Japan: WitWiCS Round 3

The problem of acid rain in Japan is compounded by sulfur dioxide emissions from

• China
• nuclear plants
• motor vehicles
• steel factories

Despite a 1986 international ban on commercial whaling, Japan remains the largest consumer of whale meat in the world while

• using aquaculture to meet its population’s demand for whale meat
• harvesting whales using floating factories known as supertrawlers
• using a loophole in the law that allows the capture of whales for scientific research
• promising to phase out the capture of whales

One way that Japan is trying to use technology to control pollution is by

• outlawing the building of nuclear reactors
• the farming of seafood
• signing the Kyoto Protocol
• developing alternative energy sources

Evidence of Japan’s location in the Ring of Fire is its

• 50 active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes
• 200-mile-long rivers
• sunken river valleys
• warm ocean currents and subtropical rain forests

The archipelago known as Japan was formed as a result of

• erosion
• deposition
• sedimentation
• tectonic activity

How did the occupation of Japan by the United States after World War II impact Japan?

• Japanese ports were opened to American shipping and its resources were exploited
• The United States made Japan into a colony, but allowed Japan to keep its emperor
• Japan was helped to form a democracy and its economy was rebuilt
• The United States gained control over all the territories that had been part of Japan’s empire.

The shogunate can be described as a ________.

• representative democracy
• feudal society controlled by a military ruler
• constitutional democracy in which the emperor’s role is mainly ceremonial.
• dynasty

What is one important way in which the Japanese government protects local industries from foreign competition?

• by making sure there is a trade surplus
• by engaging in trade, since Japan has few natural resources
• by making sure workers are well-educated and highly skilled
• by levying tariffs on manufactured goods that are imported from other countries

The Tokaido corridor today is representative of

• the urban blight facing Japan as its population dwindles.
• the continuing urbanization of Japan.
• Japan’s focus on equal growth of both agriculture and urbanization
• an environmental disaster area resulting from careless industrialization

Which statement best describes Japan’s approach to industrial pollution in the 1970s?

• Japan expanded industry without regard to how much pollution was generated
• Japan began to adopt strict rules to protect air and water
• Japan refused to sign treaties to control emissions from diesel engines
• Japan signed a treaty with China to reduce acid rain