Question

In the late 1800s, Japanese leaders decided that the best way to avoid being dominated by imperialist nations was to:

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: D. attack China and Russia.

During that period, Japanese was afraid of the imperialist' attacks due to their lesser amount of resources.

The purpose of the attack on China and small part of Russia is to conquer some territories which contain large number of natural resources that Japanese army can use to increase their military power.

Answer 2

In the late 1800’s, Japanese leaders have decided that they should implement a way or engage in which is a way of avoiding to be dominated by the imperialist nations and they thought that the best way to overcome to this thought or to be able to prevent it from ever occurring, they decided that they need to attack the Russia and China which is letter d, in means of preventing them from having to belittle their place and in the same time, to show that they have capabilities of having to face them and not just by conquering them.