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War in the Pacific

Quiz by BJ Paulson

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  • Q1
    April 1942, American and Filipino soldiers were forced to march 65 miles to prison camps by their Japanese captors. It is called the Death March because so many of the prisoners died en route.
    Bataan Death March
    30s
  • Q2
    U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in June 1942, in which the Japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. It marked a turning point in World War II.
    Battle of Midway
    30s
  • Q3
    A military strategy used during World War II that involved selectively attacking specific enemy-held islands and bypassing others.
    island hopping
    30s
  • Q4
    Code name for the U.S. effort during World War II to produce the atomic bomb.
    Manhattan Project
    30s
  • Q5
    Native American hero in the battle for Iwo Jima in the Pacific.
    Ira Hayes
    30s
  • Q6
    An elite unit of 29 Native Americans that used their language as a code to communicate messages during the war.
    Navajo Code Talkers
    30s
  • Q7
    Japanese suicide pilots who loaded their planes with explosives and crashed them into American ships.
    kamikaze
    30s
  • Q8
    Someone who forces entry into a place where they are unwanted.
    invader
    30s
  • Q9
    To give in or give up; to accept defeat.
    surrender
    30s
  • Q10
    Alliance of Germany, Italy, Japan during World War II.
    Axis
    30s
  • Q11
    American General who began in North Africa and became the Commander of Allied forces in Europe; 34th president of the U.S.
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    30s
  • Q12
    To officially start something.
    launch
    30s
  • Q13
    To take over.
    conquer
    30s
  • Q14
    Commander of the US forces in the Philippine Islands who directed the Allied occupation of Japan.
    General Douglas MacArthur
    30s
  • Q15
    Large warship equipped to serve as a base for airplanes that can take off from and land on its deck.
    air craft carrier
    30s

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