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1. Describe Japan’s empire as it existed in 1930.
In 1930 Japans empire was small. in only consisted of Japan, Tiwan, and Korea.

2. Where did Japan first expand its empire after 1930? Why do you think Japan targeted this region?
MANCHURIA. They most likely targeted this region because it was right next to Korea, and started to come into china, and also closer to Russia.

3. Describe the extent of Japanese influence in China in 1938.
In 1938 Japan started to take a large amount of north west china and took its coal and iron.

4. What advantage did its control of French Indochina give Japan in attacks starting on December 7, 1941?
It gave japan the advantage of being able to start the attacks on December 7, 1941 because it now cut off these places that were being attacked from the majority of china, and the rest of the larger countries.

5. Japan seized Hong Kong on December 8, 1941. From where was the attack mounted?
Tiwan

6. Which objective of the attacks starting on December 7, 1941 is outside the area shown in the map?
Pearl Harbor

7. What do you think made the Philippines a particularly attractive target for Japanese expansion?
The philippeans made it easier to reach the rest of the islands in that area and to further suround china.