Japan

Question 1

What are the 4 main urban issues in japan?

Answer 1

Heath, Housing, Land Use, and Transportation

Question 2

Japan is on _________ major tectonic plates

Answer 2

4

Question 3

True or False: Japan is on the ring of fire

Answer 3

True

Question 4

True or False? Japan is on 6 major tectonic plates

Answer 4

False

Question 5

What percent of Japan is arable?

Answer 5

11%

Question 6

What are Japan’s 4 major islands?

Answer 6

From north to south - Hokkaido (happy), Honshu (hippos), Shikoku (sing), Kyushu (karaoke)

Question 7

What island is directly north of Honshu?

Answer 7

Hokkaido

Question 8

In Japan, what are the three main health issues?

Answer 8

Garbage; acid rain; toxic water pollution

Question 9

In Japan, what are the three main housing issues?

Answer 9

Each person only has 170 sq ft; no place to bury deceased; no land for new housing

Question 10

In Japan, what are the three main land use issues?

Answer 10

Not enough space; natural disasters; not enough arable land

Question 11

In Japan, what are the three main transportation issues?

Answer 11

Traffic jams/parking; number of people using public transit; long commute times

Question 12

In Japan, what did they do about the Garbage issue?

Answer 12

They made 44 different categories of recycling, if the people don’t recycle they get a fine.

Question 13

In Japan, what did they do about the Acid Rain issue?

Answer 13

They made monitoring stations.

Question 14

What did they do about the toxic water pollution problem?

Answer 14

Not allowing people to dump stuff in the river, if companies do they have to pay a fine.

Question 15

what did They do about the 170 ft.² per person issue?

Answer 15

foldable beds, multipurpose rooms, small appliances.

Question 16

What did they do about the no place for a remains of deceased issue?

Answer 16

cremating: Process of burning dead bodies and put ashes in an urn.

Question 17

what did they do about the no land for houses issue?

Answer 17

they made tiny houses

Question 18

What did they do about the not enough space for buildings issue?

Answer 18

They built up and down, and underground.

Question 19

What did they do about the natural disasters issue?

Answer 19

They made flexible towers which of shock absorbers, and the bases slightly move side to side when earthquakes happens

Question 20

What did they do about needing more arable land issue?

Answer 20

they build terraces into the sides of mountains

Question 21

what did they do about the commute issue?

Answer 21

They build bullet trains which don’t sit on tracks and are 185 mph

Question 22

what did they do about the traffic jam/parking issue?

Answer 22

they build underground parking garages, and underground bike stations

Question 23

What did they do but the number of people using public transportation issue?

Answer 23

they have pushers, and the public transportation is very efficient

Question 24

What is the population density number in Japan?

Answer 24

880 people per square mile

Question 25

What is the number of Physiologic Population density in japan?

Answer 25

7,953 per square mile.