Turning Points in the Pacific (USHB)

By May 1942, Japan had captured—

select all that apply

• Singapore

• Guam

• the Philippines

• Java

• India

About _______ U.S. and Filipino troops surrendered in the Philippines.

• 50,000

• 75,000

• 100,000

• 45,000

The strategy of invading and recapturing only strategic islands held by the Japanese in the Pacific was known as—

• kamikaze

• blitzkrieg

• shock and awe

• island hopping

A Japanese fighter trained to make a suicide attack.

• island hopping

• kamikaze

• bushido

• tsunami

Japan sent a fleet to attack Port Moresby, New Guinea, which they hoped to use as a base for an attack on __________.

• Australia

• New Zealand

• Thailand

• Indonesia

For the first time in the war, Japan was denied victory at the Battle of the Coral Sea (May 1942).

• true

• false

Who was in charge of the U.S. forces at the Battle of Midway (June 1942)?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Douglas MacArthur

• Chester Nimitz

• George S. Patton

The Battle of Midway was a key turning point in WWII.

• true

• false

Admiral Chester Nimitz was the commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet.

• true

• false

____________ was the first major allied offensive.

• Midway

• Coral Sea

• Guadalcanal

• Iwo Jima