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OX Quiz (true/false quiz) about Japan
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Japan OX Quiz

Published on Nov 19, 2015

OX Quiz 

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japan

What do you already know?
OX Quiz (true/false quiz) about Japan
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geography

1.Japan is about 20 times smaller than Australia.
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capital city

2.The capital city of Japan is Kyoto.
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people

3.Japan's population is more than 5 times bigger than Australia's.
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food

4.It is polite to slurp when eating noodles in Japan.

geography

5.Japan is in the southern hemisphere.
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nature

6.Mt Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan, is a volcano.
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people

7.Samurai warriors still live in Japan today.
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religion

8.Japan's original religion is Buddhism.
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language

9.Japanese uses a combination of three writing systems.
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art

10.Japanese manga started about 1000 years ago.
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1.Japan is about 20 times smaller than Australia.

O
Japan area: 377 944 km sq
Australia area: 7 692 024 km qu
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2.The capital city of Japan is Kyoto.

X
Tokyo
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3.Japan's population is more than 5 times bigger than Australia's.

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Japan: 127 million
Australia: 23 million
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4.It is polite to slurp when eating noodles in Japan.

O
Yes, it's polite to slurp. It also cools the noodles and gives the signal that you're enjoying the meal.

5.Japan is in the southern hemisphere.

X
Japan is situated in the Northern Hemisphere directly north of Australia so there's not much time difference but the seasons are the exact opposite.
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6.Mt Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan, is a volcano.

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Last huge eruption was in 1707 and scientists believe there may be another soon.
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7.Samurai warriors still live in Japan today.

X
The samurai warrior class was abolished during the Meiji Restoration Period by Emperor Meiji in 1873 but samurai philosophy lives on in modern day Japan through modern martial arts (kendo,kyudo etc) .
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8.Japan's original religion is Buddhism.

X
Shintoism is Japan's original religion. Buddhism came from India via China to Japan around 500CE.
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9.Japanese uses a combination of three writing systems.

O
hiragana, katakana, kanji
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10.Japanese manga started about 1000 years ago.

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Manga literally means 'humourous pictures'. The first ever manga is believed to be the artwork 鳥獣人物戯画(Choujuujinbutsugiga 'lit: Animal-person caricatures') painted on a scroll in the 12th century.
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