What Was Pearl Harbor?

During the attack, the "Oklahoma"

• shot down dozens of Japanese planes.

• sank in less than ten minutes.

• escaped from the harbor to safety.

• damaged other ships when it exploded.

After Commander Cassin Young was knocked off his ship, he swam back and

• bandaged the wounded soldiers.

• repaired the ship's anti-aircraft gun.

• sent a report to his commander.

• helped move the ship to the beach.

Admiral Nagumo knew the message to "climb Mt. Niitaka" meant that he should

• order the fleet to return.

• go ahead with the attack.

• attack a different target.

• send the emperor a message.

Admiral Kimmel knew that the Japanese were attacking when he

• received a report from President Roosevelt.

• looked at the radar screen.

• saw the red dots on the planes.

• heard Vice Admiral Nagumo on a loudspeaker.

When they first saw the planes flying over Pearl Harbor, most people

• hid inside bomb shelters.

• turned on their radios.

• believed it was only a drill.

• ran to the military base.

George Welch and Kenneth Taylor had been ______________________ the night before Pearl Harbor was attacked.

• studying a map of the island

• recovering in the infirmary

• playing cards and dancing

• training some new recruits

Most people thought Pearl Harbor couldn't be attacked with torpedoes because the

• water was too shallow.

• mountains were too high.

• climate was too rainy.

• fuel station was too far away.

When Commander Mitsuo Fuchida got ready for the battle, he

• wrote a letter to his wife.

• put a photo in his pocket.

• ate a big meal for breakfast.

• put on a different shirt.

After the first wave of Japanese bombers attacked,

• Americans destroyed the Japanese aircraft carriers.

• Roosevelt agreed to meet Tojo's demands.

• Nagumo ordered his ships to return to Japan.

• Japanese fighter planes fired machine guns.

President Roosevelt moved the U.S. Pacific Fleet to Hawaii after Japan

• signed an agreement with Russia.

• sent soldiers to French Indochina.

• began testing a new power plant.

• invented a new type of battleship.