Yamanashi Entrance Social Studies case studies
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The Yamanashi Prefectural High School Entrance Examination in Social Studies (山梨県公立高校入試 社会) is the social studies component of the unified entrance examination that Yamanashi Prefecture administers for its public high schools. It is taken by students finishing compulsory education - mainly third-year junior high students in Yamanashi, plus eligible applicants from outside the prefecture or from earlier cohorts - and the resulting score is combined with school-specific selection materials such as interviews, essays, and recommendations. The Yamanashi Entrance Social Studies case studies are 5 cases and about 3,684 words.
1Kofu Basin: Explaining a Rain-Shadow Climate from Three Data Puzzles
Yamanashi's Kofu Basin lies about 300 m above sea level, enclosed by mountain ranges that rise above 2,000 m. A student comparing climate tables finds three puzzles.
759 words, about 4 min2A Manor in Wakasa: Reading Layered Rights in Four Documents
A student is reconstructing who actually controlled land in a manor in Wakasa Province around 1250. First, a land register drawn up after a survey, listing named myōshu with fields measured in tan.
718 words, about 4 min3A Shinano Village in the 1720s: Fixed Assessment, Shrinking Households
A headman in a mountain village in Shinano keeps the records that a student is analysing. The village's assessed yield, fixed at a survey in 1640, has remained at 410 koku, although fields have been opened on the slopes since then.
760 words, about 4 min4The First General Election and the Budget Fight of 1891
A student examining Japan's first general election, held in July 1890, has three items. The electorate was about 450,000 out of a population near 40 million, yet turnout is recorded at about 94 percent.
686 words, about 3 min5A City Pool, a Land Sale and 12,000 Signatures
A city of 180,000 people, with about 150,000 registered voters, plans to close its municipal swimming pool and lease the land to a private company for a shopping centre. Residents collect 12,000 valid signatures demanding a referendum on the sale; the mayor supports the plan; the 42-member assembly is split 22 to 20.
761 words, about 4 min