The Rise and Fall of Imperial Japan

The Rise and Fall of Imperial Japan

By Terry Wyatt

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How are the Chinese portrayed in the previous slide?

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What is the impact on Russia's defeat and the Japanese victory?

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Why do you supposed the Japanese named one of their country's most popular beers after the Chinese fortress?

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What is the purpose of the propaganda poster on the previous slide?

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What would the Japanese want a "puppet ruler" in Manchuria?

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Answer the questions from the previous slide

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How many civilian deaths was General Tojo responsible for?

• Over 400,000

• Less than Hitler's reported numbers

• Over 6 million

• Over 8 million

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Why couldn't Japan take over all of China during WWII?

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Why would the Chinese people still hold grudges against the Japanese people today?

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Why were the previous inventions by Japan considered to be war winners?

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Go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l_c_13Z0Kg explain why the bicycle was so important to the Japanese in WWII?

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Why didn't Japan press ahead in their conquest of Australia after 1941's success?

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Why couldn't the British hold Hong Kong from the Japanese?

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What is the most likely reason Japan didn't capture Pearl Harbor?

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Why was a British and Allied victory in Burma so important?

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Why haven't the Japanese "defeated their enemy forces"?

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Why would the US and Britain train together in "jungle warfare"?

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Which of the following is NOT a reason for the US's ability to have such a fantastic industrial output?

• The US didn't enter the war until 1941.

• So many men stayed behind and worked in factories

• Women were in the industrial plants due to men being drafted.

• The US was making its way out of the Great Depression by selling war materials.

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Why couldn't the Japanese replace 4 lost aircraft carriers as easy as the US?

• They lost contact with replacement ships.

• They could not get credit to finance the vessels.

• The lacked the manpower and natural resources

• Japanese ships were surrendering all over the world.

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What new use did the US find for their battleships in the Pacific?

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What might be a reason why US casualties were so high on the islands held by the Japanese?

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What might be a reason that crashing in the Pacific turned in to a death sentence?

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What might be a reason that the Japanese resorted to suicide bombing, planes, and other type devices?

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What did the sailor mean on the previous slide?

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What advantage could there be in taking Okinawa Island?

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How large was the atomic device in the "little boy"?

• A baseball

• An apple

• An orange

• A plum

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Why would so many men die from shark attacks when the USS Indianapolis sank?

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What reason did the US later give for dropping the two atomic bombs on Japan?

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What "war" started immediately after Japan's surrender?

• Marshall Islands

• Vietnam War

• Korean War

• Cold War