Navajo Code Talkers

What does "p" stand for in the Navajo Language?

• E
• Piolit
• Tank
• P

_______________ platoon of the U.S. Marines were the Navajo Code Talkers.

• 500th
• 334th
• 823rd
• 382nd

Who communicated the taking of Mount Suribachi and the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima?

• The Japanese
• Hitler
• Navajo Code Talkers
• Franklin Roosevelt 

What code did the Japanese considered unbreakable, but the American did break it?

• Blue Code
• Purple Code
• Green Code
• Red Code

Who was Philip Johnston?

• A famous WWII General
• The man who suggested to use the Navajo language as codes
• A Protestant missionary
• An enemy to the United State

Why was the Navajo code so good?

• It was very complex and difficult to understand.
• Nobody new the Navajo language.
• It was very hard to spell.

1.  Many Navajo went to join the military when the United States first declared war.  Why were these men turned away?

• a.  They were told that the English they spoke was not good enough
• a.  They were told that they only spoke Navajo
• a.  They were told they could join when they assimilated
• a.  Both a and b

How many original Code Talkers were there?

• 32
• 92
• 29
• 17

What country refers to themselves as the Empire of the Rising Sun?

• China
• Japan
• Poland
• Germany

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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When did the Battle of Iwo Jima begin?

• June 6, 1944
• October 5, 1943
• February 19, 1945
• April 30, 1945