Pacific Theater Quiz

Japanese fighter pilots attacked the United States in Hawaii at ______________.

• Midway

• Guadalcanal

• Pearl Harbor

• Los Angeles

Which battle was a turning point in the war because the Allies began to attack Japan?

• Pearl Habor

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of Guadalcanal

• Battle of Leyte Gulf

What CITIES were bombed in Japan?

• Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• Hiroshima and Iwo Jima

• Nagasaki and Okinawa

• Iwo Jima and Okinawa

What was The Manhattan Project?

• the team name for scientists in Manhattan

• When President Truman authorized bomb use

• the US secretly creating the atomic bomb

• The plan for Japan to surrender

What was “island hopping”?

• The US moving towards Japan using islands to cut off resources

• the US placing bases on each island they encountered

• Japan took over islands one by one

• Similar to hopscotch

What did the US Oil Embargo do?

• Prevented oil from entering the US

• Allowed for China to intervene

• Prevented Japan from getting US Oil

• Allowed for Japan to get oil from anyone

The map shows the movement of Ad. Nimitz's plan throughout the Pacific Ocean. Which description was true of the information shown?

• Movement through out the Pacific Theater known as island hopping

• The strategic movement using land raids & blizkrieg

• Use of greater technology during the war to improve causalties

• The power of alliances that allowed greater firepower in Europe

The United States dropped two atomic bombs in August 1945. What impact did these bombs have on the outcome of World War II?

• Germany, Italy, and Japan joined together to form the Axis Powers.

• Japanese planes responded with a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

• Germany surrendered bringing an official end to World War II.

• Japan surrendered, bringing a second-front end to World War II.

What group of people were placed in internment camps inside the United States during World War II

• Japanese

• Chinese

• factory workers

• Jews