Toyama Prefectural Public High School Entrance Examination - Social Studies study guide
Toyama Prefectural Public High School Entrance Examination - Social Studies · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Toyama Prefectural Public High School Entrance Examination in Social Studies is the social studies component of the entrance selection run by Toyama Prefecture's public high schools for students finishing compulsory education and seeking admission to a prefectural high school. It is a school-admission examination, not a professional certification: it is written for junior high school candidates in Toyama, and it is scored as one subject within a broader selection process that also weighs other subjects, school records and school-specific requirements. The Toyama Prefectural Public High School Entrance Examination - Social Studies study guide has 4 sections and about 1,179 words.
01Geography - Japan and the World
Japan is mountainous, with plains concentrated on coasts and river mouths. Know the eight regions and their core prefectures, and be able to place major ranges (Hida, Kiso, Akaishi as the "Japan Alps"), plains (Kanto, Nobi, Osaka), and rivers (Shinano, Tone).
309 words, about 2 min02History - Japan
Build a mental timeline: Jomon/Yayoi (rice farming, bronze and iron), Kofun (Yamato state), Asuka (Prince Shotoku, Taika Reform), Nara (ritsuryo state, Great Buddha), Heian (Fujiwara regency, samurai rise), Kamakura (Hojo regents, Mongol invasions), Muromachi (Ashikaga, trade with Ming), Azuchi-Momoyama (unification, sword hunt, land survey), Edo (Tokugawa shogunate, sakoku, Genroku culture), Meiji (modernization, Constitution of 1889), and the modern era. Examiners love cause and effect and comparison .
280 words, about 1 min03History - World and Japan's International Relations
Know the anchors: ancient civilizations (Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus, Yellow River), Greek and Roman worlds, the Islamic and Tang worlds, the Mongol empire, the Renaissance and Age of Exploration, the English and French revolutions, the Industrial Revolution, and the two world wars. Japanese relations run through the Silk Road (Nara), Ming trade and the tribute system, the arrival of Western ships, and modernization.
287 words, about 1 min04Civics - Contemporary Society and Economy
The Constitution of Japan has three principles: popular sovereignty, fundamental human rights, and pacifism (Article 9). Know the Emperor's status as symbol, the separation of powers (Diet legislative, Cabinet executive, courts judicial), and the difference between the de jure and de facto cabinet.
303 words, about 2 min