GEACOPS

The aim of GEACOPS was to make Japan the most powerful country in the world.

• True

• False

Japan fulfilled its goals and promises as stated in GEACOPS

• TRUE

• FALSE

Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan on December 8, 1941 (Philippine time), to distract and defeat the US military and its presence in the Pacific.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Philippines would not have been occupied by Japan if it was not under the rule of US.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

It was still possible if they wanted to expand in Asia.

Jose P. Laurel was a puppet president because he only served the government to benefit himself during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

It is debatable; some sources say that he also made decisions for the gov’t during that time.

The Americans did not fulfill their promise of returning to the Philippines and granting our independence.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Bataan Death March was remembered as the “Araw ng Kagitingan” to honor the lives of the Filipino and American soldiers who died at the hands of the Japanese soldiers.

• TRUE

• FALSE