Japan mid term test: Page 1 of 3

Question 1

Isolated

Answer 1

far away from other places or countries

Question 2

Ainu

Answer 2

an east Asian ethnic group native to Japan and Russia

Question 3

Tsunami

Answer 3

a long and high sea wave that is caused by earthquakes, submarine landslide or other natural disasters

Question 4

stoic

Answer 4

a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their emotions or feelings.

Question 5

arable

Answer 5

land used for growing crops

Question 6

monsson

Answer 6

wind that carries heavy rains and waters to the land

Question 7

Gohan

Answer 7

ccoked rice also called cooked meal

Question 8

Homogenous

Answer 8

of the same like or alike in a way

Question 9

Assimilation

Answer 9

is the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a dominant group

Question 10

kamikaze

Answer 10

It means god wind

Question 11

Amaterasu

Answer 11

is a goddess in Japanese mythology. She is the Sun Goddess, and the most sacred of all Shinto deities.

Question 12

kanji

Answer 12

a system of Japanese writing using Chinese characters.

Question 13

kana.

Answer 13

the system of syllabic writing used for Japanese, having two forms, hiragana and katakana.

Question 14

rituals

Answer 14

a religious ceromony consisting of religious practices performed by people who worship

Question 15

haiku

Answer 15

a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables; type of Japanese poetry

Question 16

kamuy

Answer 16

is the word for a spiritual or divine being in Ainu mythology.

Question 17

kami

Answer 17

a divine being in the Shinto religion.

Question 18

Shinto

Answer 18

a Japanese religion dating from the early 8th century

Question 19

Archipelago

Answer 19

a group of island

Question 20

Matsuri

Answer 20

a solemn festival celebrated periodically at Shinto shrines in Japan.

Question 21

What is Japan physical location?

Answer 21

Japan is located in the continent of Asia.

Question 22

What is Japan’s major island name?

Answer 22

Honshu is the major island of Japan with the capital Tokyo in that island.

Question 23

What are Japan close countries?

Answer 23

South Korea, Russia and North Korea are close to Japan.

Question 24

What is nearby water that is close to Japan?

Answer 24

Japan is close to the Pacific ocean, Sea of Japan and East China Sea

Question 25

What is Japan landscape like?

Answer 25

The Japanese landscape is rugged, with a lot of the land consisting of mountains. There are many active volcanoes as well.

Question 26

How many mountains are in Japan?

Answer 26

73% of mountains are in Japan

Question 27

How many farmlands are in Japan?

Answer 27

12.26 % is the percentage of agricultural farmland in Japan

Question 28

What is Japan climate like?

Answer 28

The climate in Japan is mostly temperate with four seasons, except for the Hokkaido area and the Okinawa region. Tokyo, along the island Honshu, has a humid tropical type climate which consists of warm and wet summers and mild winters.

Question 29

What is the key things that Japanese eat?

Answer 29

Rice, Noodles and vegtables are one of the key food staples of Japan.

Question 30

What are Japan’s natural resources?

Answer 30

Coal, iron ore, zinc, lead, copper, sulfur, gold, and silver are the examples of natural resources in Japan.

Question 31

How was the Shinto religion founded?

Answer 31

In the late 6th century the name Shinto was created for the native religion that as similar to Buddhism and Confucianism, which had been introduced from China. Shinto was rapidly overshadowed by Buddhism, and the native gods were generally regarded as manifestations of Buddha in a previous state of existence.

Question 32

What is the importance of rice?

Answer 32

It is the primary staple food of the Japanese diet and of such fundamental importance to the Japanese culture that it was once used as currency.

Question 33

Why are Japanese considered a homogeneous society?

Answer 33

Japanese often think of themselves as a homogeneous society, with a strong sense of group and national identity and little or no ethnic or racial diversity. On the one hand, Japanese like to think of their society, their culture, as having this unique identity that is sort of inaccessible to foreigners.

Question 34

What is the history of Ainu people?

Answer 34

The Ainu are an indigenous ethnic group of people who live in Hokkaido in Japan today as well as in Russia. these indigenous peoples lost most of their traditional lands; eventually they were resettled in the northernmost reaches of the Japanese archipelago.