Year 10 Pacific War Revision

Who was Australia's Prime Minister at the start of World War II? (first and last name)

(a)  

Who was Australia's Prime Minister from 1941-1945? (first and last name - check spelling!)

(a)  

When did the Pacific War begin?

• 8 December 1940

• 15 February 1942

• 7 December 1941

• 3 August 1939

The first Australian city attacked by Japan

(a)  

Broome and Cairns were also bombed by the Japanese

• True

• False

In which country was the Kokoda Campaign fought?

• Australia

• New Zealand

• Papua New Guinea

• Singapore

Which sea battle gave the Allies a tactical advantage at Port Moresby?

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of the Coral Sea

• Battle of Darwin

• Pearl Harbour

On 7 December 1941, Japan bombed...

• Darwin

• Cairns

• Pearl Harbour

• Singapore

Japan invaded Malaya, Indo-China and the Philippines

• True

• False

Why did Japan want to expand throughout the Pacific in the 1930s? (select all correct responses)

• Needed resources for industrialisation

• Required land to resettle their surplus population

• To aid Germany in taking over South-East Asia

• Wanted to become a State of Australia

• Wanted to form the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere