Year 8 Humanities Japan Mapping AND Analysis Exercise

Japan is made up about 3,900 islands with a total land area of nearly 380,000 square kilometres. Most of this area is contained in the four main islands of Japan Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku. Japan is a very mountainous country with mountains occupying almost of the country. Many of these mountains are volcanic Japan has some 77 active volcanoes. Many mountains are forested 70% of the country is covered in some type of forest. From North to South, Japan extends to 3,000 kilometr bes. Due to the large difference in latitude between the North and South islands, the climate varies considerably.

PART A MAPPING TASK 1.

On the base/outline map provided: 1. Latitude- Label two lines of latitude (the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator) that runs through Japan. 2. Longitude Label two lines of longitude (the angular distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich meridian that runs through Japan. 3. B.O.L.T.S.- Your base map must have (Border, Orientation, Legend(key), Title & Scale). Your Legend (KEY) will explain your use of colors: eg. Blue = body of water, Dark Green = mountains, = City , Light Green = lowlands etc 4. Locations neatly mark/colour code these places on the outline map: a. The names of the four main islands xi. Niigata of Japan. xii. Kanazawa b. Mount Fuji xiii. Nagasaki c. The Kitami Mountain Range xiv. Sendai d. The Ou Mountain Range xv. Nagasaki e. The Chugoko Mountain Range. g. The following bodies of water f. The following cities i. Sea of Japan i. Sapporo ii. East China Sea ii. Tokyo iii. Pacific Ocean iii. Yokohama iv. Tsugaru Strait iv. Nagoya v. Sea of Okhotsk v. Kyoto vi. Korean Strait vi. Osaka h. The following countries vii. Kobe i. China viii. Kitakyushu ii. North Korea ix. Fukuoka iii. Russia x. Hiroshima iv. South Korea

Part B - MAPPING TASK 2

Using the resources that you have been given, mark the following information on the tracing paper provided: 1. Colour code and label the warrior clans of Japan c. 794 1185 CE 2. The dates and locations of the following castles a. White Heron (Himeji) Castle b. Matsumoto Castle c. Inuyama Castle 3. A date and an arrow that marks where the initial landings of Western ships were. 4. The dates that each of the following cities were the capital city for government in Japan. a. Nara b. Nagaoka c. Kyto d. Tky

Part C - MAPPING ANALYSIS

1. Using the information provided, explain how Japan compares in size to Australia (in terms of land mass) 2. Using the information provided, explain how Japan compares with Australia in terms of population density. (2-5 sentences) 3. What countries lie closest to Japan? Provide your answers in a table like the one below. COUNTRY DISTANCE FROM JAPAN

4. Outline how you think these countries may (or may not have) influenced Japans development over time (3-5 sentences). 5. Look again at your work for Part A/Question 3. Outline how you think Japans geography may have influenced its development over time (3-5 sentences). 6. Using what knowledge you have of Japan so far, briefly pose suggestions for how much Japan and Australia may differ or have in common (3-5 sentences)