H12 Chapter 8 questions
- 1. History 12 Readings and Questions from: Global Forces of the Twentieth Century Chapter 8: The Pacific War1941-1945 Victorious Japan: Japanese Strategy 1. What was the primary cause of the Pacific war? How did the war begin? Pre-Emptive Attack 2. Outline the progress of the pre-emptive attack launched by the Japanese in the Pacific. Japanese Successes 3. How did Japan react to their initial military success? 4. Explain the Allied strategy in the Pacific theatre of war. What part did the Soviet Union play? The Doolittle Raid 5. What was the significance of the Doolittle Raid? Midway-The Turning Point 6. Explain the significance of the Battle of Midway 7. In what ways did the US contribute to the Allied war effort before their official declaration of war? Case Study: The Kamikaze 8. Why did the Japanese sacrifice their pilots in suicide missions instead of considering surrender? 9. Assess the effectiveness of the Kamikazes. In what circumstances would a country consider using suicide bombers? In what circumstances would you follow such orders? 10. Why do you think Japanese war crimes did not receive the same publicity that similar practices committed by the Nazis did? The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere 11. What were the weaknesses of Japan’s concept of a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere? Allied Strategy 12. Outline the Allied strategy in the war in the Pacific. Over what issues did the Allies disagree? 13. What were the post war consequences of the Soviet involvement in the war in Asia? Assault by Air and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 14. What was the strategy for using air weapons and making incendiary raids on Japan? What was the result of these attacks? 15. Is the use of atomic weapons a form of genocide? Is the use of atomic weapons justifiable under certain circumstances, explain. 16. What unusual thing about the atomic bombs led to public condemnation of their use?
- 2. Chapter 8: Vocabulary 1. Prime Minister Tojo 2. Pre-emptive attack 3. General Yamashita 4. Burma Road 5. Battle of Hong Kong 6. General Saki 7. Guam 8. Wake Island 9. Clark Field air Base 10. B-17 “Flying Fortress” 11. General Douglas Mac Arthur 12. Battle of Midway 13. “Europe First” 14. General Doolittle 15. Doolittle Raid 16. B-25 17. Battle in the Coral Sea 18. Alaskan Islands 19. “Island of death” 20. Battle of Iwo Jima 21. Battle of Okinawa 22. Kamikaze 23. Owen Stanley Mountains 24. Kokoda Trail 25. Commonwealth of independent Asian nations 26. Bataan death March 27. B-29 “Superfortress” 28. Cairo meetings 29. Lushun (Port Arthur) 30. Sakhalin Island 31. “Saturation” or Carpet bombing 32. General LeMay 33. Firebombing of Tokyo 34. Harry Truman 35. “Wonder Weapon” 36. Hirohito 37. Battleship Missouri