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Japan's 1931 invasion targeted which Chinese region?Read the answer and worked solution →The full-scale Second Sino-Japanese War began inRead the answer and worked solution →Which incident triggered full-scale Sino-Japanese war in 1937?Read the answer and worked solution →Which economic motive encouraged Japanese expansion in China?Read the answer and worked solution →Why could League unanimity obstruct action?Read the answer and worked solution →Italy's conquest of which state exposed League weakness?Read the answer and worked solution →How did Japan answer League condemnation over Manchuria?Read the answer and worked solution →Which German invasion immediately triggered war in Europe in 1939?Read the answer and worked solution →Germany invaded Poland onRead the answer and worked solution →Who declared war on Germany after its invasion of Poland?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did Poland's invasion test British and French credibility?Read the answer and worked solution →The Nazi-Soviet Pact of August 1939 was formally aRead the answer and worked solution →The Nazi-Soviet secret protocol concernedRead the answer and worked solution →Which country attacked Pearl Harbor?Read the answer and worked solution →On the Hawaiian calendar, Pearl Harbor was attacked onRead the answer and worked solution →Pearl Harbor is located inRead the answer and worked solution →Pearl Harbor was chiefly a base of which force?Read the answer and worked solution →What major political consequence followed Pearl Harbor?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country dropped atomic bombs on Japan in 1945?Read the answer and worked solution →Hiroshima was atomically bombed onRead the answer and worked solution →Which city was struck by the second atomic bomb used in war?Read the answer and worked solution →Which event had already occurred before Hiroshima was bombed?Read the answer and worked solution →Japan announced acceptance of surrender onRead the answer and worked solution →Japan's formal surrender document was signed onRead the answer and worked solution →Germany's unconditional surrender took effect inRead the answer and worked solution →Why was the United Nations created after the war?Read the answer and worked solution →The United Nations formally came into existence onRead the answer and worked solution →Which powers emerged as the main Cold War rivals?Read the answer and worked solution →The Cold War's main ideological divide was betweenRead the answer and worked solution →What is the full name of the military alliance NATO?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Japan's 1931 invasion targeted which Chinese region?

  1. Xinjiang
  2. Manchuria
  3. Sichuan
  4. Tibet
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Correct answer: B. Manchuria

Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931 and established its control there.

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The full-scale Second Sino-Japanese War began in

  1. 1931
  2. 1935
  3. 1939
  4. 1937
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Correct answer: D. 1937

Full-scale war between China and Japan began in 1937.

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Which incident triggered full-scale Sino-Japanese war in 1937?

  1. The seizure of Chiang at Xi'an
  2. The Marco Polo Bridge clash
  3. The Mukden railway explosion
  4. The Japanese landing at Shanghai
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Correct answer: B. The Marco Polo Bridge clash

The Marco Polo Bridge Incident triggered the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937.

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