Question

Put events in order from 1-5

The U.S. halts shipments of resources to Japan due to Japan’s Pacific aggression.

Japan invades its neighboring countries in search of natural resources.

The United States enters the war on the side of the Allied Powers.

Japan secretly makes plans to remove U.S. influence from the Pacific.

Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, killing more than 2,000 Americans.

Answer 1

The following is the correct order of the events according to their occurrence:

• Japan invades its neighboring countries in search of natural resources: The Japanese Emperor used his military might to invade the neighbors for he sought to fetch naturally occurring minerals and other valuables from the invaded countries back to Japan.
• The U.S. halts shipments of resources to Japan due to Japan’s Pacific aggression: The United States, in order to put a limit on Japan's military activities being carried out in the neighboring countries, imposed restrictions on the supply of resources being done to Japan.
• Japan secretly makes plans to remove U.S. influence from the Pacific: Before the second world war started, the imperialistic regime run by the Japanese Emperor had started working on its wish to establish Japan's dominance over the Pacific ocean and the countries on it.
• Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, killing more than 2,000 Americans: As a result of the conflict going on between the United States and Japan over dominance in the Pacific, the Japanese Air Force bombed the Pearl Harbor (a part of the Hawaii Islands) and killed several hundred American soldiers on the bases there.

• The United States enters the war on the side of the Allied Powers: As a result of the attack done by Japan, the United States which had earlier planned to stay out of the war, had to inevitably participate in the war.