DP History Questionbank

What, according to Source I, were the challenges facing Japanese national policy?

What does Source L suggest about Sino-Japanese [Chinese-Japanese] relations in 1937?

With reference to its origin, purpose and content, analyse the value and limitations of Source I for an historian studying Japanese foreign policy in East Asia.

Using the sources and your own knowledge, to what extent do you agree with the suggestion that Japanese foreign policy aims up to 1937 were to be achieved through “gradual and peaceful ways” (Source J)?

What, according to Source J, were the challenges faced by the Nationalist [Guomindang] government of China as a result of the outbreak of war with Japan in 1937?

What does Source D suggest about the power of Genghis Khan by 1207?

What does Source D suggest about the power of Genghis Khan by 1207?

What, according to Source I, were the proposals made to Japan by the United States?

With reference to its origin, purpose and content, analyse the value and limitations of Source I for an historian studying relations between Japan and the United States before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Compare and contrast what Sources K and L reveal about why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

What, according to Source K, were the factors contributing to tensions between Japan and the US?

What does Source L suggest about Japanese expansion?

With reference to its origin, purpose and content, analyse the value and limitations of Source K for an historian studying the tensions between the US and Japan.

“Mutual fear led to increasing tensions between the US and Japan.” Using the sources and your own knowledge, to what extent do you agree with this statement?

What, according to Source J, was Japan’s attitude toward Manchuria/Manchukuo and China?

What does Source L suggest about the position of Japan and the League of Nations regarding the Manchurian crisis?

With reference to its origin, purpose and content, analyse the value and limitations of Source J for an historian studying Japan’s response to the Lytton Report in the early 1930s.

Using the sources and your own knowledge, discuss the view that the ineffectual response of the League of Nations was the main factor in encouraging Japanese expansion in China.

What does Source D suggest about the power of Genghis Khan by 1207?

Why, according to Source I, would it be difficult for Japan to defeat China?

What does Source L suggest about Japan’s expansion into China?

With reference to its origin, purpose and content, analyse the value and limitations of Source I for an historian studying the Second United Front in China.