Multiple choice test Fuji

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What is the purpose of this course?

To help you climb the mountain      To pass a national examination

To help you introduce things             To alert the authorities

 

Which of the following is a reason to learn more about the Mount Fuji area?

The increase in tourism                                Global warming

Price rises                                                         The aging society

 

What did the Fujikyuu Railway company do in March 2015?

Reduced prices                                Introduced a smart card system

Stopped running                              Increased train sizes

 

自動販売機  means ………………….. machine.

Tending             b. Sending             Lending             Vending

 

田舎者is a country …………………….

Lambkin            Bumpkin          Stiltskin            Ratkin

 

Mount Fuji was ………… added to the World Heritage list recently.

Temporarily     Regularly          Officially           Negatively

 

Mount Fuji was added to the World Heritage list as a ………….. site.

Natural             Tourist              Beauty               Cultural

 

Mount Fuji was added to the World Heritage list on …….. 22nd2013.

March                April                  May                    June

 

The mountain is recognized for its beauty and its place in …………..

Yamanashi      Kanto                                Otsuki                d. History

 

The Earth is about how many kilometersfrom the Sun?

1,500                 150,000             150,000,000        150,000,000,000

 

The furthest anyone has traveled from the Earth is ………. kilometers.

40,000                400,000             4,000,000          40,000,000

 

The Earth travels around the Sun once a ……………

year                    week                  month                             year

 

The outer shell of the Earth is called the ………………….

linoleum           lithosphere       stratosphere       stratum

 

The outermost layer of the Earth is referred to as its …………..

crater                 cranium            crust                   creation

 

The center of the Earth is about ………… kilometers beneath us.

6,300                 7,300                 8,300                  9,300

 

The deepest humans have ever drilled is about …… kilometers.

2                         12                       22                        32

 

The surface of the Earth is broken into a number of …….. plates.

triassic              tendentious         technical         tectonic

 

The plates over oceansare often about ………. kilometers thick.

1.5                      15                       150                     1,500

 

The plates over land can be up to about ……… kilometers thick.

2                       20                       200                     2,000

 

The plates of the Earth’s shell ………….. under Mount Fuji.

concave              convect              convert               converge

 

The movement of the Earth’s plates have created the worlds earthquakes, volcanoes, and ……………

seas                   atmosphere                      islands               weather

 

As you go towards the center of the Earth, ………. builds up.

volcanoes          lava                    pressure            smoke

 

Towards the center, ordinary carbon would be transformed into ………….

magma              magnesium                       lava                    diamonds

 

The core of the Earth is solid because of extreme ……………..

heat                   pressure            movement         speeds

 

Hot molten rock underthe Earth’s surface is called …………..

lava                    leven                  magma              mud

 

When molten rock comes outof a volcano, it is referred to as ……….

lava                     leven                  magma              mud

 

Mount Fuji is a ………….volcano.

staccato            stento                                stasio                 strato

 

Mount Kea in Hawaii is a …………. volcano.

slato                  shield                                shed                    shred

 

The peak of Mount Fuji is …………. meters above sea level.

3775                  3776                  3777                   3778

 

Mount Fuji is ………… meters higher than Mount Kita.

383                     483                      583                     683

 

The Southern Alps ………. three prefectures.

straddle            stride                 stand                  stretch

 

Mount Fuji has ……… of 14 cubic kilometers.

an area              a height             a volume            a depth

 

Lake Biwa is the largest ……..water lake in Japan.

clear                   clean                  fresh                   free

 

Walking around the bottom of Mount Fuji, you will walk about …….. kilometers.

15.3                   153                     1530                   1.53

 

Mount Fuji covers an area of about …………. square kilometers.

120                    12,000,000                       1,200                  12,000

 

The area of land covered by Mount Fuji is about …… times the area of land covered by the Yamanote Line in Tokyo.

9                         19                        90                        99

 

1000 億トンis ………. tons.

one thousand million          ten billion         one hundred billion             one million billion

 

It cannot be seen from Tokyo because the buildings are in the …….

distance            way                    vision                 periphery

 

You can sometimes catch a …….. of it between the buildings.

glance                gleam                                glint                    glimpse

 

Hokusai’s ……….. views of Mount Fuji is extremely famous.

24                       32                       36                        42

 

It is beautiful ……….. by objects in any context.

framed              formed               firmed                frond

 

Mount Fuji is …………… volcano.

an active           a dormant        an erupting          a shield

 

Hokusai’s view from Owari Provinceshows Mount Fuji through a ………..

barrel                                hole                    gate                    telescope

 

In 1707, a huge amount of volcanic …… was thrown into the air.

waste                 magma              ash                      mud

 

……. people were killed when Mount Ontake erupted.

