Describe One Advantage And One Disadvantage Of Japan'S Geography

Question: 1. Locate the Japanese islands of Honshu, Kyushu, Hokkaido, and Shikoku. Label them.

About how far does Japan extend from north to south? About how many miles wide is

Japan at its widest point?

Answer: 1833 miles far

1000 miles wide (This includes water because Japan is an island nation) Japan is widest when your mother steps onto the country.

Question: 2. Label the countries that are closest to Japan. At what point is the distance between Japan

and the Asian continent the shortest? Is the distance from Japan to the Asian continent

shortest between Japan and Korea, or is it shortest between Japan and China?

Answer: China, Korea, Russia

• CORRECTION:

• Students should label China, Korea, and Russia.

• The distance from Japan to the Asian continent is shortest between Japan and Korea. -

• Question: 3. Locate the Kanto Plain. Label it. On which Japanese island is it located?

• Answer: Honshu

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• Question: 4. Locate and label the ancient cities of Nara and Kyoto.

• Answer: Heijo-kyo

• - You just have to label Nara and Kyoto on the map. They are on the island of Honshu, in between the Japanese Alps and the Chugoku Range. Kyoto is on top of Nara. -

• Question: 5. Which percent—90 percent, 60 percent, or 25 percent—do you think best expresses the

• amount of land Japan can use for agriculture?

• Answer: 25%

• Because the textbook says three quarters of mountains took up the land. This means that 1/4 land was for farming. 1/4= 25%

• Question: 6. Label the Sea of Japan (East Sea), the East China Sea, and the Pacific Ocean. In what ways

• did these bodies of water influence Japan’s history

• Answer: They influenced Japans history because they had many advantages. No enemy could approach without being seen. Also, the oceans were highways to other countries and provided an unending supply of food.

• Question: 8. Use the “Political Features of the World” map in the back of your book to answer the

• following question: What present-day country lies to the east of Japan, across the Pacific Ocean?

• Answer: The United States

• Question: 9. Which of the Japanese islands do you think became the center of power in Japan? Explain

• your answer.

• Answer: Honshu, because it was the biggest providing bigger population with leads to more food, making the island very wealthy.

• Question: 10. Describe one advantage and one disadvantage of Japan’s geography.

• Answer:

• Question: 11. The Kanto Plain is the most populated area in Japan. Why do you think this is so?

• Answer: I think it is the most populated plain in Japan because it is a flat plain, and provides fertile land and central location.