Name _______________________________ Date: ____________

GEOGRAPHY OF JAPAN WORKSHEET

General Mapping Directions: On your outline map, neatly and accurately label the following items. The following instructions will make your map easier to understand.

1. Print clearly with small letters and print the words horizontally. 2. Center names on large area items. 3. Colour each of the four islands of Japan a different colour

Hint: For small items such as cities, use a dot and print the name beside the dot or use a straight line to point to city.

Cities: Bodies of Water: Mountain: Islands:

Tokyo Sea of Japan Mt. Fuji Hokkaido

Kyoto Pacific Ocean Honshu

Osaka Inland Sea Kyushu

Nagoya East China Sea Shikoku

Hiroshima Philippine Sea

Sapporo

Questions:

1. Name the sea between the islands of Japan and mainland Asia: ________________________________

2. Name the Ocean that lies to the east of the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu: _____________________

3. Name two countries located near Japan. _______________________________________and __________________________________________

4. Name the large country that sits to the north of Japan: _______________________________________

5. Name the smallest of the four islands of Japan: ____________________________________________

6. Name the largest of the four islands of Japan: _____________________________________________

7. How does Japan compare in size with British Columbia? ____________________________________

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