Japan - Geography
Japan - History
Japan - Culture
North and South Korea
"This and That"
100
the capital of Japan
What is Tokyo?
100
Japanese warrior class
Who were the samurai?
100
traditional Japanese garment/robe usually worn by women
What is a kimono?
100
the capital of South Korea
What is Seoul?
100
large, destructive wave caused by underwater seismic activity
What is a tsunami?
200
largest island of Japan
What is Honshu?
200
Japanese warlords
Who were the shoguns?
200
natural spirits in Shintoism
What are kami?
200
type of government North Korea has
What is a communist government?
200
religion begun in India but practiced in Japan and South Korea on a much larger scale
What is Buddhism?
300
iconic, natural feature of Japan
What is Mt. Fuji?
300
date the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor
What is December 7th, 1941?
300
number of days Japanese children attend school each year
What is 240?
300
type of government South Korea has
What is a democratic republic?
300
type of stylized Japanese theater in which the actors (mostly male) wear a great deal of make-up
What is kabuki?
400
the country of Japan is about the size of this state
What is California?
400
cities that were destroyed by atomic bombs during WWII
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
400
characters or symbols used in writing the Japanese language that were adopted from Chinese symbols - about 2,000 to 3,000 of these are used frequently
What are kanji?
400
the capital of North Korea
What is Pyongyang?
400
two countries from this region which are challenging Japan's economic growth
What are China and South Korea?
500
tropical storms that affect Japan
What are typhoons?
500
Japanese philosophy/religion which began about 500 BC
What is Shintoism?
500
two reasons why Japan has a strong economy
What is a strong work ethic, good educational system, group-oriented approach and tariffs?
500
Korean dish made of pickled cabbage
What is kimchi?
500
a situation in which a country is exporting more than it is importing
What is a trade surplus?
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