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.
Card A lists Tokyo as both the capital and the largest city. How can one city be both, using card C, Ari asks?
- A city can hold the government and also have the most people
- The capital must be the largest city, so card C lists one city
- Tokyo is the capital because it is the oldest city in Japan
- Tokyo is the largest city, but a second city is the true capital
Cards A and B give people and area for three countries. Which has the fewest people in each km² on average, Esme asks?
- Japan and Brazil tie, at about 25 people in each km²
- China, because its area is the largest of the three
- Brazil, with about 25 people in each km²
- Japan, because it has the fewest people in total
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 9.2 million times as large
- About 0.04 times as large
- About 2.5 times as large
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 656 people per km²
- About 164 people per km²
- About 328 people per km², the same as now
Which statement comparing Japan with Brazil do cards A and B support, Luz asks?
- Japan has more people than Brazil but far less area
- Japan has fewer people than Brazil but a larger area
- Japan and Brazil have nearly the same area but different people
- Japan has fewer people than Brazil and far less area
A student says: 'Japan is not crowded because it is a small country.' How strong is that claim, Milo asks?
- Weak: Japan has more people than China does, so it is crowded
- Strong: card A gives Japan the smallest area of the three
- Weak: crowding is people per km², and Japan's is about 328
- Strong: card A says that Japan has plenty of land left unused
Card A's population is labeled 'World Bank, 2024'. Which sentence keeps that label, Noah asks?
- Japan's population has not changed since 2024, by the World Bank
- In 1947, Japan had about 124.0 million people, by the World Bank
- In 2024, Japan had about 124.0 million people (World Bank)
- Japan has exactly 124.0 million people today, by the World Bank
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 475 more people
- About 181 more people
- About 1,810 more people
- About 2 more people
Using cards A and B, which list puts the three countries in order by population, largest first, Tala asks?
- China, Brazil, Japan
- China, Japan, Brazil
- Japan, Brazil, China
- The three are tied, since each has more than 100 million people
Which calculation gives Japan's density from the rows on card A, Zee asks?
- 377,975 divided by 124.0 million
- 124.0 million plus 377,975
- 124.0 million divided by 377,975
- 124.0 million times 377,975