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45 Cards in this Set
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Highest peak in the Japanese Alps
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Mount Fuji
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The elected law-making body of Japan
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Diet
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Belief that work has moral value
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Work ethic
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Largest and most populous of the Japanese islands
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Honshu Island
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Powerful warlord
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Shogun
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Financial support from the government
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subsidies
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Migration route for birds
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Flyways
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A truce
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Armistice
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Largest Ryuku Island in Southern Japan
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Okinawa
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Densely populated region surrounding a central city.
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Urban agglomeration
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_____ Korea has an export economy
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South
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More than _______ percent of Japan is mountainous.
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Seventy
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The four tectonic plates that intersect near Japan causing Japan to have most earthquakes in the world are the ________, _____ ________, _______, and __________ _____.
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Eurasian, North American, Pacific, and Philippine Plate.
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_____ has one of the world's largest fishing fleets.
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Japan
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___ ____ __ was the leader of North Korea
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Kim Jong Il
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How was Japan's adoption of its 1947 constitution an example of American cultural diffusion and convergence?
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They set up a democratic government. The government elected law-making body called the Diet and a prime minister.
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Japan has a large trade _______ with the United States.
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Surplus
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The last major earthquake to strike Tokyo and Yokohama killing 140,000, was in ____.
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1923
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Japan relies heavily on imported...
A. Oil B. Coal C. Iron D. Aluminum E. All of the above |
E. All of the above
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Japan and Russia disagree over ownership of which islands?
A. Sakhalin Islands B. Ryukyu Islands C. Okinawa D. Kuril Islands |
D. Kuril Islands
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What climate does Southern Japan have?
A. highland B. humid subtropical C. marine west coast D. humid continental |
B. humid subtropical
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Which of the following was not at some point occupied by Japan?
A. Taiwan B. Mongolia C. Korea D. Manchuria |
B. Mongolia
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Which Japanese city was not nuclear bomb by the USA in 1945?
A. Nagasaki B. Hiroshima C. Tokyo |
C. Tokyo
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Japanese Kimono and Korean Hanbok are...
A. Martial Arts B. Foods C. Robes (clothing) D. Islands |
C. Robes (clothing)
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Nearly 100 percent of the land in Japan is arable.
True/False? |
False
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The Japanese have a strong work ethic- the belief that work has moral value.
True/false? |
True
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Japan has attempted to sell and manufacture its products overseas, but as yet been unsuccessful.
True/False? |
False
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Japan took the Island of Taiwan from China in 1895.
True/False? |
True
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Tokyo-Yokohama is Japan's center of commerce, education, entertainment, government, and trade.
True/False? |
True
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Life expectancy rates for Japan men and women are among the highest in the world.
True/False? |
True
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Very few Japanese women work outside the home.
True/False? |
False
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North Korea today is an isolated country governed under a strict Communist dictatorship.
True/False? |
True
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North Korea and South Korea achieved reunification in the year 2001.
True/False? |
False
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Shinkansen are the Japanese high speed bullet trains?
True/False? |
True
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Japan has an emperor. (Now a constitutional monarchy.)
True/False? |
True
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In 108 BC, Korea was invaded by the...
A. Japanese B. Romans C. Chinese D. Portuguese |
C. Chinese
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By the late 1100s real power in Japan rested with a powerful warlord known as a(n)...
A. samurai B. Diet C. Kami D. shogun |
D. shogun
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When did the Portuguese traders first arrive in Japan?
A. 1500s B. 1600s C. 1700s D. 1800s |
A. 1500s
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The last time Mount Fuji erupted was in...
A. 1707 B. 1807 C. 1907 D. 2007 |
A. 1707
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Which of the following countries did Japan Annex in 1910?
A. Taiwan B. Korea C. Russia D. Manchuria |
B. Korea
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In 1941, the USA entered WWII after being bombed by...
A. Germany B. North Korea and Red China C. Italy D. Japan |
D. Japan
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The DMZ is a truce line between...
A. Japan and China B. China and North Korea C. South Korea and Japan D. North and South Korea |
D. North and South Korea
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Written Korean uses a 24-letter alphabet known as...
A. kimono B. hangul C. Kabuki D. Kami |
B. hangul
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Religion in Japan is dominated by a combination of Shintoism and...
A. Roman Catholicism B. Hinduism C. Buddhism D. Islam |
C. Buddhism
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The main food for both Japan and Korea is...
A. beef B. fish C. rice D. corn |
C. rice
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