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1. Pearl Harbor was not the
only place attacked on
December 7th. What target was
NOT attacked on December 7th.


2. On the Island of Guam, 430
U.S. Marines and sailors held
off 5,400 Japanese troops. How
long did they fight before
surrendering?

3. What battleship did the
British lose in an attempt to
defend Malago?

4. Some believe Hitler made
his biggest mistake by
declaring war on the United
States. What was the date of
his declaration?

5. In March 1933, Japan
withdrew from an organization
in response to international
condemnation of its conquest
of Manchuria and subsequent
establishment of the Manchukuo
puppet government. What
organization did Japan
withdraw from?

6. Japan withdrew from the
Second London Naval
Disarmament Conference because
the United States and Great
Britain refused to grant the
Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)
parity with their navies. What
was the date of withdrawal?


7. A second full-scale war
between Japan and China began
with the in July 1937. What
was the incident?

8. Japan's 1937 attack on
China was condemned by the
U.S. and several members of
the League of Nations
including Britain, France,
Australia, and the
Netherlands. These states had
economic and territorial
interests, or formal colonies,
in East and Southeast Asia;
they were increasingly alarmed
at Japan's new military power
and its willingness to use it,
which threatened their control
in Asia.

9. In July 1939, the U.S.
terminated its commercial
treaty with Japan. But these
efforts failed to deter Japan
from continuing its war in
China, or from signing the
Tripartite Pact in 1940 with
Nazi Germany and Fascist
Italy, officially forming the
Axis Powers. What year was the
commercial treaty signed?


10. Japan would take advantage
of Hitler's war in Europe to
advance its ambitions in the
Far East. The Tripartite Pact
guaranteed each of the signee
nations assistance if attacked
by any country then considered
neutral. This message pointed
directly to the United States,
and gave Japan more power on
the geo-political stage.

11. Admiral James O.
Richardson, commander of the
Pacific Fleet, provoked a
confrontation with President
Roosevelt, repeating his
earlier messages to Chief of
Naval Operations Admiral
Harold R. Stark and to
Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox, that Pearl Harbor was
the wrong place for his ships.
Roosevelt replied that having
the fleet in Hawaii was a
"restraining influence" on
Japan. What was the date of
the confrontation with
President Roosevelt?

12. Japan's withdrawal from
the League of Nations led the
U.S. to embargo scrap metal
shipments to Japan and to
constrain its foreign policy
actions and close the Panama
Canal to Japanese shipping.
When did the U.S. freeze
Japan's assets in the U.S.?


13. On August 1, 1941,
embargoing all oil and
gasoline exports to Japan. Oil
was Japan's most crucial
imported resource. What was
the amount of oil coming from
the United States?

14. What was the Operation
Barbarossa?

15. On May 10, 1941, who
parachuted into Scotland to
negotiate peace?

16. In June 1941, President
Roosevelt wanted to put
pressure on the Axis.  He
froze all German and Italian
assets. At Churchill's
suggestion, he sent troops to
what island?

17. At 4:15 AM, on June 22,
1941, The German Luftwaffe
(air force) began to bomb
naval and air fields. What
country where they attacking?


18. After German attacked the
Soviet Union, Roosevelt
decided to send aid.  He used
term of what agreement.

19. In April 1941, Japan
signed a neutrality agreement
with which country?

20. On August 9, 1941,
Roosevelt and Churchill meet
aboard the USS Augusta off
Newfoundland.  Both men agreed
to 8 points. What do we know
this agreement?