It led to Japanese expansion into China--during the 1930s, Japan expanded their territory into mineral rich areas of Manchuria and then continued to invade China.
The goal of this expansion was to become a dominant world power as well as secure markets and resources the small island nation needed to become an industrial power.
I believe it is D, Island hopping.
The first farm animals also included sheep and cattle. These originated in Mesopotamia between 10,000 and 13,000 years ago. Water buffalo and yak were domesticated shortly after in China, India and Tibet.
The Medes and Persians were originally "<span>a. Indo-European tribes," since it was elements from these various cultures that allowed them to thrive for so long. </span>