War in the Pacific WWII kkjerLPHS

What country was the main Axis power in the Pacific theater of World War II?

• Soviet Union

• China

• Japan

• United States

• Australia

What Prime Minister of Japan pushed for Japan to attack the United States?

• Hirohito

• Hideki Tojo

• Osami Nagano

• Yamamoto

• Fumimaro Konoe

What day did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

• September 3, 1939

• 31-Oct-40 October 31,1940

• May 17, 1940

• December 7,1941

• July 4, 1941

Japan achieved their main goal in attacking Pearl Harbor when the United States entered World War II on side of the Allied Powers.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What did the United States victory at the Battle of Midway do for the Americans in the war?

• It weakened the Japanese by sinking four aircraft carriers

• It gave the Americans cause for hope

• It was a turning point in the war

• It proved that Japan was invincible at sea and the US would have to make an Atomic Bomb

The picture of marines raising a flag that was used for the Marine Corps Memorial was taken on what island?

• Guadalcanal

• Honshu

• Shikoku

• Mikura

• Iwo Jima

When the Japanese forces withdrew to mainland Japan, what did the United States decide to do?

• Invade Japan even though it would likely cost the lives of 1 million soldiers

• Leave Japan alone and enact economic sanctions

• Drop the atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima

• Leave the invasion of Japan up to the Chinese

• Put a permanent blockade around the country of Japan

What US general accepted the surrender of the Japanese forces?

• Douglas MacArthur

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Omar Bradley

• George Marshall

• George S. Patton

What were Kamikaze attacks?

• A very fast attack with overwhelming forces

• An attack using combined navy and air force units

• When the US forces would land on the shore of an island

• When Japanese planes would purposely crash into US ships

• A surprise attack from a soldier hidden in a hole in the ground

Why did the Japanese want to take over other countries?

• Because they were worried that the other countries would attack them

• Because they felt they needed the natural resources to become a major world power

• Because the other countries attacked them first

  
  

• Payback for years of bullying by the other countries