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Reasons for outbreak of WW2 in Asia-Pacific

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

One reason for Japanese aggression was the economic crisis that resulted from the Great (a)   that began in 1929.

2.

The effects of the Great Depression on Japan made some Japanese _______in the army think that Japan’s future lay in building up a large empire  in East Asia .

a)

revisionists

b)

nationalists

c)

royalty

d)

samurais

3.

Japan’s victory over Russia in the_________-Japanese war of 1905 brought about an increase in confidence in the military.

a)

Manchurian

b)

Sino

c)

Russian

d)

Russo

4.

By 1932, Japan’s democratic system of government had been replaced by a fascist system of government, and it adopted an aggressive _______ policy because that was the aim of the Japanese Military.

a)

economic

b)

domestic

c)

foreign

d)

social

5.

Japan’s population had grown rapidly from 45 million in 1900 to (a)   million by 1930 and did not have enough land for farming.

6.

In 1931, Japan invaded Manchuria (which was a part of (a)   ).

7.

When China appealed to the _________ for help, the League of Nations did not take tough action against Japan

a)

USA

b)

United Nations

c)

League of Nations

d)

United Kingdom

8.

When Japan occupied Vietnam in 1940, President Roosevelt imposed a trade embargo on Japan which included a ban on the export of _________ to Japan.

a)

food, iron and fuel

b)

steel, iron and wood

c)

steel, iron and fuel

d)

steel, iron and food

9.

The war in _________ thus gave Japan an opportunity to take control of the poorly defended colonies in South East Asia and become the only major power in the region.

a)

China

b)

USA

c)

Europe

d)

Manchuria

10.

The Japanese needed to weaken the US Pacific Fleet at (a)   so that the USA would not be able to prevent Japan from taking over the colonies of the European countries in South East Asia.