World War II

Question 1

Kuomentang/Guomentang

Answer 1

Nationalists that cooperated under Sun Yat den but once Chiang Kai shek took power he attacked Communists

Question 2

Manchukuo

Answer 2

Was declared independent and Japanese puppet state with Henry Pu Yi as ruler.

Question 3

Yasakuni Shrine

Answer 3

Where General Hideki Tojo was responsible for many deaths and medical experiments on prisoners of war then executed

Question 4

Rape of Nanjing

Answer 4

Over 200,000 killed in 6 weeks since Japan didn’t have enough troops to occupy China but only key areas.

Question 5

Three All Campaign

Answer 5

Kill All, Burn All, Loot All……adopted out of fear

Question 6

Greater East Asia Co Prosperity Sphere

Answer 6

Replace European and American imperialism in Asia with Japanese imperialism (Asia for Asians)

Question 7

American Oil Embargo

Answer 7

USA bans the sale of oil to Japan

Question 8

December 7, 1941

Answer 8

Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii

Question 9

Zero fighter plane

Answer 9

Long rang, easy to maneuver, and 12:1 kill ratio

Question 10

Yamato and Musaki

Answer 10

Two most powerful battleships ever built but neither survived the war

Question 11

Island hopping

Answer 11

Going from strong guarded island to island cutting off supply lanes

Question 12

Battle of Guadalcanal

Answer 12

First allied offensive in Pacific in Solomon Islands where Allies had retaken most of Pacific

Question 13

Cairo Conference

Answer 13

Addressed Allied position against Japan and made decisions about post war Asia. (Between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Chiang Kai Shek)

Question 14

Battle of Iwo Jima

Answer 14

Americans took Iwo Jima after a month of bitter fighting

Question 15

Battle of Coral Sea

Answer 15

Us and Australians stopped Japanese drive to Australia

Question 16

Battle of Midway

Answer 16

Stopped Japanese push to Pacific and cracked the Japanese code to know they were coming (turning point in War in Pacific)

Question 17

Potsdam Conference

Answer 17

Truman warned Japanese they would face “prompt utter destruction” unless they surrendered.

Question 18

Hiroshima

Answer 18

USA dropped and atomic bomb on the city killing 80,000

Question 19

Nagasaki

Answer 19

USA dropped an atomic bomb killing 40,000

Question 20

Mao Zedong

Answer 20

Head of Communists

Question 21

Pu Yi

Answer 21

Puppet Ruler of Manchukuo

Question 22

Emperor Hirohito

Answer 22

Emperor Showa of Japan who had complete control over and loyalty from his subjects and responsible for starting and ending wars against China, USA, and Britain.

Question 23

Hideki Tojo

Answer 23

Prime Minister and primary military leader nicknamed the Razor and responsible for medical experiments and deaths of many civilians.

Question 24

Chiang Kai shek

Answer 24

Leader of Nationalist or Kuomentang that attacked Communists (Mao Zedong)

Question 25

Harry Truman

Answer 25

Made the decision to drop atomic bomb on Japan and continue landing on Japanese mainland.

Question 26

Douglas McArthur

Answer 26

Surrendered on battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

Question 27

Sadako

Answer 27

Girl who got Cancer or ill because of atomic bomb so she tried to make 1000 paper cranes to wish to get better.