Question

exit ticket 4.16 - the road to war: japan invades china
____ 1. *what was a major reason for japan’s invasion of manchuria in 1931?
a. the province of manchuria was originally a japanese territory.
b. the government of japan admired manchurian technical progress.
c. the people of manchuria favored japanese control.
d. japan desired the natural resources available in manchuria.
e. the japanese had cultural and religious ties to the manchurian region.
____ 2. japan’s invasion of manchuria, italy’s attack on ethiopia, and germany’s blitzkrieg in poland are examples of
a. military aggression
b. appeasement
c. containment
d. the domino theory
e. communist expansion

1. worth 2 points - **what happened during the invasion of nanjing?

Explanation:

Question 1

To determine the major reason for Japan’s invasion of Manchuria in 1931, we analyze each option:

• Option a: Manchuria was never a Japanese territory originally. Eliminate.
• Option b: Japan’s invasion was not about admiring technical progress. Eliminate.
• Option c: The people of Manchuria did not favor Japanese control. Eliminate.
• Option d: Japan was resource - poor and Manchuria had rich natural resources (like coal, iron) which Japan desired. This is a valid reason.
• Option e: There were no significant cultural/religious ties between Japanese and Manchurian regions. Eliminate.

We analyze the actions of Japan, Italy, and Germany:

• Option a: Japan invading Manchuria, Italy attacking Ethiopia, and Germany’s blitzkrieg in Poland are all acts of one country using military force to attack another, which is military aggression.
• Option b: Appeasement is the policy of giving in to an aggressor’s demands to avoid war (e.g., Munich Agreement), not the acts of aggression themselves. Eliminate.
• Option c: Containment is a policy to stop the spread of communism (e.g., US policy during Cold War), not related here. Eliminate.
• Option d: Domino theory is about the spread of communism (if one country falls to communism, others will too), not related. Eliminate.
• Option e: These acts are not about communist expansion (Italy and Germany were not communist at the time, Japan was imperialist). Eliminate.

During the invasion of Nanjing (the Nanjing Massacre, December 1937 - January 1938), the Japanese Imperial Army carried out widespread atrocities. This included the mass murder of Chinese civilians and prisoners of war (estimated to be tens of thousands to over 300,000 people), widespread rape of Chinese women (estimated thousands), and looting and burning of the city.

Answer:

d. Japan desired the natural resources available in Manchuria.

Question 2