HISTORY
THE WORLD BETWEEN THE WARS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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China was given it at the Paris Peace Conference
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It was rich in resources like coal and iron
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China had taken it from Japan during WWI
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Japan was forced to give it to China as part of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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Detailed explanation-1: -Seeking raw materials to fuel its growing industries, Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria in 1931. By 1937 Japan controlled large sections of China, and war crimes against the Chinese became commonplace.
Detailed explanation-2: -After deceptively staging an attack it blamed on Chinese dissidents, the Japanese army invaded China’s northeastern region, Manchuria, which was rich in coal and iron ore. The invasion was in defiance of orders from Tokyo.
Detailed explanation-3: -The important mineral resources of Manchuria are coal, iron, dolomite and magnesite, aluminous shale, oil shale, structural and chemical raw materials, gold and subordinate amounts of silver, copper, lead, zinc, tungsten and less important metals.
Detailed explanation-4: -Japan wanted Manchuria because Manchuria bordered the Soviet Union and therefore could become an important “buffer zone” protecting the mainland from the threat of the Soviet Union.