Mie Entrance Social Studies case studies
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The Mie Prefecture High School Entrance Examination in Social Studies (三重県公立高校入試 社会) is the social studies component of the academic achievement test used by Mie's public high schools to select entering students. It is taken by students finishing compulsory education in Mie who wish to enter a prefectural public high school, including those applying through special quotas such as recommendations or returning-from-abroad provisions. The Mie Entrance Social Studies case studies are 5 cases and about 4,104 words.
1Farmland, Factories and Solar Panels in a Coastal Town
Yamada is a town of 18,400 people on the northern edge of Mie Prefecture, facing Ise Bay. Its population was 22,000 in 1990.
828 words, about 4 min2Four Undated Documents in a Matsusaka Family Archive
A family in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture, donates a box of papers to the city museum. None of the four documents chosen for display has a date on its face.
784 words, about 4 min3A School Closure, a Petition and a Referendum That Cannot Bind
The mountain town of Kanayama in Mie Prefecture has 6,800 residents; 38% are 65 or older. The school-age population fell from 900 in 2000 to 410 in 2020.
826 words, about 4 min4Bus Routes, an Ageing City and a Misleading Percentage
The city of Naka (population 42,000) is reviewing its bus network before the February budget. Population by age 2000 2020 --- --- --- 0–14 5,880 4,200 15–64 27,300 23,100 65+ 8,820 14,700 Bus use fell from 1.9 million rides in 2000 to 0.9 million in 2020.
800 words, about 4 min5Tea, Frost and a Six-Day Harvest Window in Kameyama
The tea cooperative in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, has 120 member farms working 340 hectares, almost all of it the Yabukita cultivar grown for sencha. Its records show: Item 1980 2020 --- --- --- Average date of first spring picking April 28 April 12 Days per year at 35°C or above 12 27 Members aged 65 or over 24 82 Price index, first-pick sencha (2000 = 100) - 88 Twelve members have left the cooperative in the past five years, and most of their fields are now abandoned.
866 words, about 4 min