Code Talkers
When were Code Talkers first used?
A. May 1942
B. June 1940
C. December 1941
What is the U.S. Marine Corps began using Navajo code talkers in May 1942? (Britannica)
A
What word meaning ant in the Navajo Language stands for the letter A in English?
A. wo-la-chee
B. so-la-chee
C. to-la-chee
What is wo-la-chee? (American Indian Code Talkers)
A
How did Code Talkers Contribute to World War II
A. They transmitted sensitive wartime messages by speaking in the French language.
B. They transmitted sensitive wartime messages by speaking in the Spanish language.
C. They transmitted sensitive wartime messages by speaking their native languages.
What is they transmitted sensitive wartime messages by speaking their native languages, in effect using them as a code? (Britannica)
C
When did Code Talkers get their Congressional gold medals?
A. 1998
B. 1999
C. 2001
What is in 2001? (Britannica)
C
How many military divisions were the Navajo apart of?
A. All
B. Three
c. Four
What is they served in all of the marine divisions and took part in their major campaigns? (Britannica)
A
What word meaning Iron Fish in Navajo was used to describe a submarine?
A. mesh-lo
B. besh-lo
C. resh-lo
What is besh-lo? (American Indian Code Talkers)
B
How many messages did the Code Talkers transmit while at Iwo Jima?
A. 600
B. 700
C. 800
What is During the nearly month-long battle for Iwo Jima, for example, six Navajo Code Talker Marines successfully transmitted more than 800 messages without error? (Paris)
C
Do the Navajo people have an alphabet?
A. Yes
B. No
What is no? (Britannica)
B
What was the first military division to use Navajo Code Talkers?
A. US Navy
B. US Army
C. US Air Force
What is the US Army was the first branch of the military that began recruiting code talkers from places like Oklahoma in 1940? (Britannica)
B
How many words did the Navajo Code Talkers have in their dictionary?
A. 400
B. 408
C. 411
What is 411? (American Indian Code Talkers)
C
How were the Code Talkers faster at transmitting messages than code breaking machines?
A. Translated three lines of English in 20 seconds
B. Translated three lines of English in 15 seconds
C. Translated three lines of English in 12 seconds
What is this system enabled the Code Talkers to translate three lines of English in 20 seconds, not 30 minutes as was common with existing code-breaking machines. (Paris)
A
Who had the idea to use Code Talkers in World War II?
A. Don Johnson
B. Philip Johnston
C. Wayne Richards
What is Philip Johnston? (Britannica)
B
When were Code Talkers first used?
A. World War I
B. World War II
C. Civil War
What is the first known official use of code talkers occurred late in World War I. In October 1918 eight Choctaw men serving for the U.S. in France were put to use as telephone communicators during the battles of the Meuse- Argonnez? (Britannica)
A
How did the language work?
A. The code primarily used word association by assigning a Navajo word to key phrases and military tactic.
B. The code primarily used word association by assigning an American word to key phrases and military tactic.
C. There was no process.
What is the code primarily used word association by assigning a Navajo word to key phrases and military tactics? (Paris)
A
Did the Navajo's help win the war against Japan?
A. Yes
B. No
What is the Navajo Code Talkers had a big impact on the United States, which includes winning the war against the Japanese in the Pacific theater? (Silversmith)
A
How many Code Talkers were in a group?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
What is most Code Talkers were assigned in pairs to a military unit? (The National World War II Museum New Orleans)
How many Navajo people were selected to join the Marines first?
A. 20
B. 29
C. 35
What is 29? (The National World War II Museum New Orleans)
B
What was the word used for a tank in the Navajo language?
A. chey-da-dahi
B. chay-de-dahi
C. chay-da-dahi
What is chay-da-dahi?
C
What branch of military said that the Navajo's were critical to battle of Iwo Jima?
A. US Army
B. US Air Force
C. US Marines
What is Marine leadership noted after the battle that the Code Talkers were critical to the victory at Iwo Jima? (Silversmith)
C
When did the Navajo Code Talkers begin their training?
A. May 5, 1942
B. June 5, 1942
C. July 5, 1942
What is May 5, 1942? (Silversmith)
A