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7th grade · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 11

Japan: Land, Beliefs & Values

Islands, mountains and the ideas that shaped Japan

What your child practices

Japan's islands and mountains, its farming and fishing, and the Shinto, Buddhist and Confucian ideas that helped shape how people lived and what they valued.

California Content Standards learning standard: 7.5.1; 7.5.3 · Japan's geography and how it shaped the culture and government of medieval Japan

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Why did early Japanese villages often develop near rivers and coasts?

    • Cities had no rivers.
    • There were no roads.
    • Water, fish and flat land for farming were found there.
    • Mountains are warm.

  2. Question 2

    Which two religions or philosophies had the greatest influence on early Japanese life?

    • Greek mythology and Roman law
    • Judaism and Sikhism
    • Shinto and Buddhism
    • Christianity and Islam

  3. Question 3

    Which writing system did Japan adapt from China?

    • Hieroglyphs
    • kanji, characters
    • Latin letters only
    • Cyrillic

  4. Question 4

    Why do most people in Japan live on narrow coastal plains?

    • There are no rivers.
    • The plains are above the clouds.
    • The mountains are too warm.
    • Much of the land is mountainous.

  5. Question 5

    In a rice paddy, fields are flooded. Why?

    • To frighten insects
    • To catch fish only
    • Rice grows well with its roots in shallow water.
    • To keep the farmers cool

  6. Question 6

    Which is the largest of Japan's four main islands?

    • Hokkaido
    • Honshu
    • Kyushu
    • Shikoku

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