The War in the Pacific

1. While the Americans were fighting in Europe the Japanese army ____________.
a) attacked the United States' western coast
b) was attacking the countries of Asia
c) was building specialized airplanes
d) took American outposts such as Corregidor in the Philippine Islands

2. The prisoners of war were _______________.
a) forced to go on long marches to prison camps
b) starved to death
c) hung for war crimes

3. The Americans set up a base in _____________. This was an island halfway between the United States and Japan.
a) Hawaii
b) Midway
c) Australia

4. By December 1944 General MacArthur took back  ________________.
a) Indochina
b) Burma
c) the Philippines
d) Hong Kong

5. The Japanese began ____________________________.
a) using toxic gases to fight the Americans
b) purposely wrecking planes loaded with bombs into the American ships
c) fighting on American soil

6. On August 6, 1945 one B-29 flew over the city of Hiroshima, and __________________.
a) dropped the atomic bomb
b) dropped food for the citizens
c) crashed into the heart of the city

7. After Hiroshima the Japanese ____________________.
a) surrendered
b) would not surrender

8. On August 9 another atomic bomb was dropped on ____________________.
a) Nagasaki
b) Hiroshima
c) Kawasaki
d) Tokyo

9. The surrender papers were signed ______________________ on September 2, 1945. World War II was over.
a) in Berlin
b) in England
c) on board the USS Missouri



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1. (d)
2. (a)
3. (b)
4. (c)
5. (b)
6. (a)
7. (b)
8. (a)
9. (c)