Which of the following best explains why japan quickly built up its military in the late 1800s?

a. western imperial powers controlled large parts of asia.

b. neighboring korea was a strong country and had a large military.

c. the meiji government wanted to make eastern russia a japanese colony.

d. commodore mathew perry attacked japanese ports in the 1850s.

A. Western imperial powers controlled large parts of Asia.

Explanation:

The Meji government quickly saw that most asia was conquered and controlled by western powers, and that its neighbors had failed to see the conquering coming and failed to defend themselves from colonization, when they saw that reality they started to increase and invest in their military, this added up to the difficulties to reach japan and the harsh of the geography made them virtually unbeatable.

when studying cause and effect, historians usually group the causes into different categories. for example, cultural causes reflect how a society’s literature and art convey the way the society saw itself in relation to the rest of the world. another resource that historians use to understand society is pop culture, which tells them the trends and ideas that are preferred by the common people. when studying cause and effect, it’s important to remember multiple causation, or the idea that an effect could have several causes and vice versa.  

the correct option is “cultural causes” since art and literature are related to the culture of a place. culture is determined by literature, art, music.

the correct option is “pop culture” since it reflects the likes and ideas of common people whereas the rest of the options do not focus on common people.  

the correct option is “multiple causation” since it refers to the idea that events are caused by multiple reasons, not just a single one.  

answer: held for the purpose of bringing nazi war criminals to justice, the nuremberg trials were a series of 13 trials carried out in nuremberg, germany, between 1945 and 1949

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