8.9 The War in the Pacific Lesson

How many aircraft carriers did the Japanese fleet have at the Battle of Midway?

• Six

• Five

• Three

• Four

Which American aircraft carrier was first targeted by the Japanese bombers during the Battle of Midway?

• USS Lexington

• USS Enterprise

• USS Hornet

• USS Yorktown

What was the outcome of the Battle of Midway for the Japanese fleet?

• They destroyed the entire American fleet

• They won the battle

• They lost four aircraft carriers

• They captured Midway Island

Match the following

• Leyte Gulf

• As a turning point in the Pacific war, the United States intercepted Japanese war plans to take these islands and severely weakened the Japanese navy.

• Iwo Jima

• The Allies win a six-month-long battle on land to launch the island-hopping offensive in 1942.

• Okinawa

• Japanese forces destroyed over 30 U.S. ships deploying kamikaze tactics and lost about 110,000 soldiers and between 40,000 and 150,000 civilians.

• Guadalcanal

• MacArthur retakes the Philippines cutting off Japanese supplies and almost eliminating its navy.

• Midway

• Heavily outnumbered Japanese troops battled the Allied advance toward Japan for five weeks leaving only 216 survivors of about 20,000 troops.

Why was the United States interested in Iwo Jima?

• It was rich in natural resources

• It was strategically located to allow U.S. bombers to reach mainland Japan

• It was the largest island in the Pacific

Match the following

• Hiroshima

• site bombed with the second atomic bomb on August 9, 1945

• Potsdam Conference

• where President Truman made the final demand that Japan surrender unconditionally before he ordered the use of nuclear weapons

• Nagasaki

• the site bombed on August 6, 1945, with the atomic bomb nicknamed "Little Boy"