The Pacific Theatre - Check for Understanding

What is the turning point in the Pacific Theater?

• Battle of Coral Sea
• Battle of Midway
• Battle of Stalingrad
• Battle of El Alamein

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

• Island Hopping
• Strategic Embargos
• Blitzkreig
• Create a two front war

Who were the Code Talkers?

• Navajo Native Americans who sent secret messages
• Japanese Prisoners of War
• German Elite Troops
• Soviet Union Pilots

The Battle of Iwo Jima and Okinawa showed that the Japanese were willing to surrender and end the war. 

• True
• False

Kamikaze Attacks were...

• Japanese Suicide Pilots
• Japanese Suicide Bomb Vests
• Japanese Samurai Sword Attacks
• Japanese Bombing Raids

"The exact figures are unknown, but it is believed that thousands of troops died because of the brutality of their captors, who starved and beat the prisoners, and bayoneted those too weak to walk."
What event is described in the excerpt?

• The Holocaust
• Battle of Midway
• Invasion of Normandy
• Bataan Death March

Why was island hopping important? 

• It was a popular dance during the 1940's that helped lift morale on the home front.
• It helped increase trade between America and the Caribbean islands during WWII.
• It enabled island tribes to move between islands in order to escape the fighting during WWII.
• It allowed America to capture key islands in the Pacific and use them in order to get closer to Japan.

Which does NOT describe the Battle of Midway?

• The U.S. destroyed several Japanese aircraft carriers
• the U.S. victory was a turning point in the Pacific War
• The U.S. was able to stop Japan's advancement through the Pacific
• the U.S. forces were led by Dwight Eisenhower

The Japanese were fierce warriors.  Battles with them had huge casualties because they never gave up and were willing to sacrifice themselves.  Americans had seen this happen at Iwo Jima and other battles as __________ pilots crashed their planes into U.S. ships on purpose.

• skilled
• kamikaze
• fighter
• bomber

Opened on June 4, 1942, a wave of Japanese bombers attacked this American island, leading to a battle that resulted in the loss of 4 Japanese carriers and 1 American?

• Island Hopping
• Battle of Midway
• Battle of Okinawa
• Battle of Iwo Jima