Homework 3

Discuss a political cause of WWII that could be related to the reading.

• A political cause of WWII could be the Anti-Comintern pact of 1936. The pact was a response to the growing threat of communism in the middle-east. This pact also solidified Germany and Japans alliance, a growing threat already.
  

Discuss an economic cause of WWII that could be related the the reading. 

•  An economic cause was the trade ban issue against Japan after the Japanese invasion of China. This was a huge blow to Japan's economy.
  

Discuss an ideological cause of WWII that could be related to the reading. 

• An ideological cause of WWII was the different types of governments believing theirs was right. It is demonstrated in the Anti-Comintern Pact and the call for a Communist revolution.
  

Answer question A from Chapter 8. 

• The country being represented by the black sun is Japan
• The dark clouds could be a representation of the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, with the clouds being Japan.
• The cartoonist could be trying to say that the Japanese invasion was ominous, that it was a bad thing it was a bad thing in the world. Or something along those lines.
  

Answer question B from Chapter 8. 

• I cant even see the picture. It's too dark...
• They were immigrating somewhere else so that they didn't have the Japanese all up in their grill.
• ahah. :D