Question

The Japanese justified their invasion of China as

a. Providing resources essential to their economic survival
b. Rescuing the Chinese people from foreign imperialism
c. Claiming land that should have come to them by the Treaty of Versailles
d. Justifiable revenge for the Sino-Japanese War of 1894

Answer 1

The Japanese justified their invasion of China as "a. Providing resources essential to their economic survival," since Japan is a relatively small island and lacks many natural resources.