WorksheetsChapter 26 - Section 5, War in the Pacific
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
American forces in _______ were captured by the Japanese and forced on to march to a prison camp on what we now refer to as the Bataan Death March.
Guam
the Philippines
Japan
Hong Kong
America's first major defeat of the Japanese was at ______.
the Philippines
Bataan
Okinawa
Midway
The U.S. commanders in the Pacific were _________ and ___________ . (Pick two)
Chester Nimitz
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
George Patton
What was the name of the top-secret operation in which the U.S. created the atomic bomb?
Operation Overlord
Einstein and Friends
The Manhattan Project
Project Mockingbird
On December 7, 1941, the same day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Japanese bombers also struck American airfields at __________. (More than one)
the Philippines
Samoa
Wake
Guam
Japanese pilots that purposely crashed their planes that were loaded with explosives into ships
konnichiwa
kamikazes
kugatsu
konbanwa
The United States dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of _________ on August 6, 1945.
Hiroshima
Tokyo
Nagasaki
Osaka
Island ___________ was a strategy that called for attacking and capturing certain key islands to use a bases to move closer to Japan.
bouncing
hopping
raiding
marching
The United States dropped the second atomic bomb on the city of _________ on August 9, 1945.
Hiroshima
Tokyo
Nagasaki
Osaka
After dropping the atomic bomb, Japan agreed to surrender. ______________ was proclaimed V-J Day, for Victory over Japan.
August 10, 1946
August 15, 1945
June 6, 1944
December 7, 1941
