WW2 in the Pacific Quiz Questions

1. What country was the main Axis power in the Pacific theater of World War II?

A United States B China C Soviet Union D Japan

2. What Prime Minister of Japan pushed for Japan to attack the United States?

A Yamamoto B Osami Nagano C Hideki Tojo D Hirohito

3. What day did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

A 7-Dec-41 B 2-Sep-39 C 31-Oct-40 D 17-May-41

4. True or False: Japan achieved their main goal in attacking Pearl Harbor when the United States entered World War II on side of the Allied Powers.

A FALSE B TRUE

5. What did the United States victory at the Battle of Midway do for the Americans in the war?

A All of the above B It weakened the Japanese by sinking four aircraft carriers C It gave the Americans cause for hope D It was a turning point in the war

6. The picture of marines raising a flag that was used for the Marine Corps Memorial was taken on what island?

A Iwo Jima B Guadalcanal C Honshu D Shikoku

7. When the Japanese forces withdrew to mainland Japan, what did the United States decide to do?

A Drop the atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima B Invade Japan even though it would likely cost the lives of 1 million soldiers C Leave Japan alone and enact economic sanctions D Leave the invasion of Japan up to the Chinese

8. What US general accepted the surrender of the Japanese forces?

A George Marshall B Omar Bradley C Dwight D. Eisenhower D Douglas MacArthur

9. What were Kamikaze attacks?

A When the US forces would land on the shore of an island B An attack using combined navy and air force units C When Japanese planes would purposely crash into US ships D A very fast attack with overwhelming forces

10. Why did the Japanese want to take over other countries?

A Because they were worried that the other countries would attack them B All of the above C Because the other countries attacked them first D Because they felt they needed the natural resources to become a major world power