Battle of Midway and Battle of Guadalcanal

Q. The US dropped which type of bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945?

1. Hydrogen bombs
2. Grenade bombs
3. Dynamite bombs
4. Atomic bombs

Q. Where did the Battle of Guadalcanal take place?

1. Okinawa
2. Saipan
3. Iwo Jima
4. The Solomon Islands

Q. In public, Truman justified his decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 by arguing that _________.

1. these cities were industrial centers that helped the Japanese war effort
2. these cities were relatively sparsely populated
3. American strength would increase in Asia
4. it would prevent the Soviet Union from attempting to seize land in Asia
5. the American people were war-weary

Q. Between which nations was the Battle of Midway fought?

1. Germany
2. France
3. Japan
4. USA

Q. Why did the USA drop atom bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Q. Conventional wisdom has held that the United States use of atomic weapons on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki forced the Japanese government to unconditionally surrender to the Allies In August, 1945.
Other historians, however, dispute this view and believe the real cause of their surrender was due to which of the following?

1. The firebombing of major Japanese cities by the U.S. military had inflicted more damage than the two atomic weapons.
2. The Japanese governments supply of oil and food was dangerously low.
3. The Soviet Union declared war on Japan on August 8th, 1945 and the Japanese feared the wrath of the Soviet military
4. Japanese officials hoped that their surrender would spare them the fate which had befallen Nazi officials at the Nuremberg Trials.
5. The Japanese military population fell considerably since they had been at war since 1937.

Q. The Battle of Guadalcanal was an important battle that took place in the Marshall Islands in 1942.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which of these battles during the Second World War was fought almost entirely with aircrafts?

1. Battle of Guadalcanal
2. Battle of Normandy
3. Battle of Midway
4. Battle of Stalingrad