Human-Environment Interaction in Japan

The Problem

1. Look at the data chart on page 616-617. What is the population density of Japan?

2. Look at the physical map on 610-611. What is most of Japan’s terrain like?

The Solution

Read “HEI in Japan” and answer the following questions:

3. What problems do people face living in Japan?4. How do people change the land to deal with

those problems?5. How are the Japanese finding space for their

large population?6. How have the limits placed by Japan’s physical

environment changed Japanese culture?