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Paper 3 Skills
100

What American persuaded Japan to open trade in 1853?

Commodore Matthew Perry

100

In 1931 Japan invaded this rich area of China. 

What is Manchuria? 

100

What country colonized the Dutch East Indies?

Netherlands

100

What was the agreement that ended WWI?

Treaty of Versailles

100

How many questions is Paper 3 and how long do you have to answer?

3 questions

2.5 hours 

200

What is the name of the period of reforms and modernization in Japan after the Tokugawa Era ended?

Meiji period/ Meiji Restoration 

200

Japan was part of this war 1937-1941

What was the Sino-Japanese War? 

200

What two countries fought over control of Vietnam? 

France and China

200

What was the goal of the May 4 Movement in China?

protest of 21 Demands, return of Shantung, and a boycott of Japanese goods 

200

When reading an exam question, what is a command word?  (not an example, a definition  )

the words that you need to address when answering the question

300

What was the war where Japan seized part of Manchuria and all of the Shandong Province, forced a decree of economic dominance over China, and positioned itself as a colonial world power?

First Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95

300

Japan attacked Pearl Habor this year. 

What is 1941? 

300

What country was also known as Indochina? 

Vietnam

300

What racial issues thrown up at Versailles had not completely subsided either, continuing into US law in 1924?

Immigration Act- limiting amount of Japanese allowed to enter the US and restricted citizenship

300

What do you do if the question says to evaluate?

Evaluate- assess the relative importance of the reasons

400

What were two gains that Japan negotiated at the Treaty of Portsmouth, as a result of the Russo-Japanese War 1904-05?

  • Japanese claims to Korea were recognised 
  • Russia was required to evacuate its troops from Manchuria and return land in southern Manchuria to China.
  • The South Manchurian Railway was given to Japan.
  • Japan was also given the southern half of the Sakhalin Islands
400

The US short-term response to Pearl Harbor. 

What is to declare war on Japan (and enter into a military alliance with China)?  

400

What primarily European conflict spread ideas about communism to South-East Asia?

Russian Revolution, 1917

400

Japan didn't get a vote on the Treaty of Versailles, but what nation did they make a secret agreement with?

Britain 

400
How should you structure your essay if the question says "To What Extent?"

Intro with thesis

Body- 3-4 PEELs addressing a counter argument!

Conclusion paragraph connecting back to thesis

500

Japanese military insubordination towards the government in 1929 and the outbreak of the Great Depression in the same year. In 1927, Tanaka Giichi, a general in the Japanese Imperial Army, became prime minister of Japan. He oversaw the beginning of ‘Shōwa fascism’.  What is this?

 the pursuit of a more aggressive foreign policy

ultranationalism

strong/aggressive military 

500

Name of the prime minister of Japan 1941 

Who was General Tojo? 

500

How did the British set up government in Malaya?

British set up an administrative system with local sultans remaining as theoretical leaders 

500

A further cause of unease in Japan arose from the General Treaty for the Renunciation of War, which Japan signed in August 1928 was presented to renounced war as 'an instrument of national policy' and promised to settle all disputes by peaceful means.  What was this called?

Known in the West as the Kellogg-Briand Pact and in Japan as the No-War Treaty

500

"Discuss the impact of the Treaty of Versailles on South East Asia"

What are 3 points that you need to address?

answers will vary