In the early 20th century, japan stunned the western world by defeating what western nation select one of the options below as your
a. england
b. united states
c. germany
d. russia

the answer to fill in the blank in this question would be the word resource, it is defined as the money, material or people (since human resource is a very valuable good) that a company or a person has at disposition (meaning they can use the resource as they see fit), to be able to complete a task or achieve a goal.  

it provided for equal trade rights among nations in china.