Japan Emerges

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Japan Emerges

• Imperialism and Wars of Asia

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Questions

• What events helped create the conditions
  necessary for Japan to become a world power?
• Meiji Restoration- focus on modernization
• Why was it necessary for Japan to begin acting as
  an imperial power by the end of the 19th Century?
• Japan lacked natural resources necessary for
  industrialization

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Sino-Japanese War

• Who Fought China vs. Japan
• Reason Control Korea
• Winner Japan
• Reward Korea

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Russo-Japanese War

• Who Fought Russia vs. Japan
• Reason Russian threat to Japan
• Winner Japan
• Reward 1st time Asian country defeats a major
  European power

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World War I

• Who Fought Japan joins Allies
• Reason Militarism, Nationalism
• Imperialism
• Winner Allies
• Reward Japan gains many of Germanys colonies in
  the Pacific

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Second Sino-Japanese War

• Who Fought China vs. Japan
• Reason Japan invaded Manchuria
• Winner Japan
• Reward Manchuria, encourages Japan to invade
  China

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Question

• What was the result and historical significance
  of these wars for Japan?
• Japan emerges as the most powerful nation in Asia