Landmark 2, Lesson 8, Part 4

a large amount of water that covers an area that is usually dry

• urban

• farmland

• timber

• flood

to make something become larger in size, number, or amount

• barely

• rise

• expand

• extend

related to cities and the way of life there

• standard

• urban

• rural

• productive

to go up or increase

• rise

• rice

• rays

• race

What was extended and made more productive after flooding has decreased?

• deforestation

• farmland

• population

• timber

In the late Edo period, many trees were cut down in the mountains for timber.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which was NOT TRUE in the late Edo period?

• Japan barely managed to feed its growing population.

• Conversation efforts were made in all parts of society.

• Deforestation had been stopped.

• The people were better fed and healthier.