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Navajo Code Talkers Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Prior to the Navajo Code Talkers, America was losing many battles to the Japanese. Why?

a)

Japan had more soldiers than the US

b)

Japan's army was better prepared

c)

The United States navy was destroyed

d)

The United States underestimated the Japanese army

2.

What was the name of the man who came up with the idea to use Navajo to create a code?

a)

Phillip Houston

b)

Phil Jackson

c)

Philip Johnston

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

3.

What was so valuable about the Navajo Code during WW2?

a)

It was very simple and easy to interpret

b)

It was impossible for the enemy to decode

c)

It helped US Presidents pass along information

d)

The Navajo had a very common language

4.

Where did the Code Talkers experience their finest hour?

a)

Okinawa

b)

Iwo Jima

c)

Midway

d)

Nagasaki

5.

Which of the following dates is National Code Talkers Day?

a)

August 14th

b)

April 14th

c)

May 22nd

d)

December 25th

6.

What was the date of the primary source document that we read?

a)

March 8, 1945

b)

March 6, 1942

c)

February 7, 1941

d)

February 24, 1992

7.

Who wrote this letter?

a)

The Commandant, U.S Marine Corps

b)

The Commanding General

c)

President Roosevelt

d)

Philip Johnston

8.

Which of the following were included as "enclosures" in the letter we read?

a)

Brochure by Philip Johnston

b)

The Navajo Dictionary

c)

Messages used in demonstrations

d)

A letter from President Roosevelt

9.

In the demonstration mentioned in this letter, who was translating the messages?

a)

The General

b)

Soldiers

c)

Indians

d)

Servants

10.

Why were the Navajo chosen as Code Talkers, according to the letter?

a)

Their language was the hardest to dicipher

b)

They were the most willing to fight in the war

c)

It was the only language not infiltrated by German students

d)

It was the only language Americans could speak

11.

The Navajo language was spoken by so few people that it was the same as a ______________.

a)

Secret code

b)

German military enigma code

c)

Numeric Code

d)

Unspoken language

12.

Why do you think that the letter about the Navajo Code Talkers was written?

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