Yamagata Prefectural Public High School Entrance Examination - Social Studies study plan

Calculate real distances from map scales (1:25,000 and 1:50,000) and convert between metric units across 12 practice items.

Interpret contour lines to distinguish ridge, valley, slope direction, and elevation difference in 8 diagram exercises.

Label all 47 prefectures and the 8 traditional regions on a blank outline map of Japan from memory.

Describe two distinguishing climate features each of the six Japanese climate divisions, including the Japan Sea side and the Seto Inland Sea, in writing.

Explain the location factors of major Japanese industrial belts and classify ten sample products by resource- or assembly-oriented type.

Describe Yamagata Prefecture's key crops and industries, including cherries, pears, rice, electronics, and tourism, in a written outline.

Compare population distribution, aging rates, and depopulation trends between Tohoku and the three major metropolitan areas using given statistics.

Outline three environmental issues (global warming, waste, energy mix) and one Japanese policy response to each.

Sequence the Jomon, Yayoi, Kofun, Asuka, Nara, and Heian periods with two defining features each on a timeline.

Explain the establishment and decline of the ritsuryo system and the rise of the samurai in five written sentences.

Compare the Kamakura and Muromachi shogunates by governing structure, trade, and culture in a two-column table.

Identify ten key figures and place each in the correct century without reference materials.

Explain the unification process under Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi by listing four concrete policies and their effects.

Describe Edo-period society, including the status system, sankin kotai, and rice-based economy, in a structured paragraph.

Summarize Edo-period culture and learning (Genroku culture, rangaku, terakoya) with one example each.

Solve 25 mixed geography questions under timed conditions and record the error patterns.

Order the events from the arrival of Perry to the Meiji Restoration and state the cause-effect link between each pair of adjacent events.

Explain the major Meiji reforms (abolition of domains, conscription, land tax, industrialization) and their social consequences.

Compare Japan's modernization with contemporaneous Western imperialism using two similarities and two differences.

Trace the causes and outcomes of the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars and Japan's annexation of Korea in a cause-effect chart.

Summarize Taisho democracy, party government, and the shift to militarism using five key terms accurately.

Sequence the Pacific War from 1931 to 1945 and describe three postwar reforms (new constitution, land reform, education reform).

Explain Japan's postwar economic growth, the oil shocks, and the bubble and its aftermath in chronological order.

State the three principles of the Constitution of Japan and identify five basic human rights with one example each.

Diagram the separation of powers among the Diet, Cabinet, and courts, labeling each body's main powers and checks on the others.

Describe the national and local election systems, including proportional representation and the significance of the vote, in a written explanation.

Explain how market prices form through supply and demand and illustrate three cases with simple curves.

Classify taxes by direct and indirect, national and local, and explain the purpose of social security and public finance in five sentences.

Explain the roles of the United Nations, IMF, WTO, and regional organizations, and describe two global issues and Japan's responses.

Review the error log from weeks 1-7 and rewrite every missed item with the correct reasoning.

Complete two full-length timed mock exams covering all three domains and compute the score by domain.

Rank the three domains by weak-point count and write a one-week post-exam review plan for the lowest domain.