Volcanoes, Typhoons and a Treaty: teacher key

Japan, grade 6 edition, written for 6th grade. How a mountain country gets its weather, what people eat, and how Edo became Tokyo.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

What did Japan and the United States sign in March 1854?
- The Treaty of Kanagawa (answer)
- A school law
- A rail contract
How many active volcanoes does Japan officially count?
- 11
- 111 (answer)
- 1,111
Where does heavy snow fall in winter?
- On the Sea of Japan side of Honshu (answer)
- On Tokyo Bay
- On Mount Fuji only
What happened to Edo in the Meiji period?
- It was renamed Tokyo (answer)
- It was moved to Hokkaido
- It was closed
Why do most Japanese people live on the flatter land?
- About three-quarters of the land is mountains or hills (answer)
- Mount Fuji is closed
- Typhoons stop in cities
Where did emoji begin?
- On Japanese mobile phones in the late 1990s (answer)
- In a Tokyo school
- At a sumo match