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WorksheetsJapan: WitWiCS Round 3
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The problem of acid rain in Japan is compounded by sulfur dioxide emissions from
a)
China
b)
nuclear plants
c)
motor vehicles
d)
steel factories
2.
Despite a 1986 international ban on commercial whaling, Japan remains the largest consumer of whale meat in the world while
a)
using aquaculture to meet its population’s demand for whale meat
b)
harvesting whales using floating factories known as supertrawlers
c)
using a loophole in the law that allows the capture of whales for scientific research
d)
promising to phase out the capture of whales
3.
One way that Japan is trying to use technology to control pollution is by
a)
outlawing the building of nuclear reactors
b)
the farming of seafood
c)
signing the Kyoto Protocol
d)
developing alternative energy sources
4.
Evidence of Japan’s location in the Ring of Fire is its
a)
50 active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes
b)
200-mile-long rivers
c)
sunken river valleys
d)
warm ocean currents and subtropical rain forests
5.
The archipelago known as Japan was formed as a result of
a)
erosion
b)
deposition
c)
sedimentation
d)
tectonic activity
6.
How did the occupation of Japan by the United States after World War II impact Japan?
a)
Japanese ports were opened to American shipping and its resources were exploited
b)
The United States made Japan into a colony, but allowed Japan to keep its emperor
c)
Japan was helped to form a democracy and its economy was rebuilt
d)
The United States gained control over all the territories that had been part of Japan’s empire.
7.
The shogunate can be described as a ________.
a)
representative democracy
b)
feudal society controlled by a military ruler
c)
constitutional democracy in which the emperor’s role is mainly ceremonial.
d)
dynasty
8.
What is one important way in which the Japanese government protects local industries from foreign competition?
a)
by making sure there is a trade surplus
b)
by engaging in trade, since Japan has few natural resources
c)
by making sure workers are well-educated and highly skilled
d)
by levying tariffs on manufactured goods that are imported from other countries
9.
The Tokaido corridor today is representative of
a)
the urban blight facing Japan as its population dwindles.
b)
the continuing urbanization of Japan.
c)
Japan’s focus on equal growth of both agriculture and urbanization
d)
an environmental disaster area resulting from careless industrialization
10.
Which statement best describes Japan’s approach to industrial pollution in the 1970s?
a)
Japan expanded
industry without regard to how much pollution was generated
b)
Japan began to adopt
strict rules to protect air and water
c)
Japan refused to sign
treaties to control emissions from diesel engines
d)
Japan signed a treaty
with China to reduce acid rain
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