YEAR 8 CORE STUDIES
ENGAGE ACTIVITY – MAPPING
A Trip around Japan - The Island Nation
Copy the task sheet. Use the map provided to complete the steps, and record
answers in your Learning Log.
1. Start your trip at number 1 on the map. What is the latitude and longitude reading?
2. At number 2 you are sailing through the Sea of Ohknost.
3. You continue your route of travel and at 3 you pass through Tsucaroo.
4. Strait. You have now sailed almost around the Island of Hokkaido. A city on the west
coast of the island is Sapporo.
5. You are now sailing south along the west side of Japan’s biggest island, Honshu. Your
ship is in the Sea of Japan.
6. At number 4 you have just crossed the ____________ E line of longitude.
7. The city of Nagaski at 5 is on the island of Kyushu.
8. You sail almost completely around this island and enter Japan’s famous
________________________ Sea.
9. You sail out of this Sea and enter a narrow passage. In the distance to the east you
see the snow-covered top of Mount _______________________ which has an
elevation of __________ feet (approximately _______________ metres). To the
northeast is Japan’s capital city, ___________________.
10. You follow your travel route out of the bay and enter the ____________________ at
number 6.
11. You continue north and sail over the _______________ N line of latitude. You end
your trip at the small city of __________________ on the Island of
______________________ at 7.
Finding distances with Latitude and degrees
1. Note the following information:
One degree of latitude on any line of longitude equals about 110 kilometres.
Example:
0°
Prime Meridian
2°
1°
110km
0°
Equator
220km
1°
2°
0°
From north to south Japan is about 16 degrees of latitude. Since 1 degree of latitude equals
110 kilometres, how many kilometres does Japan stretch from north to south?
_____________________________kms.
2. On the map find Akita. It is on the island of Honshu.
What is its latitude? ________________ N.
Now find Tokyo which is about 36° N, almost directly south of Akita. How many
degrees of latitude separate the two cities? ___________________
How many kilometres separate the two cities? ________________ km.
Use the scale on the map to find the distance from Tokyo to Nagasaki.
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