Chapter 1: 1.3 Japan's Emergence as a World Power Flashcards
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What kind of economic system did Japan have prior the Meiji Restoration?
Largely based on bartering
Why did the USA want trading rights in Japan?
Whaling fleets required access to ports for vital supplies
Pressure from commercial interests
Who pressured Japan into opening ports for trade?
Fillmore and Perry
When did Japan sign Treaties giving foreigners access to its ports and trade?
1858
Why did Japan Modernise?
To avoid events similar to what had occured in China from taking place within Japan
When did the first Sino-Japanese war occur?
1894
Why did Japan Join the Fist World War?
Anglo japanese alliance
Why did the first Sino-Japanese War Occur?
Disputes over who should control Korea; A method for Japan to test newly modernised military
What is the Treaty of Shimonoseki?
Treaty signed following Japans victory in the first sino-japanese war
Why did Germany France and Britain intervene with Japan and China?
Why did Britain abandon the policy of ‘splendid isolation’?
Isolation
Threats posed to Naval power and empire
Weakness of military capabilities
Threats to commercial interests in Far East
What was the Anglo-Japanese Alliance?
Signed in 1902; stated that if either nation went up against two or more opponents they would come to the others aid; recognised japans position in Korea; Japan to protect Britain’s interests in Far east
Why was the Anglo-Japanese Alliance significant for Japan?
First time Japan had been recognised as a power by a major European Nation
When did the Russo-Japanese War Occur?
1904 -1905
Why did the Russo-Japanese War Occur?
War over Manchuria
Why was Russia at a disadvantage during the Russo-Japanese War?
Russian fleet was dispersed all over the world
Japan’s location provided an advantage
Japan had Britain as an ally
Russian fleets were outed and slow
What are the Meiji reforms?
Abolishing of feudal system
Redistrubution of land
New banking system
New Education system (American)
Constitution (German)
Army (German)
Navy (Britain)
Emperor worship intensified
Human rights and Religious freedom
What join role/What was Japan’s position in the world during the First World War?
Main role was to secure sea lanes in South pacific oceans and Indian oceans against Germany
Replaced European nations by supplying Far East/Surge in Exports
Ship building industry boosted
What were the Twenty One Demands?
Demands presented in January 1915 by Japan to China to increase economic and political control over the region
Why was Japan a concern of Western powers during the first world war?
Japan was becoming a threat to their (Britain and USA) interests in China
