Unit 3.7 - Prior to 3.7 Part I

Who was the Prime Minister of Japan and general of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1941-1945?

• Emperor Hirohito

• Bennito Mussolini

• Hideki Tojo

• Joseph Stalin

True or False - Prior to December 7, 1941 FDR responded to Japan’s conquest of the Pacific by cutting off shipments of scrap iron, steel, and aviation fuel to Japan.

• True

• False

True or False - Prior to December 7, 1941 the Japanese believed an attempt would be made by the U.S. and its navy to stop Japan’s empire from expanding.

• True

• False

Fill in the blanks - On December 7th, 1941, _______ secretly launched an attack on _______, which caused the U.S. to enter WWII.

• Japan, China

• Germany, Pearl Harbor

• The Soviet Union, Pearl Harbor

• Japan, Pearl Harbor

True or False - The Japanese mission at Pearl Harbor was to eradicate the American naval and air presence in the Pacific.

• True

• False

True or False - The Pearl Harbor attack has been considered a total victory by the Japanese because they knocked out the U.S. Navy for a majority of WWII.

• True

• False

Fill in the blanks - "Day of Infamy" was a speech given by _____ after Pearl Harbor, where he asked Congress to declare war on _______.

• Roosevelt, Germany

• Churchill, Germany

• Churchill, Japan

• Roosevelt, Japan

What was the purpose of the Doolittle Raid?

• To reclaim the Philippines, which was lost after the Battle of Bataan.

• Retaliation against the Japanese for Pearl Harbor and Bataan.

• Retaliation against the Nazis for Pearl Harbor and Bataan.

• To inflict damage and to make the invasion of Japan easier.

What happened to American and Filipino POWs on the Bataan Death March who were unable to continue on the 55 long mile march?

• POWs were allowed to stop and rest by Japanese forces.

• POWs were beaten, killed, and sometimes beheaded.

• POWs were released and returned to Bataan.

• POWs were miraculously rescued by Allied forces.

True or False - Due to the U.S. declaring war on Germany, Japan responds by declaring war on the U.S.

• True

• False