Before Attack
the name of the Island where the bombing of Pearl Harbor took place
What is Oahu?
direction the Japanese attacked from
What is the north?
The number of ships destroyed in Pearl Harbor
What are 6 ships?
This country attacked Pearl Harbor
Who is Japan?
time that it took for the United States to declare war on Japan -
1 hour
3 hours
12 hours
one day
What is 1 hour?
the specific name of the fleet of ships that Japan bombed
What is the Pacific Fleet?
the number of planes included in the first attack wave - 115, 158, 183 or 202 planes
What is 183 planes?
The total number of planes used to bomb Pearl Harbor - 253 planes, 270 planes, 303 planes or 353 planes
What are 353 planes?
the date Pearl Harbor was attacked
What is December 7, 1941?
the reaction of the United States to the attack
What is they declared war on Japan the next day?
Why did Japan use the element of surprise when attacking Pearl Harbor.
If the U.S. would have had time to set up defenses the attack would have been ineffective as the U.S. had great defenses that would have taken out the planes and ships before the attack could have occurred.
Japan destroyed THIS before they started bombing Pearl Harbor
What are the Airfields?
The total number of Americans killed in Pearl Harbor - 1995 people
2403 people
2890 people
4560 people
What is 2,403 people?
the total number of minutes spread apart from each wave of planes from the Japanese -
30 minutes
35 minutes
40 minutes
45 minutes
What is 45 minutes?
this other country declared war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor
What is Canada?
Before the bombing, Japan currently in a war here
What is Southeast Asia?
The number of waves of planes Japan launched during the attack
What are Two Waves?
The total number of Japanese planes the United States was able to destroy -
150 planes
200 planes
250 planes
300 planes
What are 200 planes?
the day of the week the Japanese attacked
What is Sunday?
These two countries declared war on the United States as a result of the Japan attack on Pearl Harbor
What is Germany and Italy?
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor for this main reason
What is to cripple the U.S. long enough to gain U.S. territories (and set up defenses so they would have a better chance of winning the war that they were starting)?
Japan used 4 types of bombers - level bombers, dive-bombers, fighters and ____planes
What are torpedo planes?
the attack on Pearl Harbor lasted this long -
1 hour
2 hours
2 1/2 hours
3 hours
What is 2 hours?
the United States dismissed the Japanese planes on their radars for this reason
What is the United States thought that the planes were American planes coming back from a training session?
After entering World War II, the U.S. decided to send their troops here
What is Europe?