Yayoi Period

Answer 23

Rice Cultivation

Question 24

Kofun Period

Answer 24

-Kofun Tombs
-Prince Shotoku
-Horuji temple (oldest wooden building in the world)

Question 25

Nara Period

Answer 25

-Heijyo-kyo (Nara) -Envoys were sent to China

Question 26

Heian Period

Answer 26

-Heian-kyo (Kyoto) -Nobility gained power -emergence of samurai -Taira Clan -the culture of nobility -Japanese kana -The Tale of Genji

Question 27

Kamakura Period

Answer 27

-shogunate in Kamakura, - Minamoto Yoritomo, -Mongol invasion, -the culture of samurai, e.g. powerful Buddhis sculpture

Question 28

Muromachi Period

Answer 28

shogunate in Kyoto, -Ashikaga Takauji, a war over the succession of the shogun triggered the Sengoku period. - Zen, Noh, Tea ceremony, Flower arrangement

Question 29

Azuchimomoyama Period

Answer 29

-Oda Nobunaga, -Toyotomi Hideyoshi, -Vibrant culture(e.g. Chinese lions, painting on a folding screen,) -castles

Question 30

Edo Period

Answer 30

-shogunate in Edo, -Tokugawa Ieyasu, -260 years Sankinkotai, -strict status system, -Self-isolation policy, -Matthew C Perry, - development of agriculture and industries, - Ukiyoe

Question 31

Meiji Period

Answer 31

-Meiji restoration, -change in people’s life: carriages lamps, railroads, brick buildings, eating beef

Question 32

Taisho Period

Answer 32

- World War I, -heavy industries developed, - Yoshoku, architectures→combination of western and traditional style