Vocabulary
Imperialism
a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
What is the difference between an emperor and a king?
A King is a male ruler of a country or region, while an Emperor is a monarch who rules over an empire.
Commodore Matthew Perry?
U.S. naval officer who headed an expedition that forced Japan in 1853–54 to enter into trade and diplomatic relations with the West after more than two centuries of isolation. Through his efforts the United States became an equal power with Britain, France, and Russia in the economic exploitation of East Asia.
sowed
cause to appear or spread
Industrialism
social organization in which industries and especially large-scale industries are dominant
The Manchurian Incident
The Manchurian Incident, also known as the Mukden Incident, was an event staged by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria. The Kwantung Army alleged that Chinese soldiers had tried to bomb a South Manchurian Railway train. The Japanese captured Mukden in September 1931, and rapidly overran the province, setting up the puppet state of Manchukuo1.
Matsui Iwane
Iwane Matsui (松井 石根, Matsui Iwane, July 27, 1878 – December 23, 1948) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and the commander of the expeditionary force sent to China in 1937. He was convicted of war crimes and executed by the Allies for his involvement in the Nanjing Massacre.
turmoil
Turmoil is a noun that means a state or condition of extreme confusion, commotion, disturbance, or agitation
Meiji Restoration
Political revolution in 1868 in Japan
The Nanking Massacre
The Nanjing Massacre, or the Rape of Nanjing (formerly romanized as Nanking) was the mass murder of Chinese civilians in Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China, immediately after the Battle of Nanking in the Second Sino-Japanese War, by the Imperial Japanese Army. Beginning on December 13, 1937, the massacre lasted six weeks. The perpetrators also committed other war crimes such as mass rape, looting, and arson. The massacre is considered to be one of the worst wartime atrocities.
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1905 over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire.
puppet government
a government which is endowed with the outward symbols of authority but in which direction and control are exercised by another power
merchant
A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries.
The First Sino-Japanese War was a war between Japan and China over control of Korea
Hirohito
Hirohito (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), was the 124th emperor of Japan, reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989. His reign of over 62 years is the longest of any historical Japanese emperor and one of the longest-reigning monarchs in the world.
Manchuria
Northeast China
raw materials
Raw materials are unfinished substances or unrefined natural resources used to manufacture finished goods.
League of Nations
an association of countries established in 1919 by the Treaty of Versailles to promote international cooperation and achieve international peace and security. It was powerless to stop Italian, German, and Japanese expansionism leading to World War II and was replaced by the United Nations in 1945.
French Indo China
French Indochina was a grouping of French colonial territories in Southeast Asia. It was made up of Cochin-China, Annam, Cambodia, Tonkin, Kwangchowan, and Laos. The region was colonized in 1887 and remained under French rule until independence and the subsequent Vietnam Wars of the mid-1900s
Manchukuo
Manchukuo was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in China and Inner Mongolia from 1932 until 1945