Physical Geography 1
How many "Home" islands does Japan have?
How many minor islands
4
Over 3,000
What causes a Tsunami?
Underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption
Which nation had the greatest influence over early Korea and Japan?
China
What was the center for art, literature, and culture in early Japan?
Kyoto
What colour do you get when you mix red and blue?
Purple
What covers most of Japan and the Korean Peninsula?
Mountains
This country has the most mineral deposits.
North Korea
What is a major difference between written Korean and Japanese?
Korean characters form an alphabet and Japanese characters represent whole or partial words
What religion referenced in your textbook originated in Japan?
Shintoism
What do you call an airplane with one set of wings?
A monoplane
According to your book, the Korean Peninsula has more of these than the Japanese islands do.
Rivers and plains
Shrines
What two religions where most early Koreans a part of?
Buddhism and Confucianism
Why happened in 1868?
A group of samurai defeat the Shogun and give control of the country back to the Emperor.
Which Korean military leader defeated the Japanese navy in the Imjin War in 1592
Admiral Yi Sun-sin
What are the names of the four "Home" islands?
Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu
What are the three bodies of water that surround the Korean Peninsula?
The Yellow Sea, Korea Strait, and East Sea
What are the two types of Japanese drama your book mentions?
Noh and Kabuki
Why did the Japanese Emperors loose their power in early Japan and to whom did they loose it?
They were more concerned with art than running the country.
The Shoguns
Who is depicted on a 50,000 won note?
Sin Saimdang
What are the names of the two major ocean currents that run along Japan's Pacific Coast?
Japan Current and Oyashio Current
What has South Korea used its rocky terrain and fast flowing river to generate?
Hydroelectricity
What did Japan do to make the United States join World War II on December 7, 1941?
They bombed Pearl Harbor
What was the Capital at Edo renamed when Emperor Meiji took over the government?
Tokyo
Name four of the countries that aided South Korea in the Korean War
The United States of America
New Zealand
Australia
England
Colombia
Belgium
Canada
Luxembourg
Denmark
Ethiopia
South Africa
Sweden
Thailand
Turkey
Greece
India
France
Holland