Pacific Theater, World War II

The U.S. Navy sunk four Japanese aircraft carriers at this battle which ended Japan's naval advantage in the Pacific.

• Okinawa

• Guadalcanal

• Midway

• Dunkirk

What is considered the turning point in the Pacific Theater because a balance of power was returned between the U.S. and Japanese navies?

• Battle of Guadalcanal

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of Leyte Gulf

• Battle of Iwo Jima

Starting in 1943, what strategy did the US use in the Pacific to get closer to Japan?

• Island Hopping

• A-Bombing

• Fire Bombing

• Blitzkrieg

What unorthodox (strange) strategy did the Japanese use against American ships in the Pacific?

• Kamikaze (suicide) attacks
• Fire bombing
• Atom bombing
• U-boats

Who wrote FDR and told him an atomic bomb was possible to create?

• Albert Einstein

• Bill Nye "The Science Guy"

• Robert Oppenheimer

• Rachel Carson

Who decided to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Harry S. Truman

• Douglas MacArthur

• Chester Nimitz

What was the name for the secret program to create of the atomic bomb?

• Manhattan Project

• Atomic Bomb Project

• Nuclear Reaction Project

• Japanese Destruction Project

Why did Japan attack the US at Pearl Harbor?

• To kill the United States' president

• The US attacked Japan first - it was revenge!

• They are racist against the U.S. and other countries

• To prevent the US from interfering with Japan's conquering by crippling our navy

What is Island Hopping?

• secret level in Super Mario Brothers

• US strategy where they hopped from island to island skipping better defended islands on their way to Japan

• US strategy for defeating Hitler first before concentrating on the Pacific Theater

• Japanese strategy used against the U.S. navy to steam their way back to Pearl Harbor and eventually the West Coast.

Which of the following does not explain the significance of the battle of Guadalcanal?

• US captures the airfield on the island

• U.S. navy destroys the Japanese navy

• Japanese are forced to retreat

• U.S. begins to offensively island hop toward Japan