The War in the Pacific

What were the pilots called who crashed their own planes into American ships?

• Kamikaze

• Commanders

• Captains

• Suicide Pilots

Who was the commander of the United States Navy in the Pacific?

• General Douglas MacArthur

• Private Leon Beck

• Chester Nimitz

• Admiral Yamamoto

When were the first American bombs dropped on Japan?

• March 22, 1994

• April 18, 1942

• April 11, 1994

• May 26, 1994

What does "kamikaze" mean in Japanese?

• airplane

• bomber

• solider

• divine wind

The U.S military to plan in order to get closer to Japan by invading 1 island at the time is called what?

• Channel Moving

• Island Hopping

• Relocating

• Moving Bases

What problems did the Navy encounter regrading the coral reefs?

• Island Hopping

• River crossing

• Atolls

What happened during March in 1942?

• Decoded Japanese messages alerted the United States to the Japanese attack on New Guinea

• A team of American code breakers in Hawaii broke Japan's navy secret code for operations

• President Roosevelt declared war on Japan

• Japan surrendered

Why did the marines recruit Navajos to serve as code talkers?

• They learned this skill in school

• They could relay a message that would have taken a code-machine operator hours to translate

• The marines taught them how to properly do it

• They couldn't find anyone else to decode the messages

During the Battle of Midway, around how many Japanese died?

• around 3,500

• around 1,000

• around 2,000

• around 3,057

When did the Navajos earn their recognition?

• 1979

• 1968

• 1886

• 1869