Pearl Harbor Attack Quiz

What was Japan's strategic goal in attacking Pearl Harbor?

• To weaken the US before they joined the war

• To establish a trade route

• To negotiate a peace treaty

• To weaken the Axis Alliance

How much time had passed from the time Commander Logan Ramsey sent out the air raid message until the attack was over?

• One hour & thirty minutes

• Two hours & two minutes

• Three hours & fifteen minutes

• Four hours

How many total people were killed or injured during the attacks on Pearl Harbor?

• 3,581 people

• 2,000 people

• 4,000 people

• 3,000 people

In what year did Japan invade Manchuria, China?

• 1931

• 1932

• 1936

• 1937

What was the US's response to Japan's actions in 1937?

• Increased trade

• Restricted sales of military supplies

• Signed a peace treaty

• Declared war

How much oil (petroleum) did Japan get from the US in 1941?

• 880,000 tons

• 1,200,000 tons

• 500,000 tons

• 1,000,000 tons

Where was the attack on Pearl Harbor?

• The Pacific Theater

• Australia

• The European Theater

• Japan

What did President Franklin D. Roosevelt call the attack on Pearl Harbor?

• "the final end to World War II"

• "a date which will live in infamy"

• "the day the world ended"

• "a date to always be remembered"

Which action replaces the question mark on this cause-and-effect diagram? 

• refuses to sell oil to Japan 

• sends ground troops to fight the Chinese 

• bans the sale of weapons to China 

• appeases Japanese demands for new territory 

Directly after the attacks on Pearl Harbor, what did President Franklin D. Roosevelt do?

• ask Congress to declare war on Japan

• ask Congress to declare war on China

• withdraw (leave) World War II

• form an alliance with Japan