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22.2 Japan's Pacific Campaign

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What day was the attack on Pearl Harbor?

a)

December 14, 1942

b)

December 14, 1941

c)

December 7, 1942

d)

December 7, 1941

2.

Which best describes the Bataan Death March?

a)

Japanese treated American civilians brutally

b)

Japanese treated American POW's brutally

c)

American treated Japanese civilians brutally

d)

Americans treated Japanese POW's brutally

3.

This battle saw airplanes taking off from huge aircraft carriers and the Allies stopped Japan's southward advance.

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Battle of Coral Sea

c)

Battle of Guadalcanal

d)

Battle of Okinawa

e)

Battle of Iwo Jima

4.

This battle used allied code talkers and turned the tide of the war in the Pacific.

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Battle of Coral Sea

c)

Battle of Guadalcanal

d)

Battle of Okinawa

e)

Battle of Iwo Jima

5.

This battle marked the beginning of the island hopping campaign and was led by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur.

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Battle of Coral Sea

c)

Battle of Guadalcanal

d)

Battle of Okinawa

e)

Battle of Iwo Jima

6.

One of the bloodiest land battles of the war, this resulted in the loss of 100,000 Japanese and 12,000 American lives.

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Battle of Coral Sea

c)

Battle of Guadalcanal

d)

Battle of Okinawa

e)

Battle of Iwo Jima

7.

Japanese suicide pilots that would crash-dive their bomb-filled planes into Allied ships.

a)

Okinawas

b)

Samurais

c)

Kamikazes

d)

Kalimazos

8.
Who was the mastermind behind the Pearl Harbor attack?
a)
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
b)
Anh Yêu Em
c)
Theodore Roosevelt 
d)
Emperor Hirihito
9.

Commander of the U.S. Army in the Pacific - led Island hopping

a)

Omar Bradley

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

George Patton

d)

Douglas MacArthur

10.

Why did the U.S. need to attack Guadalcanal quickly?

a)

Japan was building factories there.

b)

Japan was building a huge airbase there.

c)

They were keeping American prisoners there.

d)

The were running out of fuel.

11.

Who said: "Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy..."

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

d)

John F. Kennedy

12.

Which of the following countries remained neutral during the beginning of World War II?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Japan

c)

Italy

d)

United States

13.

A large ship that carries airplanes. The ship is so large that planes can take off and land on its deck.

a)

submarine

b)

aircraft carrier

c)

jet carrier

d)

Tanker

14.

Who was this military leader of Japan?

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Hideki Tojo

d)

Winston Churchhill