Research the following terms and explain how they led to the development of the following ideas

• Creation of the Modern Japanese Empire
• Creation and Collapse of the Chinese Republic
• Occupation of Korea by Japan

1923 Great Kanto Earthqake

First Sino-Japanese War

Russo-Japanese War

World War I

Siberian Intervention

Empress Myeongseong

Taishō era of Japan

Chinese Civil War

Republic of China (1912-1949)

Sun Yat-sen

Kuomintang

Communist Party of China

May Fourth Movement