Context: In an effort to discourage Japanese militarism, Western powers including Australia, the United States, Britain, and the Dutch government in exile, which controlled the petroleum-rich Dutch East Indies, stopped selling oil, iron ore, and steel to Japan, denying it the raw materials needed to continue its activities in China and French Indochina. In Japan, the government and nationalists viewed these embargos as acts of aggression; imported oil made up about 80% of domestic consumption, without which Japan's economy, let alone its military, would grind to a halt. The Japanese media, influenced by military propagandists,[nb 10] began to refer to the embargoes as the "ABCD ("American-British-Chinese-Dutch") encirclement" or "ABCD line".

Question: What did The West do to disuade Japan in China and French Indochina?
Answer: stopped selling oil, iron ore, and steel to Japan

Question: Why was denying supplies important to the western countries?
Answer: denying it the raw materials needed to continue its activities

Question: What were these embargoes called by the Japanese media?
Answer: "ABCD ("American-British-Chinese-Dutch")

Question: Why did Western powers stop selling resources to Japan?
Answer: to discourage Japanese militarism

Question: How did Japan view Western embargos?
Answer: as acts of aggression

Question: What percent of oil made up Japan's domestic consumption?
Answer: about 80%

Question: What did the Japanese media refer to the embargoes as?
Answer: "ABCD line"