Iwate Entrance Social Studies case studies
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The Iwate Prefecture high school entrance examination in social studies (岩手県立高等学校入学者選抜 社会) is the social studies component of the unified entrance selection used by Iwate's prefectural high schools. It is taken by students finishing compulsory education who are applying to prefectural high schools, and it is also relevant to transfer applicants and to anyone supporting a candidate. The paper is set and administered by the Iwate Prefectural Board of Education, which publishes the current-year schedule, question structure and scoring information on its official site; candidates should treat those documents, not third-party summaries, as authoritative. Content follows the national Course of Study for junior high social studies and is organised into three pillars: geography (Japan and the world, maps, climate, industry and population), history (Japan from ancient to modern times, linked to world history), and civics (the Constitution, politics, the economy and international relations). The Iwate Entrance Social Studies case studies are 5 cases and about 3,204 words.
1The Village Bus and the Shared Taxi
Shiwa Village sits in a mountain basin in Iwate Prefecture. Its population fell from 4,100 in 1985 to 2,380 in 2020, and 41% of residents are now 65 or older.
677 words, about 3 min2Hiraizumi, Gold, and the Northern Trade
At Hiraizumi in southern Iwate, a student is investigating why the Fujiwara family could build the Konjikido hall in 1124. She has three sources.
657 words, about 3 min3The Lodging Tax Debate
Yuzawa Town in Iwate Prefecture receives about 1.4 million visitors a year, but only 260,000 stay overnight. The town has 180 inns and hotels and wants to build a new disaster-evacuation tower and maintain hiking trails.
609 words, about 3 min4Two Iwate Climates and Two Crops
A student compares two places in Iwate Prefecture. Kamaishi, on the Sanriku coast, has a January average of 2°C and an August average of 24°C, with annual precipitation of 1,500 mm and winter snowfall of about 20 cm.
633 words, about 3 min5The Evacuation Tower and the Narrow Bridge
A coastal town in Iwate has three districts along a narrow bay. District A has 520 residents, many of them elderly, and lies 300 m from the sea.
628 words, about 3 min