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- 1. Multiple Choice
What were the pilots called who crashed their own planes into American ships?
Kamikaze
Commanders
Captains
Suicide Pilots
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who was the commander of the United States Navy in the Pacific?
General Douglas MacArthur
Private Leon Beck
Chester Nimitz
Admiral Yamamoto
- 3. Multiple Choice
When were the first American bombs dropped on Japan?
March 22, 1994
April 18, 1942
April 11, 1994
May 26, 1994
- 4. Multiple Choice
What does "kamikaze" mean in Japanese?
airplane
bomber
solider
divine wind
- 5. Multiple Choice
The U.S military to plan in order to get closer to Japan by invading 1 island at the time is called what?
Channel Moving
Island Hopping
Relocating
Moving Bases
- 6. Multiple Choice
What problems did the Navy encounter regrading the coral reefs?
Island Hopping
River crossing
Atolls
- 7. Multiple Choice
What happened during March in 1942?
Decoded Japanese messages alerted the United States to the Japanese attack on New Guinea
A team of American code breakers in Hawaii broke Japan's navy secret code for operations
President Roosevelt declared war on Japan
Japan surrendered
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why did the marines recruit Navajos to serve as code talkers?
They learned this skill in school
They could relay a message that would have taken a code-machine operator hours to translate
The marines taught them how to properly do it
They couldn't find anyone else to decode the messages
- 9. Multiple Choice
During the Battle of Midway, around how many Japanese died?
around 3,500
around 1,000
around 2,000
around 3,057
- 10. Multiple Choice
When did the Navajos earn their recognition?
1979
1968
1886
1869
- 11. Multiple Choice
A boat with tank tracks and was used to rescue people in Florida swaps is called what?
Submarine
Amphtrac
Boat
Ship
- 12. Multiple Choice
What were the two carriers that Admiral Nimitz sent to intercept the Japanese in the Coral Sea?
Yorktown and Lexington
Cargo Ships and Amphtrac
Titanic and Queen Mary
Disney Cruise
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