Historical Map   Map List   Instructions: Click the "View Interactive Map" button to experience an interactive version of the map below. Enter your answers to the Critical Thinking Questions in the boxes below. If you'd like a print-out of your responses, click on the Submit button at the bottom of the page, and you will be taken to a printer-friendly page. If you have been instructed to submit your exercise online, enter both your and your instructor's name and e-mail address, then click the Email button at the bottom of the page. Your answers will be e-mailed immediately. Macintosh Users: If you have been instructed to submit your reponses to your instructor, you must enter your responses, then click on the Submit button at the bottom of the page to receive a printer-friendly version of your responses that you can then print and turn in to your instructor.     Critical Thinking Questions     1. How did economics affect the Japanese decision to invade the Dutch West Indies? 2. How geographically compact was the Japanese Empire in 1937? Why would this be useful to Japan? What would be the various problems associated with trying to conquer and then maintain control of a far-flung empire such as that acquired by Japan by the middle of World War II? 3. Why was winning control of the small islands in the tropical Pacific Ocean of vital importance to the United States?   Student Name:* Student Email:*   Professor Name:*   Professor Email:*         *required