Japan, china and US

Question 1

Date

Answer 1

Event

Question 2

1904

Answer 2

Russo-Japanese War – Japan establishes dominance in southern Manchuria

Question 3

1914-1918

Answer 3

Japan sides with Allies in WWI – security concerns, admiration of German army, racial equality not acknowledged after war

Question 4

1902-1921

Answer 4

Japan and Britain are allies – replaced by Four-Power Agreement

Question 5

1927

Answer 5

Soviet Union stops supporting Chiang Kai-Shek

Question 6

1919-1931

Answer 6

Chinese nationalism seen as biggest threat to British in East Asia

Question 7

1928

Answer 7

Huanggutun Incident – Zhang Zuolin assassinated by Kwantung Army without Tokyo’s orders

Question 8

1929

Answer 8

Kellogg-Briand Pact ratified under Calvin Coolidge – Japan a signatory

Question 9

1929

Answer 9

Start of the Great Depression – major impacts on Japan’s trade and economy

Question 10

September 1931

Answer 10

Mukden Incident – false flag leads to Japan invading Manchuria

Question 11

1932

Answer 11

Japan establishes puppet state Manchukuo in Manchuria

Question 12

December 1931

Answer 12

Lytton Commission sent to Manchuria to investigate Japanese actions

Question 13

1933

Answer 13

Japan withdraws from League of Nations after condemnation

Question 14

January - May 1932

Answer 14

Shanghai Crisis – anti-Japanese sentiments lead to fighting in Shanghai

Question 15

May 15, 1932

Answer 15

Japanese Prime Minister Inukai assassinated – marks end of party-led government

Question 16

1936

Answer 16

Anti-Comintern Pact signed between Germany and Japan

Question 17

1936

Answer 17

Xi’an Incident – Chiang Kai-Shek arrested, leads to cooperation between Nationalists and Communists

Question 18

1937

Answer 18

Marco Polo Bridge Incident – triggers Second Sino-Japanese War

Question 19

1938

Answer 19

Large-scale Japanese offenses in China stop – shift to guerilla warfare

Question 20

1939

Answer 20

Soviet Union stops material assistance to China

Question 21

1940

Answer 21

Japan invades French Indochina

Question 22

July 1941

Answer 22

US freezes Japanese assets – Oil embargo follows in August

Question 23

November 1941

Answer 23

Japan sends peace terms to US, which are rejected

Question 24

December 1941

Answer 24

Attack on Pearl Harbor – US enters the war

Question 25

1942

Answer 25

Japanese attacks collapse Burma route – take over Singapore, major British loss