Japan at a glance: land, people, language and trade

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

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   Japan at a glance (cards A to C). Card A, a fact table (columns Fact | Value): Capital | Tokyo; Largest city | Tokyo; Population (World Bank, 2024) | 124.0 million; Area (World Bank, 2024) | 377,975 km²; Language | Japanese; Currency | yen. Note: Tokyo is both the capital and the largest city. Population density is people per km². Card B, World Bank figures for 2024 and currencies from the Brazil and China profiles in this set: Brazil, population 212.0 million, area 8,510,420 km², currency real; China, population 1,409.0 million, area 9,562,910 km², currency renminbi (yuan). Card C, a note written for this sheet: A country's capital is the city where its national government is based. The largest city is the one with the most people. They can be the same city or different ones.

2. 1.

   Card A lists Tokyo as both the capital and the largest city. How can one city be both, using card C, Ari asks?

   • Tokyo is the largest city, but a second city is the true capital
   • Tokyo is the capital because it is the oldest city in Japan
   • The capital must be the largest city, so card C lists one city
   • A city can hold the government and also have the most people
3. 2.

   Cards A and B give people and area for three countries. Which has the fewest people in each km² on average, Esme asks?

   • Japan, because it has the fewest people in total
   • Brazil, with about 25 people in each km²
   • China, because its area is the largest of the three
   • Japan and Brazil tie, at about 25 people in each km²
4. 3.

   Cards A and B give the areas of Japan and China. About how many times as large as Japan is China, by area, Jun asks?

   • About 25 times as large
   • About 2.5 times as large
   • About 9.2 million times as large
   • About 0.04 times as large
5. 4.

   Japan's density is about 328 people per km². If Japan's area were twice as large and the people stayed the same, what would the density be, Kira asks?

   • About 82 people per km²
   • About 328 people per km², the same as now
   • About 656 people per km²
   • About 164 people per km²
6. 5.

   Which statement comparing Japan with Brazil do cards A and B support, Luz asks?

   • Japan and Brazil have nearly the same area but different people
   • Japan has fewer people than Brazil but a larger area
   • Japan has more people than Brazil but far less area
   • Japan has fewer people than Brazil and far less area
7. 6.

   A student says: 'Japan is not crowded because it is a small country.' How strong is that claim, Milo asks?

   • Strong: card A says that Japan has plenty of land left unused
   • Weak: crowding is people per km², and Japan's is about 328
   • Weak: Japan has more people than China does, so it is crowded
   • Strong: card A gives Japan the smallest area of the three
8. 7.

   A student's note says: 'Japan's currency is the yuan.' Using cards A and B, which fix is right, Pia asks?

   • Japan's currency is the real; the yen is Brazil's
   • Japan uses the yen and the yuan together as one money
   • Japan's currency is the yen; the renminbi (yuan) is China's
   • Japan's currency is the renminbi (yuan); the yen is China's
9. 8.

   Japan's density is about 328 people per km² and China's is about 147. About how many more people per km² does Japan have, Ren asks?

   • About 181 more people
   • About 475 more people
   • About 2 more people
   • About 1,810 more people
10. 9.

    Using cards A and B, which list puts the three countries in order by population, largest first, Tala asks?

    • The three are tied, since each has more than 100 million people
    • China, Japan, Brazil
    • China, Brazil, Japan
    • Japan, Brazil, China
11. 10.

    Which calculation gives Japan's density from the rows on card A, Zee asks?

    • 124.0 million divided by 377,975
    • 124.0 million times 377,975
    • 377,975 divided by 124.0 million
    • 124.0 million plus 377,975