Imperial Japan

Question 1

Treatment towards Korea

Answer 1

Forced Korea into unequal treaty - same to own unequal treaties

Question 2

Sino-Japanese War

Answer 2

War fought between China and Japan over control of Korea

Question 3

What event made China send an army to Korea?

Answer 3

Anti-foreign rebellion in Korea → Chinese army sent to retake control of Korea

Question 4

Why did Japan declare war on China?

Answer 4

Wants to protect business interests (due to unequal treaties) in Korea and assert control over the peninsula

Question 5

Naval control of Japan

Answer 5

Gained control of the Yellow Sea and destroyed the Chinese fleet

Question 6

What territorial concessions did China make after the war?

Answer 6

China ceded Taiwan, the Pescadores Islands, and the Liaodong Peninsula to Japan

Question 7

Treaty of Shimonoseki

Answer 7

Peace treaty that ended the war - China recognizing Korea’s independence + ceding territories to Japan + granting Japan unequal treaty rights

Question 8

Effect of the Sino-Japanese War on Russia

Answer 8

Increased tensions between Japan and Russia

Question 9

Russo-Japanese War

Answer 9

War between Japan + Russia; Japan attacked Russian outposts + destroyed Russian Baltic fleet

Question 10

Effect of the Russo-Japanese War on Europe

Answer 10

International recognition of authority over Korea + Liaodong peninsula