Name______________________________
Date______________
Japan Test
Answer the following questions. Remember
to change your answers due to style of the test questions.
FOOD
1. Most meals are Japanese style but what other
style of diet is common too?
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2. Why is growing rice a hard job?
a. the rice field is small
b. you need lots of buckets to put the seeds in
c. you need water to flood the field
d. the swamps are too deep
3. Who showed the Japanese tempura?
a. Chinese
b. Korean
c. Portuguese
d.
Mongolian
4. At most restaurants, they will serve
children their favorite dish on a _________
_____________________plate.
**5 . Why is deep fried tofu called
kittsune? _____________________________
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STRUCTURES
1. All pagodas are used as
_____________________and ___________________.
(Insert 2 out of 3 uses.)
2. Tokyo Tower is the highest building in
Tokyo. TRUE OR FALSE
3. Bonsai plants are 10________________ tall
and can live to be____________ years old.
4. What is special about the shape of a pagoda
roof? ________________________
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**5. Who designed the Kansai Airport?
___________________________________
_____________________.
HOLIDAYS
1. What day is Children's Day?
a. May 21
b. April 5
c. May 10
d. May 5
2. What do families decorate their doors with
on "Bean Throwing Festival"?
a. sticks and fish
b. sticks and sushi
c. sticks and sardine heads
d. sticks and tuna heads
3. On Children's Day, the kite is the shape of
the tuna fish. TRUE OR FALSE
4. What is the flower that they celebrate on
Hiana Matsuri?
a. lilies
b. cherry blossoms
c. daisies
d. none of these
5. During the festival of Kamakura, kids make
snow huts. TRUE OR FALSE
***BONUS*** What is
special about the date of most Japanese festival?
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GEOGRAPHY
1. Japan's four main islands are called Tenryu,
Honshu, Shikou, and Kyushu.
TRUE OR FALSE
2. Japan has the _________ largest population
in the world.
a. second
b. seventh
c. tenth
d. first
3. Japan usually has at least 4 tidal waves a
year. TRUE
OR FALSE
4. How would you describe summer in Japan?
a. extremely hot
b. mild
c. cold
d. rainy
5. How tall is Mt. Fuji?
a. 15,600 ft.
b. 12,376 ft.
c. 12,389 ft.
d. 13,389 ft.
SPORTS
1. Sumo wrestlers weigh more than ___________
pounds.
2. To win a sumo wrestling match, you need to
push the opponent out of the ring.
TRUE OR FALSE
3. When you start a sumo match, you throw salt
in the ring as a sign of a respect.
TRUE OR FALSE
4. A Japanese woman was the first to reach Mt.
Everest in what year? _________
**5. Takamiyama is a super star sumo
wrestler. TRUE OR FALSE
HISTORY
1. What was the date that the bomb dropped on
Nagasaki? ______________
2. The first group of people to live in Japan
were the Ainu. TRUE OR FALSE
3. What is the warrior's code?
________________________________________________
4. At the age of seven, a Samurai receives a
a. sword
b. toothbrush
c. baggy pants
d. hair cut
**5. What is the name of the plane that dropped
the bomb on Hiroshima?
_________________________________________
ARTS
1. Only men are in Kabuki
plays. TRUE OR FALSE
2. The great Buddha is the biggest
_________________ statue.
a. silver
b. bronze
c. gold
d. copper
3. Kimono is the traditional ______________ of
Japan.
a. sport
b. slippers
c. shirt
d. dress
4. Which is a type of Japanese theater- YES or NOH?
**5. Bunraku puppet theater was made in the
18th century. TRUE OR FALSE
DAILY LIFE
1. All children must go to school from the ages
a. 6 - 12
b. 6 - 15
c. 6 - 18
d. 3 - 15
2. Every child studies
calligraphy. TRUE OR FALSE
3. The Japanese currency is called the
Yen. TRUE OR FALSE
4. Most houses have
a. paper walls
b. carpets
c. wooden chairs
d. rice fields
**5. One main part of Japanese religion
is
a. Shinto
b. Shrine
c. Sumo Wrestling
d. Rice |
