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What is the main island of Japan? |
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Which island is the northernmost island of Japan? |
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Which island is the smallest of the 4 main islands of Japan? |
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Which island is the southernmost MAJOR island of Japan? |
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The most common religion in Japan that centrals around the teaching of the Buddah. |
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Who is the U.S commodore who sailed into Tokyo Harbon with a letter asking Japan to allow foreign trade? |
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What was the 1854 agreement between in US and Japan which opened 2 Japanese ports to U.S ships and allowed the US to set up an embassy? |
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What were the Meiji Reforms? |
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Reforms in the Meiji Era that caused modernization. Japan wanted to oppose western ideas, by taking the best of the west and compiling it into one country. |
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Who did the Japanese model their government after? |
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What did the Japanese "take" from America for the Meiji Reforms? |
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A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, or economocially to expand national territories. |
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Which northeast province was invaded by Japan in 1932 for iron ore and coal? |
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What was the Sino-Japanese war over? And between who? |
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Between Japan and China, in Korea when China broke a "Hands off" agreement. |
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What was the Russo-Japanese war? |
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A war between Japan and Russia over Japan's prescense in Manchuria. Japan drove Russian troops out of Korea. |
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What was the amazing thing about the Russo-Japanese war? |
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It was the first time in history when an Asian country defeated a European country. |
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the adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit. |
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Who were the Axis powers? |
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Germany, Italy, and Japan in WW2. Formed in 1936. |
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Who was Admiral Yamamoto? |
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Japans naval strategist in WW2, who organized the attack on Pearl Harbor. |
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What was the Bataan Death March? |
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A 150 mile walk up the peninsula forcively. Thousands of US citizens of Japanese descent were falsely labeled as enemies. |
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What was the naval battle of WW2, in which Americans defeated Japanese on their way to Midway island? This turned the war in the Pacific. |
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Who was General Douglas MacArthur? |
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US general commanded UN forces in Korea and was US cheif if staff. He commanded the Allied forces, and creaded the strategy of Island Hopping in WW2. |
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a Japanese airforce worker who was charged with the suicidal mission of crashing an aircraft with explosives into an enemy target. |
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A 1950 war between North and South Korea. It ended where it started, at the 38th parallel. |
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What is population density? |
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The number of people relative to the space they occupy. Japan's population density is very high, which affects housing and family patterns. |
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Why did Japan finally start allowing imports? Give two reasons. |
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1st: they were forced to by Matthew Perry. 2nd: they have no resources, so they need them from other countries. |
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How was Japan militarily different that Germany and Italy? |
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Japan was ruled by militarists who kept the emporer in power. |
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How did the US respond to Japanese agression in SouthEast Asia? |
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By cutting off oil supplies to Japan. |
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What country did Japan impost annexation on? |
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What was Pearl Harbor called? |
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"a date that will live in infamy". |
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Which country organized demilitirization of Japanese and removed military leaders? |
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What were 3 measures taken by the United States to ensure that Japanese would never again be a threat to the world? |
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1)the emporer was stripped of most political power. 2) Japanese military leaders were removed from power. 3) Japanese armed forces were disbanded (broken apart). |
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Which country is closest to Japans SOUTHERNMOST point? |
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What happened to Japans economy after WW2? |
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It grew faster than any other nation. |
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Why was Japan known as the worlds workshop? |
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Because it imported cheap materials, in order to make them into expensive products. |
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Where do most Japanese live? |
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What is different about Japanese military? |
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It can only fight if attacked. |
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