TERMS WITH GEOGRAPHIC ELEMENTS

For geographic terms, it is important to be able to locate them on an outline map and understand the historical significance of these places as well as important historical events connected to them.

• The Great Kanto earthquake

• Manchukuo

• The Marco Polo Bridge

• The Rape of Nanjing

• The Atomic Bombs

• The Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal

TERMS FOR SHORT ANSWER
On the test you will find a selection of the following terms and be asked to chose a certain number to write on.  I will not test you on material not presented in this study guide.

Taishō Emperor
“Taishō Democracy”
Peace Preservation Laws
Five Power Naval Limitation Treaty
Showa Emperor
Manchurian Incident
Manchukuo
Imperial Way Faction
February 26 incident
Control Faction
kokutai no hongi
Marco Polo Bridge incident
Rape of Nanjing
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
ABCD Conspiracy
"construct a nation of peace"
Potsdam Declaration
Douglas MacArthur
Article 9
Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal

TOPICS FOR ESSAYS
(in all cases students are expected to draw relevant materials from lectures, texts, documentaries and the discussion readings)

• Political, social, and military developments in the Taisho and early Showa periods
• Race, War, and Atrocity during World War II
• Hirohito and the postwar "Symbol Monarchy"