Pearl Harbor

What country did Japan invade that led to strained relations with the U.S.?

• China

• Russia

• Australia

• Pearl Harbor

• Poland

What was the initial U.S. response to Japanese aggression in the Pacific?

• declare war

• drop atomic weapons

• oil embargo

• ignore it

Where is Pearl Harbor?

• Hawaii

• Alaska

• Japan

• Philippines

• China

What were two warnings about the attack that US failed to respond to?

• early radar detection

• sinking a midget submarine outside the harbor

• breaking of the code containing the Japanese plans

• the Japanese ambassador secretly warning the US secretary of state

What key failures kept the Japanese attack from being a complete success?

• US aircraft carriers weren't in the harbor

• didn't destroy Pearl Harbor oil supplies

• failed to damage most of the US battleships

• failed to achieve complete surprise

What type of ship proved to be the most important in the war in the Pacific?

• submarines

• battleships

• aircraft carriers

• heavy cruisers

• troop transports

What was the US battle strategy in the war in the Pacific?

• take every Japanese stronghold one by one

• island hopping toward the Japanese mainland

• preventing Japanese expansion beyond Midway island

• negotiation to restore peace as quickly as possible

Which battle in the Pacific proved to be the turning point in the war for the US?

• Midway

• Pearl Harbor

• Okinawa

• Tarawa

• Nagasaki

Which two battles convinced the US that an invasion of the Japanese mainland would be too costly?

• Okinawa

• Iwo Jima

• Midway

• Guadalcanal

• Hiroshima

On which two cities did the US drop atomic weapons?

• Hiroshima

• Nagasaki

• Tokyo

• Beijing

• Iwo Jima