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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who was credited for the victory at Iwo
Jima?
Major Howard Conner
the Japanese Army
the Navajo Code Talkers
the United States Marines
- 2. Multiple Choice
What connection did Philip Johnston, the
man who had the idea for Navajo Code
Talkers, have with the Navajo?
Johnston grew up on a reservation.
Johnston fought with the Navajo in
World War I.
Johnston read about the Navajo.
all of these
- 3. Multiple Choice
How many original Code Talkers were
recruited?
580
4
29
300
- 4. Multiple Choice
Where did the Code Talkers train?
Japan
Camp Elliot
on the Navajo reservation
on the battlefield
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which branch of the military did the
Code Talkers belong to?
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
- 6. Multiple Choice
The Code Talkers typically worked…
on submarines.
on base.
hidden in back rooms.
in the middle of the battlefield.
- 7. Multiple Choice
President George W. Bush presented the
original Code Talkers with the…
Purple Heart.
Congressional Gold Medal.
Coast Guard Medal.
Navy Cross.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the most likely reason that the Navajo code was not revealed until nearly twenty-five years after World War II ended?The government was sure no one would believe it existed.Navajo code-talkers asked the military to keep it a secret.The U.S. government did not want to give the Navajo credit.It was so valuable a code, the military might use it again.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is this passage mostly about?the Navajos’ bitter history with the U.S. governmentthe unique qualities of the Navajo languagehow the Navajo code-talkers’ role was kept a secretthe Navajo code-talkers’ role in helping win World War II
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the United States military use codes?To help put the airplanes in order.To help forecast the weather.To grade the soldiers on their success in the military.To make it difficult for the enemy to know their plans.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe code talkers were a group of Navajos who served in the United States Marine Corps during which war?Civil WarWorld War IWorld War IIRevolutionary War
- 12. Multiple ChoiceRoy Hawthorne attended school on a ___________ reservation.PuebloNavajoAztecPawnee
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWho came up with the idea to use the Navajo code in the war?Justin TimberlakeFranklin D. RooseveltPhilip JohnstonWoodrow Wilson
- 14. Multiple ChoiceHow did the Navajo men help during the war?They fought very hard.They created a secret code.
They joined the Navy.They joined the Navy. - 15. Multiple Choice
When did Japan attack Pearl Harbor in Hawaii?
in the 1930s
December 7, 1941
May 1942
in 1945
- 16. Multiple Choice
When did the Marines raise the flag at Iwo Jima?
December 7, 1941
May 1942
February 23, 1945
in the 1930s
- 17. Multiple Choice
Where was the Navajo reservation that Roy Hawthorne lived in?
Nevada
Iwo Jima
New Mexico
California
- 18. Multiple Choice
Where is the Marines Headquarters located?
Arizona
New Mexico
Washington D.C.
Utah
- 19. Multiple Choice
In order for the code talkers to be sent to battle, in how many seconds did they need to translate a 3-line message?
15 seconds
30 seconds
20 seconds
45 seconds
- 20. Multiple Choice
By the end of the war, how many Navajo code talkers were in the Marines?
2,000
400
600
40,000
- 21. Multiple Choice
By the end of the war, how many Navajo code talkers had been killed during the war?
29
400
13
1945
- 22. Multiple Choice
If Roy Hawthorne spoke Navajo at school, what would happen?
Roy would get suspended from school
Roy would be sent to the principal's office
Roy would have his mouth washed out with soap
Roy would lose recess and sit at the detention table
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