Review 12C Japan and World Events

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Across
  1. 2. A policy where a nation extends its power and influence over other countries through military, political, or economic control.
  2. 6. Belief that a strong military is essential to national strength and prestige.
  3. 8. International body created after WWI dedicated to maintaining world peace, Japan was a founding member in 1920 until it stormed out of an assembly in 1933 over criticism it received over its imperialism in Manchuria.
  4. 11. 'Kyokujitsu-ki',Flag adopted by the Japanese Imperial Army and Navy, came to be associated with militarism
  5. 12. Peninsula in southern Manchuria that Japan gained under the Treaty of Shimonoseki before being forced to return it.
  6. 13. Sacred Mountain, active volcano, became a national symbol of Japan from mid-1800s.
  7. 14. Japanese proposal at the Paris Peace Conference that was supported by a majority of delegates but ultimately failed because key Western powers opposed it.
  8. 15. Resource-rich region of northeastern China that became increasingly important to Japanese economic and strategic planning.
  9. 16. Chinese territory formerly controlled by Germany that Japan expected to retain after the First World War, leading to anger and protests in China.
  10. 17. Location of the peace negotiations mediated by Theodore Roosevelt that formally ended the Russo-Japanese War in 1905.
Down
  1. 1. Ice-free naval base whose capture demonstrated Japan's military effectiveness during the Russo-Japanese War.
  2. 3. Japan conducted a surpirse attack on this naval base on 7 December 1941
  3. 4. PERIL Racist belief popular in some Western countries that the growing strength of East Asian peoples threatened Western civilisation.
  4. 5. Japan faced a dangerous shortage of this crucial industrial resource by 1941 causing it to reconsider its imperialist strategy.
  5. 7. A strong sense of shared common identify and culture within a nation along with pride, loyalty, and devotion.
  6. 9. Alliance signed in 1902 that provided diplomatic recognition of Japan as a major power and helped counter Russian influence in East Asia.
  7. 10. Agreements imposed on Asian countries that granted foreign powers legal and economic privileges not enjoyed by local citizens.