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8.9 The War in the Pacific Lesson

Authored by Zachary Hunter

Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

8.9 The War in the Pacific Lesson
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Six

Five

Three

Four

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

USS Lexington

USS Enterprise

USS Hornet

USS Yorktown

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

Midway

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.

Okinawa

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

Guadalcanal

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

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.

5.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

Nagasaki

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

Hiroshima

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

Potsdam Conference

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

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Why was the United States interested in Iwo Jima?

Iwo Jima Fact Sheet

The Japanese were attacking Mariana airfields

The Japanese were intercepting B-29 Bombers

It was the largest island in the Pacific

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