Intro to War in the Pacific

The Doolittle Raid occurred a few months after Pearl harbor and was a U.S. attack on what city?

• Hiroshima
• Tokyo
• Nagasaki
• Kyoto

What was the Manhattan Project?

• Secret project by the US to develop tanks
• Secret project by the US To develop Kamikaze pilots
• Secret project implemented by the US to develop atomic weapons
• Secret project by the US to develop biological weapons

The day after the war ended in Japan is known as...

• V-E Day
• V-J Day
• Victory Day
• Domination Day

A Japanese suicide pilot is a

• Kamikaze
• Edamame
• Sake
• Miso 

The Battle of Coral Sea was significant because ______________.

• It was the first time Allied forces had stopped a Japanese advance
• It represented the first time that Allied naval strength exceeded Japanese naval strength
• It was the first time that the Allies fought a land, sea, and air battle
• It represented the first major Allied defeat in the Pacific

Which battle is considered to be the turning point in the Pacific?

• Iwo Jima
• Midway
• Okinawa
• Guadalcanal

What strategy did the US use in the Pacific to get closer to Japan?

• Island Hopping
• A-Bombing
• Fire Bombing
• Surrender

Truman decided to use the atomic bomb against Japan because

• He was unaware of the amount of destruction and suffering the bomb would cause
• He hoped to avoid an invasion that would result in massive Allied casualties and firebombing had not yet forced Japan to surrender
• He wanted to punish Japanese civilians for refusing to surrender 
• He hoped to force Hitler to surrender alive

What physicist is considered the father of the atomic bomb?

• Albert Einstein
• Enrico Fermi
• Leslie Groves
• Robert Oppenheimer

Guadalcanal was a part of what Pacific island group?

• The Marshalls
• The Marianas
• The Solomons
• The Philippines