Japan+map+terms

· Honshu · Shikoku · Kyushu · Hokkaido · Sakhalin · Kuril Islands · Ryuku Islands (Okinawa)
 * Japan Map Terms**
 * Islands**

· Tokyo · Yokohama · Kobe · Kyoto · Nagoya · Osaka · Hiroshima · Kitakyushu · Nagasaki · Niigata · Kagoshima · Sapporo · Hakodate · Sendai
 * Cities**

· Pacific Ocean · Sea of Okhotsk · East China Sea · Sea of Japan
 * Seas/Oceans**

· Straits of Shimonoseki · Tsushima Strait (Korean Strait)
 * Straits**

· South Korea · North Korea · China
 * Countries**


 * Mountains=** Mt. Fuji

**Questions :** Size and Comparison 1. What [|body of water] found between Japan and the mainland of Asia? The East China Sea 2. Name the two countries located nearest to Japan. Korea and China 3. Name [|two countries] near Japan that are much larger in area than Japan. China Korea 4. What large ocean is off the southeast coast of Japan? Pacific ocean 5. What are the [|names] of the islands of Japan? Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu and Hokkaido

Climate 6. What is the [|climate] like in Japan? Hot

Natural Features 7. What is the [|largest] island in Japan? Honshu 8. Why does [|Japan] have little land that is good for farming? Because of the mountains

Agriculture 9. What is the main agricultural [|crop] of Japan? Fish 10. Given Japan's geography, why would fish be a popular source of food? Because most settlements were near the sea