Pacific Conflicts

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

Truman asked this man to leave the Philippines and he said, "I shall return." Who was this man?

• Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Gen. D. MacArthur
• Winston Churchill
• Hirohito

The two deadliest battles of the war in the Pacific as the US neared the mainland? 

• Pelilu and Saipan
• Leyte Gulf and Saipan
• Midway and Okinawa
• Iwo Jima and Okinawa

The language of this Native American tribe was used to send coded communications.

• Seminole
• Comanche
• Cherokee
• Navajo

The Battle of __?__ was a 1942 battle in the Pacific during which American planes sunk four Japanese aircraft carriers.

• Bulge
• Midway
• Britain
• Normandy

Who was the primary General of the Pacific Theater?

• Dwight Eisenhower
• FDR
• Harry Truman
• Douglas MacArthur

Many Japanese Americans were forced to move from Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona to prison camps. What was this called? 

• re-education camps
• concentration camps
• Interment camps
• relocation centers

Why was the Battle of Midway the turning point in the Pacific War?

• Germans never won any battles after it
• U.S. lost its entire fleet
• Japanese never won after it
• U.S. now could launch planes to bomb mainland Japan

This battle was the site of the famous photograph of five U.S. soldiers raising the flag:

• Okinawa
• Pearl Harbor
• Iwo Jima
• Berlin