33                       57                       64                        71

 

A retired professor at ……. University predicts it will erupt in 2015.

Tokyo                 Nagoya              Osaka                          Ryukyu

 

Unesco say Mount Fuji is a source of artistic and ……….…. inspiration.

moral                 intellectual                     spiritual            mystic

 

Fuji has seen many ………. seeking enlightenment or redemption.

pastors              paleontologists              pupils                 pilgrims

 

The upper reaches of Mount Fuji look pretty …….… close up.

dense                 dim                    drab                   drippy

 

Mount Fuji is like a ………… magnet.

lava                    eruption            atmosphere                      cloud

 

How many times has Evans climbed Mount Fuji?

3                         4                         5                          6

 

What is a good description of the first timeEvans climbed Mount Fuji?

Bad weather    Beautiful view    Wildlife attack       New friends

 

What is a good description of the second timeEvans climbed Mount Fuji?

Falling asleep      Bad views     Enlightenment               Danger

 

What is a good description of the last timeEvans climbed Mount Fuji?

Drive half way      Run all the way           Going slow        Failure

 

Mount Fuji is one of the ……… mountains of Japan.

soulful               sanctioned         sacred                               sacrilegious

 

What is Murphy’s Law?

Don’t worry, be happy                                    Things eventually go wrong

Buy the most expensive gear                        Volcanoes always erupt

 

What should you remember when you get to the top of Mount Fuji?

There is more than one way down               It may be very hot

You should rest at least 2 hours                  Change your socks

 

The rocks are rough so ………… and fractures are not unlikely.

ligaments          tendons             sprains              taints

 

Wear comfortable shoes to avoid …………….

blisters             rubbers             frictures             siphons

 

The temperature drops ……..℃for every 100 meters you go up.

0.2                       0.4                       0.6                       0.8

 

One of the routes off the mountain leads to ………………..

Otsuki               Subashiri                          Izu                       Tsuru

 

The Mons Olympus volcano on Mars is about ….. kilometers high.

4.5                      15                       25                        35

 

Mount Fuji is beautiful because of its perfect ……… shape.

cone                    corn                    cane                    carne

 

From Shizuoka, Mount Fuji looks …………………

canonical          spiritual          asymmetrical                  unicyclical

 

Mount Komitake became active about ……… years ago.

7,000,000,000                 700,000,000       700,000             70,000

 

The New Fuji Period goes back about ……… years.

500                     5,000                 50,000                500,000

 

Another small volcano called Mt. …… became active near Mt. Fuji

Ashitaka          Akaishi             Akasaka            Aotake

 

After the Lake Toba eruption, only about ……. people survived on Earth.

3,000                 30,000,000       300,000,000     300,000,000,000

 

The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius destroyed the city of ……………

Patraeus           Portsmouth        Pompeii         Pantium

 

There was a huge eruption on the island of ………. in Indonesia.

Bali                    Lombok             Boracay             Krakatoa

 

About 2,900 years ago, liquid ……… flowed down to Gotemba.

rock                    lava                     mud                    ash

 

In 864 AD, lava flow formed three ……. out of a single big one.

rivers                 caves                  towns                 lakes

 

Aokigahara is famous as Japan’s most popular spot for ………..

hiking                hang gliding        suicide               trainspotting

 

There is a new ……….. about Aokigahara.

song                   movie                 book                    article

 

The great Hōei Eathquake damaged the city of …………

Sendai               Edo                     Osaka                                Kyoto

 

The Hōei eruption created a ……… halfway down Mt. Fuji.

cave                    peak                   forest                  crater

 

Shintois the religion that is ……….. to Japan.

aboriginal          indigenous        embodiment     iconic

 

Mt. Fuji is regarded as the very ……… of nature.

aboriginal         indigenous        embodiment       iconic

 

Mt. Fuji has long been regarded as a sacred being with a ……….

ceremony          quest                 soul                     mysterious

 

The ……… shrines are dedicated to the worship of Mt. Fuji in particular.

Sengen              Sakuya              Ninigi                 Kiyotake

 

The ……. Festival in Fujiyoshida marks the end of the climbing season.

Magma             Lake                  Water                 Fire

 

This festival has been carried out by the same family for …. years.

300                      400                     500                    600

 

たいまつ is Japanese for ……….

flame                 sparkler            torch                   brandish

 

みこし is Japanese for …… shrine.

transport          portable            carrying             transferable

 

About one ….. of the people who climb Mt. Fuji are from overseas.

quarter              third                  half                     fifth

 

The pilgrimage is both ……….. Japanese and international.

coincidentally      incandescently        quintessentially        ecstatically

 

There are about …….. Shinto shrines in Japan.

