World History Questions on Japanese Imperialism

Answer the following questions based on the reading that you were assigned (Students on the left read the first, students on the right read the second)

Second Sino-Japanese War

1. What was the result of the first sino-japanese war?
2. Why was Manchuria seen as a valuable area to Russia, China and Japan?
3. What happened at Nanking/Nanjing?
4. What do you think “Nationalist” means?
5. What advantages kept Japan from advancing in China?
6. Why was resistance to the Japanese difficult for China?
7. Who was Mao Zedong?

China in World War II

1. What happened to China in the early 1900s?
2. Who was Mao Zedong?
3. What was the “rape of Nanjing”?
4. What problem did the Communists cause for Chiang Kai Shek during WWII?
5. Who tried to ally with China during WWII?  Why did they have difficulty?
6. Why did the US choose “island hopping” over setting up base in China?
7. Who took over Manchuria at the end of the war?  Why did they give it back in 1949?