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Locate the |apanese islands of Honshu, Kyushu, Hokkaido, and Shikoku. Label them.
About how far does Japan extend from north to south? About how many miles wide is
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Label the countries that are closest to )apan. At what point is the distance between |apan
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shortest between |apan and Korea, or is it shortest between ]apan and China?
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Locate and label the ancient cities of Nara and Kyoto.
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Which percent-90 percent, 60 percent, or 15 percent-do you think best expresses the
amount of land Japan can use for agriculture?
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