🌍ap world history: modern review

Annexation of Korea

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

Japan's 1910 conquest and incorporation of Korea as a colony, presented as an early step in Japanese imperial expansion in Asia.

AP course connection

Topic 7.1: 7.1 Shifting Power After 1900

Unit 7

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