| A | B |
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| Meiji Restoration | occurs after the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate; prompted in part by a fear that Japan would be colonized by western nations; Japan becomes a modern industrialized society |
| Meiji reformers of Japan and Peter the Great | believed in westernization |
| Meiji Restoration in Japan and the unification of Germany | periods where a nation increases in military production and strengthened military forces |
| The Opium Wars in China and the expedition of Commodore Matthew Perry to Japan | leads to an increase in Western trade and influence in Asia |
| Emperor Meiji and Atatürk | promote reform and modernization |
| The annexation of Korea and Japan’s invasion of Manchuria | attempts by Japan to acquire natural resources |
| effects of the Meiji Restoration | Japan increases trade with other nations; Japan reforms its political and economic systems; Japan modernizes its economy and its transportation system; Japan needs and pursues more natural resources |
| Commodore Matthew Perry’s visits to Japan | lead to the opening of trade and diplomatic relations with Japan |
| Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War | Japan gets involved in these wars because it wants to acquire natural resources in Manchuria and Korea |
