Navajo Code Talkers Quiz

Which war were the Navajo Code Talkers a crucial part of?

• World War 2
• World War 1

• American Revolution

• Vietnam

Which is NOT a reason why the Navajo language so good to use as a code?

• Have to say things a certain way.

• Not written down so it was hard to translate.

• Very few Navajo still even spoke their language.

• It was easy to learn as a second language

• Very hard to learn as a second language.

What was the “long walk”?

• • A Native ceremony they before battle

• • It is a Native American legend about kids who journey to the sun

• • A military name for a secret mission

• • It was a march by forceful removal from their native lands

What topic from was NOT from class?

• • Native American Boarding Schools

• • Native American basket makers

• • The forceful removal of Native Americans 

• • The negative impact that has been had on the Native culture

What attack caused the Natives to enlist?

• • Unrestricted submarine warfare in the Gulf of Mexico

• • Germany invaded Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.

• • The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

• The Red Coats were coming

Why was it hard to send messages to each other during the war?

• • Because Americans were talking about their military plans too loudly

• • Because English codes were easy to decipher and then counter

• • Because the messenger birds never made it to their destination

Some boys/men lied about their age to enlist.

• True

• False

Requirements to be a code talker included being fluent in both Navajo and English.

• True

• False

They created 411 terms.

• True

• False

Memorization of the code was hard for the code talkers.

• True

• False