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World War II: Battles and Leaders NSHS

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Question 1

1.

Why did Japan attack the United States at Pearl Harbor?

the United States had alreadt attacked Japan earlier that year

the United States refused to sell Japan oil

Hawaii was Japanese territory

Hitler asked them to do so and they complied

Question 2

2.

Very little damage was done to the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor.

true

false

Question 3

3.

Japan expected that the U.S. would

quickly tire of the war and negotiate a peace.

drop a nuclear weapon on them in 1945.

refuse to fight them at all.

help them in their war against China.

Question 4

4.

The Japanese victory at Pear Harbor was

quickly reversed when their army was stopped the next day.

complete and the United States was unable to fight afterward.

a minor action that had no major impact.

followed by a series of other Japanese victories in the Pacific.

Question 5

5.

The Bataan Death march

was Japanese prisoners being tortured after their surrender.

took place in Pearl Harbor after the Japenese captured several thousand Americans.

was American and Filipino prisoners being tortured after their surrender.

was a story of proganda to make Americans hate the Japanese.

Question 6

6.

The main reason that the Japanese could not break the U.S. secret code was

the Japanese did not try to break it.

the Navajo had thick accents.

the U.S. never tranmitted messages.

the Navajo language was unwritten.

Question 7

7.

The Japanese code

was broken by the U.S. before the Battle of Midway.

was broken by the U.S. after the Battle of Midway.

was never broken by the U.S.

was based on the Navajo language.

Question 8

8.

The Battle of Midway

was a huge American defeat.

stopped the Japanese offensive once and for all.

led to the U.S. fortifying the California coastline.

resulted in the sinking of several American aircraft carriers.

Question 9

9.

After the Japanese were put on the defensive in the Pacific, the U.S. began to turn its attention to

China

Italy

Germany

the Soviet Union

Question 10

10.

George Patton

fought against Panch Villa in Mexico

was a tank commander 

led the 3rd Army in WWII

all of the above

Question 11

11.

American forces at D-Day

suffered very few casualties.

suffered immense casualties but still defeated German forces.

decided an attack would be suicidal. 

were repulsed by the German army.

Question 12

12.

The Allied forces at Normany

were a small but effective force.

was made up of only army troops.

was the largest invasion force in history.

were defeated by the Third Reich. 

Question 13

13.

The Allied advance into Nazi-held territory was

extremely slow due to the snow and mud in northern Europe

so fast that they were completely surprised by a German counter-attack

never started due to a defeat at Normandy

stopped at the Battle of Paris

Question 14

14.

_________________________________ rescued the 101st Airborne Division at the Battle of the Bulge.

Dwight Eisenhower

Omar Bradley

Chester Nimitz

George Patton

Question 15

15.

Hitler's action aganist the Jews included

discrimination

deportation

mass exterminations

all of the above

Question 16

16.

Chester Nimitz had an exemplary career as a young junior officer.

true

false

Question 17

17.

When he commanded a destroyer as a young captain

he sank multiple enemy ships.

he was sunk by enemy vessels.

his ship ran aground.

he sank in rough seas.

Question 18

18.

When Nimitz found himself in trouble with his superiors,

he resigned from the navy and joined the army.

he was reassigned to submarine duty.

he joined Her Majesty's Naval Service.

he left the military and started his own business.

Question 19

19.

Nimitz was picked by ________________________ to lead the Pacific Fleet.

Herbert Hoover

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Dwight Eisenhower

Frank Knox

Question 20

20.

This led to Japan losing their advantage in the Pacific theater.

the sinking of Japanese aircraft carriers

the attack on Pearl Harbor

the Battle of Okinawa

the island-hopping campaign

Question 21

21.

Admiral Nimitz and General MacArthur

never could agree on a strategy to defeat Japan.

led their combined forces in a series of victories against Japan.

fought against each other at Normany.

were defeated by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor.

Question 22

22.

President Roosevelt

personally signed the surrender agreement with Hitler.

refused to sponsor any work on the atomic bomb's development.

died shortly before World War II started.

died shortly before the Germans surrendered.

Question 23

23.

The atomic bomb was developed by

German scientists working for America.

German scientists working for Hitler.

American scientists working for Germany.

Japanese scientists working in Tokyo. 

Question 24

24.

Roosevelt ordered the dropping of the atomic bomb.

true

false

Question 25

25.

The dropping of the atomic bomb

was ineffective in ending the war.

was supported by the Japanese emperor.

ended World War II.

led to a massive Japanese counterattack.