Japan gets Olympics after assurance over radiation leaks

Sep. 09, 2013

Q: Tokyo was chosen last week as the site of the 2020 Summer Games after Japan assured Olympics officials that the city was safe from radiation leaking from the severely damaged Fukushima nuclear plant. Where is Japan on this map?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: Japan's government said it will spend $500 million to stop radiation leaks and decontaminate radioactive water around the plant that was wrecked in 2011 by a . . .

A. Bombing

B. Earthquake

C. Hurricane

D. Landslide

Q: The Fukushima plant and Tokyo are both on Japan's largest island . . .

A. Honshu

B. Java

C. Mindanao

D. Taiwan

Q: Recent leaks of highly toxic water from Fukushima led to a ban on fish imports by Japan's neighbor to the west and north . . .

A. Indonesia

B. Philippines

C. South Korea

D. Vietnam

Q: Tokyo was chosen to host the 2020 Olympics over a transcontinental city straddling Europe and Asia. Which city is that?

A. Sochi

B. Budapest

C. Moscow

D. Istanbul

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