Chapter 24- Japanese Aggression - Maps101.com

1 Chapter 24- Japanese AggressionGEOGRAPHY APPLICATIONR esponses may vary on the inferential questions. Sample responses are given for Japan controlled Korea, the southern half of Sakhalin Island, the Kuril Islands, and the island of The region of Manchuria in China; since it controlled Korea, Japan already had territory on Manchuria s border, making the move intoManchuria an easy Japan controlled much of eastern China, including the major cities of Beijing and The Japanese could attack nearby Southeast Asian countries Thailand, Malaya, and the Dutch East Indies without needing to transporttroops and equipment all the way from Japan Taiwan6. Pearl Harbor7. The Philippines would form a sort of barrier, shielding Japanese -held territory in Southeast Asia from attack and permitting Japaneseexpansion in that region to proceed 25- ThunderclapGEOGRAPHY APPLICATIONR esponses may vary on the inferential questions.

2 Sample responses are given for to show the effects of the Allied bombing of Dresden2. the inner city3. the autobahn, the main railroad yard, the railroad lines, the bridges across the Elbe River, the factories and gasworks, the infantry barracks,and the military transport headquarters4. only the military transport headquarters5. in areas outside the inner city6. It may have have been intended to terrorize the residents of Dresden rather than to destroy military targets, so that Germany would surren-der out of fear that similar destruction would be inflicted on civilians in other German It can be said with certainty only that Dresden was no longer an intact government center. The infantry barracks, the autobahn, and thebridges were left virtually Since the bombing appears to have had no strategic purpose, the destruction of central Dresden merely for the sake of punishment andrevenge seems excessive and beneath the dignity of the Allied 26- The Marshall PlanGEOGRAPHY APPLICATIONR esponses may vary on the inferential questions.

3 Sample responses are given for food 2. Britain and France; because they were our most important allies during the war. They also suffered great damage, had large populations,and therefore needed more aid for recovery. 3. Possible response: The Soviets felt that the United States would use the Marshall Plan to break their hold over their satellite countries inEastern Europe. 4. slightly more than $200 million5. Britain; just over $1 billion6. Soviet Aggression in Czechoslovakia; the United States feared that Communists might gain control of more European countries. 7. Possible response: The lure of communism has proved especially strong when people are starving. The Marshall Plan helped end hunger inWestern Europe and, therefore, helped save that area from falling under Soviet 27- The Baby BoomGEOGRAPHY APPLICATIONR esponses may vary on the inferential questions.

4 Sample responses are given for The number of births declined for those World War II had just ended, and servicemen who returned to civilian life were anxious to start families or to add to the families theyalready millions of births in the for that year; millions of new Americans, from births and immigration; millions deathsfor the year; by million4. A steep decline in births between 1964 and 1965 of more than 200,000 offset the increase in In 1972 the number of births fell below that of the first year of the baby boom for the first time; perhaps because in 1965 the number ofbirths fell below 4 million for the first time since 1954 and the 4-million level was considered a benchmark, or because in 1965 the birthratefell below 20 per 1,000 people for the first time since 1941 and the rate of 20 was considered a The annual numbers of births fluctuated widely during the period, whereas the annual numbers of deaths were fairly consistent, remainingrelatively steady until 1955 and then rising slowly over the next 20 years.