Japan expanded her empire in the 1930s and
1940s to include parts of
(1) eastern Europe and the Middle East
(2) China and Southeast Asia
(3) Turkey and the Soviet Union
(4) Australia and India

Respuesta :

Japan never actually attacked (so: also never conquered) the parts very far away from it: it never attacked Eastern Europe (we reject option 1), nor did it attack Turkey (we reject option 3) and it did not attack India (we reject option 4).

the correct option is the remaining one: 2.
Answer;
2. China and Southeast Asia.
Japan expanded her empire in the 1930s and 1940s to include parts of China and Southeast Asia

Explanation;
Japanese expansion in East Asia began in 1931 with the invasion of Manchuria and Shanghai in 1932, then continued in 1937 with a brutal attack on China. Other expansion were; Japanese expansion into Hopei in 1933, expansion into inner Mongolia in 1937.
In early 20th century Japans population rapidly increased to a point that in 1937 the population was 70 million people. The country could not sustain itself on its own because of the lack of arable land, which brought the need to expand into Manchuria (Northeast region of China).