Outbreak of War in the Pacific

When did the Russo-Japanese war occur

• 1873

• 1895

• 1903

• 1904

Terms in the Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902) include:

• British recognition of Japanese influence in Korea

• Japanese recognition of British influence in India

• China recognised as a place of common interest

The US formed the Chinese Exclusion Act (1895) and the Japanese and Korean Exclusion League (1905) to....

• protect American interest

• prevent job competition from East Asians in the US

• because they wanted to enforce Apartheid

Answer explanation

Apartheid happened in South AfricaApartheid was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa from 1948 to the early 1990s.

TL:DR, if you chose Apartheid and you were seriously believing it, please go read up on world history

During the Paris Peace Conference, Prince Fumimaro Konoe wrote an essay, "Reject the Anglo-American-Centred Peace".

Prince Fumimaro advocated for...

• a racial equality clause to be included in the covenant of the League of Nations

• equality of all foreign immigrants to countries in the League, regardless of race or nationality

Answer explanation

Funny how Japan's the one wanting racial equality considering how badly they treated Chinese and Koreans

The population of Japan went from (...), from 1900 to 1930

• 45 mil to 64 mil

• 50 mil to 78 mil

• 28 mil to 57 mil

• 34 mil to 60 mil

The Greater East Asia Co-prosperity sphere was made to...

• make the countries of Southeast Asia and Asia (in general) loyal satellite states to Japan

• assert Japanese dominance on the world stage and gain more recognition from the European powers

• fuel the war engine fighting China in the second Sino-Japanese war

• economic gains and further support Japanese expansionist efforts

Manchuria was an ideal location for the Japanese to invade because...

• proximity to Korea and large land size

• new markets to sell goods to

• abundance of wheat and natural resources

• proximity to Russia/Soviet Union

During the Second Sino-Japanese war, the League of Nations was initially unwilling to send help to China. True or False?

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The League of Nations was unwilling to lend help to China because of Hitler's attempts to impose his own expansionist policies in Europe.

President Roosevelt cancelled the 1911 commercial treaty with Japan to...

• dissuade Japan from further expanding into Asia

• make it more difficult for Japan to continue the war effort in China

When Japan occupied Vietnam in 1940, Roosevelt went further and imposed a trade (...) on Japan.