Test Your Knowledge

1. What is Japan in Japanese? Nihon/Nippon

2. How many writing systems/alphabets are there in Japanese? List them.

Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji

3. How many main islands are there in Japan?

1 2 3 4 5

10 13 17 50 101

4. What are the main islands called? (Circle all that apply) a. Honshu b. Hokkaido c. Mitsubishi

d. Minato e. Shibuya f. Shikoku

g. Toyota h. Kyushu i. Okinawa

5. What type of government does Japan have?

Constitutional Monarchy

6. What is the dominating political party in Japan? LDP – Liberal Democratic Party

7. Is Japan the country that invented the first novel? Yes or no? If so, what’s the novel’s title?

Yes, Tale of Genji

8. Did Japan invent ramen? Yes or no? No, China did (supposedly).

Challenge Question:

What is the National Flower of Japan? (not even the Japanese students knew. Lol.)

Chrysanthemum