Fascism in Japan

How did the Japanese justify their imperialist policies?

• They wanted to help other Asian countries

• They could not survive without the help of other Asian countries

• They needed the natural resources

• They saw themselves as racially superior

Why were the Japanese angry with the Treaty of Versailles?

• They did not get the land they wanted

• The racial equality clause they asked for was denied

• They were blamed for the war

• They had to pay a lot of money to other countries

What event led Japan to expand their empire further into Asia in the 1930s?

• Great Depression

• World War II

• World War I

• Russo-Japanese War

Why did Japan create the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere in 1940?

• For resources, but claimed to protect them from the West

• For technology, but claimed to protect them from the Germans

• For resources, but claimed to protect them from the Chinese

• For weapons, but claimed to protect them from the Russians

What was the massacre called in which the Japanese attacked and killed over 250,000 Chinese people?

• The Rape of Nanjing

• The Massacre of Beijing

• The Atrocity of Shanghai

• The Attack of Hong Kong

Which country did Japan invade in the 1930s?

• Korea

• Russia

• China

• Philippines

Who did the Great Depression allow to come to power in Japan?

• Fascists

• Militarists

• Communists

• Anarchists

Between WWI and WWII, Japan tried to solve the problem of its scarcity of natural resources by doing what?

• Exporting agricultural products in exchange for new technology. 
• Establishing a policy of imperialism.
• Building nuclear power plants. 
• Cooperating with the soviet union.

Resource-rich province of China invaded by the Japanese.

• isolationism

• fascism

• Mein Kampf

• Manchuria

Who became the emperor of Japan in the 1920's?

• Hirohito

• Hideki Tojo

• Mao Zedong

• Sun Yat Sen