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Hiroshima atomic bomb

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

where was the first bomb dropped

a)

hiroshima

b)

nagasaki

2.

who dropped the bomb

a)

Australia

b)

Asia

c)

America

d)

Korea

3.

what date was the bomb dropped on hiroshima by the Americans

a)

3rd of August 1945

b)

4th of August 1945

c)

5th of August 1945

d)

6th of August 1945

4.

How much US dollars did America use to develop and research the bomb

a)

1 billion

b)

2 billion

c)

3 billion

d)

4 billion

5.

where else did America drop the bomb after Hiroshima

a)

China

b)

nagasaki

6.

what shape was the cloud form after the bomb dropped on Hiroshima

a)

square

b)

circle

c)

random shape

d)

mushroom

7.

what time did the bomb go off in hiroshima

a)

8:00

b)

8:05

c)

8:10

d)

8:15

e)

8:20

8.

how many people were killed in the nagasaki bomb

a)

50,000

b)

40,000

c)

30,000

d)

20,000

e)

10,000

9.

where was the bomb originally designed to get dropped

a)

Australia

b)

korea

c)

Germany

d)

japan

10.

the main cause of people dying after the bomb was radiation sickness

a)

true

b)

false

11.

what sort of town was hiroshima before the bomb went off

a)

important military port

b)

had a good army

12.

why did the Americans decide to not use it on Germany

a)

Germany had already surrendered

b)

America was to scared that they would fight back

c)

the bomb wasn't ready

d)

they thought that Japan was more of a threat

13.

the power of the atomic bomb was equivalent to how many million sticks of dynamite

a)

64

b)

65

c)

66

d)

67

e)

68

14.

did Robert Oppenheimer (director of the project) want the bomb dropped

a)

yes

b)

no

15.

who made the quote "now i have become death,the destroyer of the worlds"

a)

J. Robert oppenheimer

b)

emperor Hirohito

16.

Mokusatsu means ignore

a)

true

b)

false

17.

what did the emperor Hirohito want after the bomb 

a)

peace

b)

no more war

c)

war to continue

d)

an apology

18.

how did the 2 girls at the bank survive

a)

luck

b)

they were a long distance away from the bomb

c)

somebody saved them

19.

what was the name that was given to hiroshima after the bomb

a)

the city of death

b)

the town of death

20.

what did they call the bomb that hit hiroshima

a)

little boy

b)

big boy

c)

little girl

d)

big girl