L1-L3 Japanese Anime Manga Midterm

Shonen

Genre for boys

Shojo

Genre for girls

Jido/Kodomo

Genre for children

Seinen

Genre for adult men

Josei

Genre for adult women

As opposed to how the US culture does, Japanese culture...

seeps under the door

According to an assigned article, what characteristics of manga allows the reader to "sustain interest for several dozen volumes"?

The sense of familiarity and ambiguity

Where is the capital city of Tokyo located?

Honshu region

The sea that separates Japan from the Asian continent is called___.

Sea of Japan

The latitude of Japan's southernmost islands are located at about the same as that of...

the southern U.S. border on the east coast

The capital, Tôkyô, is in a similar position to ____ in the United States in terms of latitude.

San Luis Obispo, California

Mt. Fuji is a volcano, which last erupted about ____ years ago.

300 (years ago)

The mountains of Japan contain ___ percent of the world's most active volcanoes.

10 percent

How much of the Japan's land area is mountains?

70 % (~73 percent in the text)

According to this text, the main Japanese islands are ___ times farther away from the closest continent than the Great Britain is from the European continent.

6

The climate of Hokkaido and the Sea of Japan coast is ____.

Colder (snow)

Number of years for school:

Elementary school: 6

Middle School: 3

High school: 3

University: 4

Compulsory education (elementary & middle): 9

Japanese children enter the first grade of elementary school in ___ after their ___-th birthday. Summer vacation lasts for about ___ days, winter and spring vacations each last for about ___ days.

April, 6, 40, 10

Entrance examination is typically required for a public (check all that apply):

University, high school

Where do students eat lunch?

Classroom

How do students in private school typically get to and from school?

Public transportation

How do children in public elementary schools typically get to and from school?

Walk

What are student's jobs at school? Check all that apply.

1. Clean classroom

2. Serve lunch

Otaku

A highly obsessive fan, typically of subculture, such as anime and science fiction

Place the following geographical/administrative divisions of Japan in the order of the biggest to the smallest.

1: Nation of Japan

2: Main Islands

3: Regions

4: Prefectures

5: Cities

Which is the Sea of Japan? Select from A-H and type in the letter.

C

Which is Hokkaido? Select from A-H and type in the letter.

B

Which is Shikoku? Select from A-H and type in the letter.

F

Which is Kyushu? Select from A-H and type in the letter.

H

8 Different Regions (Top to bottom)

Hokkaido

Tohoku

Kanto

Chubu

Kinki

Chugoku

Shikoku

Kyusha

Which region is Sapporo located in?

Hokkaido Region

Which region is Hakodate located in?

Hokkaido Region

Which region is Sendai located in?

Tohoku region

Which region is Fukushima located in?

Tohoku region

What region is Yokohama located in?

Kanto region

Which region is Mt. Fuji located in?

Chubu region

Which region is Kyoto located in?

Kinki region

Which region is Osaka located in?

Kinki region

Which region is Kobe located in?

Kinki region

Which region is Hiroshima located in?

Chugoku Region

Which region is Kochi located in?

Shikoku region

Which region is Kagoshima located in?

Kyushu-Okinawa Region

Which region is Fukuoka located in?

Kyushu-Okinawa Region