1,000                 10,00                 100,000             1,000,000

 

The idea of kamican only be experienced …………..

once                    directly              experimentally                      intellectually

 

………. said, “Mind is the matrix of all matter.”

Einstein           Planck               Hawking            Dawkins

 

…….. said, “A spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe.”

Einstein           Planck               Hawking            Dawkins

 

The top of Mt. Fuji is not in any particular …………

guidebook         travel plan       legend                prefecture

 

Mt. Fuji has erupted …… times in recorded history.

8                         18                       28                        38

 

In the Heian Period, Mt. Fuji was given …….. rank.

royal                  religious            priestly              shrine

 

For a long time, only ……….. monks were allowed on Mt. Fuji.

Buddhist          Shinto               Fuji-ko               Shugendō

 

En no Gyoja was banished to ………..

Edo                     Izu                      Kyoto                  Hokkaido

 

The sister  of Sakuya-hime was the …….. princess.

water                 mountain          rock                     blossom

 

The father of Sakuya-hime was the ……. god.

sea                     mountain           rock                     emperor

 

Ninigi accuses Sakuya-hime of ………….

infidelity           stupidity           arrogance          laziness

 

Sakuya-hime delivers her babies in a burning ……..

hut                      hat                      coat                      moat

 

Sakuya-hime is associated with easy ………

money                life                      flames                childbirth

 

Sakuya-hime is regarded as the great-grandmother of Emperor …….

Tenmu               Jinmu                Hirohito             Meiji

 

What can you say about the Edo Period?

There was a lot of fighting                            Merchants got rich

There was no art                                             People only wanted to work

 

Kabuki theater, geisha, and ……… of the Floating World received large numbers of paying customers.

courtiers           courtliants       courtesans        couriers

 

In the Edo Period, the …… cult became popular in the Kanto region.

Buddhist          Shinto               Fuji-ko               Shugendō

 

Sir Rutherford Alcock was told that only …… people climbed Mt. Fuji.

religious            royal                  low-class           priestly

 

Sir Rutherford Alcock climbed Mt. Fuji in …….

1848                  1856                  1860                   1872

 

Lady Fanny Parkes climbed Mt. Fuji in ……

1856                  1860                  1867                   1882

 

After the Meiji Era began, Shugendō was …..

merged with Shinto       more popular      banned           rewarded

 

After the Meiji Era began, the Fuji-ko cult was ….

merged with Shinto       more popular     banned          rewarded

 

What did Kodani Sanshi do?

He banned Shugendō                      He helped a woman climb Mt. Fuji

He murdered Fanny Parkes         He climbed Mt. Fuji backwards

 

When did Takayama Tatsu climb Mt. Fuji?

1810                  1832                  1860                   1900

 

Lodging houses closely linked with Mount Fuji are referred to as …..

Oshi                    Koshi                 Toshi                  Moshi

 

The inner core of the earth is a …….. ball of iron and nickel.

gaseous             solid                   liquid                 loose

 

The temperature at the Earth’s center is ……….. ℃.

370                      3,700                 37,000                370,000

 

The outer core of the Earth is molten because it is under less ……..

pressure            temperature                    weight                space

 

The outer core is enclosed by hot rocks called ……….

predictates       fricatives          silicates             sandicotes

 

If the Earth was a peach, this crust would be like the ……….

fruit                   juice                   pit                       skin

 

Continental crust is relatively ……….

thin                    molten               thick                   solid

 

Oceanic crust is relatively ………..

thin                    molten               thick                   solid

 

Oceanic crust is relatively ………

moveable          gaseous             young                  fixed

 

Scietnists think the energy of the Earth’s heat sets up ……. currents.

convention        conviction         convolution       convection

 

The movement of the plates has created our ……….

plains                                buildings               clouds                 islands

 

Only Lake …….. is now drained by a river.

Kawaguchi                       Yamanaka          Motosu              Shoji

 

You can see the remains of lava sticking out at Lake ………..

Kawaguchi                       Yamanaka           Motosu                Shoji

 

About …….. toursists visit the five lakes of Fuji every year.

9 thousand         9 million              9 billion                9 trillion

 

The shallowest of the lakes is Lake ………

Kawaguchi                         Yamanaka         Motosu                Shoji

 

Lake ……… has featured on ¥1,000 and ¥5,000 banknotes.

Kawaguchi                       Yamanaka          Motosu                Shoji