Japanese Expansion

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Across
  1. 4. Treaty that created alliance between Germany, Japan, and Italy
  2. 5. Japan wanted to attack ______ first because it was confident that it could handle the U.S. joining the war
  3. 6. A southeastern Asian country that had oil, something Japan desperately needed
  4. 8. Germany acted as this towards the U.S. as a way to protect Japan
Down
  1. 1. Japan taking influence from western countries and associating with them, tripartite pact is an example of this
  2. 2. Country that Japan wanted to guard against, originally didn't join the war but Japan was paranoid about being cornered
  3. 3. The ideology that drive Japan to want to take over east Asia because they felt like they deserved it,something they shared with Germany & Italy
  4. 7. Having Germany and Italy to back them up led to Japan having increased ______, which led to them expanding their territory and getting into more conflicts