The War in the Pacific

Choose an answer from the three choices offered after each question and then "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

1. Some historians consider Japan's 1931 conquest of what Chinese region to be the true start of World War II?

• Xinjiang
• Manchuria
• Mongolia

2. How many war planes did Japan launch against the U.S. fleet in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941?

• 130
• 350
• 530

3. In 1942, the British suffered their worst military defeat ever when Japanese forces captured about 85,000 British soldiers in what Pacific region?

• Hong Kong
• Malaya
• Singapore

4. What country was U.S. General Douglas MacArthur referring to when he famously proclaimed "I shall return"?

• Burma
• China
• The Philippines

5. What was the first clear Allied victory over Japan in World War II?

• The Battle of the Coral Sea
• The Battle of Midway
• The Doolittle raid

6. On what date did an American B-29 bomber drop the first atomic bomb used in warfare?

• Aug. 6, 1945
• Aug. 9, 1945
• Aug. 14, 1945

Check Your Answers

• 1. Manchuria
• 2. 350
• 3. Singapore
• 4. The Philippines
• 5. The Battle of Midway
• 6. Aug. 6, 1945

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