Why did so many wars in japan focus on the possession and defense of land?

a) the japanese believed that spirits lived in this land

b) the chinese armies were always trying to seize the lans

c) only a small percentage of land in japan can be farmed

d) the japanese wanted to develop the strongest army

populist movement, in u.s. history, politically oriented coalition of agrarian reformers in the middle west and south that advocated a wide range of economic and political legislation in the late 19th century. thus in 1892 their leaders organized the populist, or people's, party, and the farmers' alliances melted away.