Geography Alive Chapter 31 Study Guide
ANSWER KEY
1.What physical feature has most affected Japan's population distribution?
Mountains
2.What is the definition of arable land?
Land suitable for growing crops
3. Why are there capsule hotels in Japan?
Scarsity of land for building
4.How do you calculate a country's physiologic populations density?
Divide by the arable land
5.How does high population density affect Japan's public transportation system?
Subways and trains are overcrowded at rush hour.
6. How do the Japanese people farm on hillsides?
They do terracing on the hillsides.
7. What is true of life expectancy in Japan?
It is one of the highest in the world.
8.How is Japan's population distribution similar to that of the rest of the world?
Most people live near a coastline.
9. Arithmetic population density is talking about
The population of a country divided by its total land area
Physiologic population density is talking about
The population of a country divided by its arable land
Population distribution is
where people live in a country, whether crowded together in cities or spread out across the
countryside
Geography Alive Chapter 31 Review:
*Reading notes for sections 31.3-31.6
*Geoterms
*Map of Japan
Quizlet Practice
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1.What physical feature has most affected Japan's population distribution?
2.What is the definition of arable land?
3. Why are there capsule hotels in Japan?
4.How do you calculate a country's physiologic populations density?
5.How does high population density affect Japan's public transportation system?
6. How do the Japanese people farm on hillsides?
7. What is true of life expectancy in Japan?
8.How is Japan's population distribution similar to that of the rest of the world?
9. Arithmetic population density is talking about
Physiologic population density is talking about
Population distribution is