Pacific Battles Quiz

Which battle caused Japan to lose important trade routes?

• Midway

• Guadalcanal

• Leyte Gulf

• Iwo Jima

This battle marked the first time Japan suffered defeat and lost land during WWII

• Midway

• Guadalcanal

• Iwo Jima

• Leyte Gulf

During this battle, the Japanese attacked the Allies from underground tunnels, caves and dugouts. The Allies captured Mount Suribachi and placed the American flag at the top.

• Midway

• Guadalcanal

• Iwo Jima

• Leyte Gulf

This Allied victory in the Pacific was a turning point for the Allies where they began to attack and take control of Japanese islands in the Pacific

• Leyte Gulf

• Guadalcanal

• Midway

• Saipan

This attack on December 7, 1941 was responsible for bringing the US into WWII

• Saipan

• Midway

• Guadalcanal

• Pearl Harbor

This Pacific battle was the first one where B29 bombers were utilized. The battle also featured Japanese banzai attacks.

• Pearl Harbor

• Okinawa

• Saipan

• Midway

The US forces were commanded by

• General Douglas MacArthur

• General Harold von Ribbentrop

• General Kermit the Frog

• General Harry Truman

Select all that define the Bataan Death March

• a march that forced people to walk to Siberia

• a march that killed 600 Americans and 10,000 Filipinos

• A 63 mile march to prison camps

• a march that forced people to walk from Germany to Austria

The technique that the US Pacific fleet used to gradually take over islands and control of the Pacific region of the sea near Japan

• code breaking

• kamikaze

• banzai

• island hopping

Which battle helped to protect Australia from a possible attack by Japan?

• Coral Sea

• Leyte Gulf

• Guadalcanal

• Midway