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Chapter 26 - Section 5, War in the Pacific

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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.

a)

Guam

b)

the Philippines

c)

Japan

d)

Hong Kong

2.

America's first major defeat of the Japanese was at ______.

a)

the Philippines

b)

Bataan

c)

Okinawa

d)

Midway

3.

The U.S. commanders in the Pacific were _________ and ___________ . (Pick two)

a)

Chester Nimitz

b)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

c)

Douglas MacArthur

d)

George Patton

4.

What was the name of the top-secret operation in which the U.S. created the atomic bomb?

a)

Operation Overlord

b)

Einstein and Friends

c)

The Manhattan Project

d)

Project Mockingbird

5.

On December 7, 1941, the same day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Japanese bombers also struck American airfields at __________. (More than one)

a)

the Philippines

b)

Samoa

c)

Wake

d)

Guam

6.

Japanese pilots that purposely crashed their planes that were loaded with explosives into ships

a)

konnichiwa

b)

kamikazes

c)

kugatsu

d)

konbanwa

7.

The United States dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of _________ on August 6, 1945.

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Tokyo

c)

Nagasaki

d)

Osaka

8.

Island ___________ was a strategy that called for attacking and capturing certain key islands to use a bases to move closer to Japan.

a)

bouncing

b)

hopping

c)

raiding

d)

marching

9.

The United States dropped the second atomic bomb on the city of _________ on August 9, 1945.

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Tokyo

c)

Nagasaki

d)

Osaka

10.

After dropping the atomic bomb, Japan agreed to surrender. ______________ was proclaimed V-J Day, for Victory over Japan.

a)

August 10, 1946

b)

August 15, 1945

c)

June 6, 1944

d)

December 7, 1941