Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession and are difficult for others to understand are called "jargon," since they are often only understood by people "in the know".
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The world's population grew yes, but not enough to multiply. Now, this is an answer, so i do have to have an answer... the answer is x1.34 roughly. it almost doubled, It didn't though.
Answer: Oil.
Japan wanted southern Indochina's supply of oil as they were starved for it and unable to maintain their military. On the same day they attacked Pearl Harbour they also attacked the Philippines to gain access to this oil. The attack on Pearl Harbour was to prevent any armada of US ships from retaking the Philippines, which they succeeded at doing.
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