Geography: Arranging Countries East to West

Understanding the relative positions of countries on a world map is crucial for geography. The East-West arrangement is determined by longitude. Locations further East have higher positive longitude values (or lower negative values if considering the full 360 degrees eastward), while locations further West have lower positive longitude values or higher negative values (approaching -180°).

Determining Country Positions

Let's look at the approximate longitudinal positions of the given countries to arrange them from East to West:

• Japan (2): Located in the far East, primarily between 128°E and 142°E longitude.
• Malaysia (6): Situated in Southeast Asia, roughly between 100°E and 120°E longitude.
• India (3): Located west of Malaysia, primarily between 68°E and 97°E longitude.
• Uzbekistan (4): Situated in Central Asia, mainly between 56°E and 75°E longitude.
• Germany (5): Located in Western Europe, predominantly between 6°E and 15°E longitude.
• Canada (1): Spans a vast area in North America. Its main populated regions are far to the West, primarily between 53°W and 135°W longitude (or 127°E and 227°E if measured eastward from Greenwich).

Ordering from East to West

Based on their longitudinal positions, we can order the countries starting from the furthest East:

1. Japan (2): Highest East longitude.
2. Malaysia (6): East of India.
3. India (3): East of Uzbekistan.
4. Uzbekistan (4): East of Germany.
5. Germany (5): East of Canada (which is in the Western Hemisphere).
6. Canada (1): Furthest West, located primarily in the Western Hemisphere.

Final Arrangement

The correct order of the countries from East to West is:

Therefore, the sequence representing the arrangement from East to West is 2, 6, 3, 4, 5, 1.