Kahoot questions

Question 1

who was australias PM through most of world war 2

Answer 1

john curtin

Question 2

what is the date of the pearl harbour attacks

Answer 2

7 December 1941

Question 3

Why was australia significant to Japan and the US during WW2

Answer 3

A strategically positioned land base

Question 4

how did japan respond to US policy during the pacific war

Answer 4

Isolate australia

Question 5

who took charge of australian defence in WW2

Answer 5

General McArthur

Question 6

When and how much did japan bomb australia

Answer 6

in 1941 and over 60 times

Question 7

When was the battle of the coral sea?

Answer 7

4-8 may 1942

Question 8

In what way was the battle of the coral sea unique?

Answer 8

None of the ships could see each other

Question 9

Who won the battle of the coral sea?

Answer 9

Neither side “won”, there were equal losses for both sides

Question 10

Why was the battle of the coral sea important for australia?

Answer 10

The battle was important because it ended the threat of a japanese naval/sea invasion

Question 11

What was the allies’ stratergy against japan during the pacific war

Answer 11

attack from the south and the east

Question 12

What was the japanese warrior code

Answer 12

The samurai code

Question 13

The the existance of the samurai code effect how australians viewed the japanese during the war

Answer 13

yes

Question 14

what happened in new guniea to the japanese when they invaded

Answer 14

Their advance slowed significantly due to them struggling to transport rescources to the front lines

Question 15

where did teh australians reverse the movement of the japanese invasion

Answer 15

The kokoda trail

Question 16

Why did japan continue to fight even though they were almost certaintly going to lose

Answer 16

To delay defeat, retain territory and prevent invasion

Question 17

why was a surrender so hard to negotiate with the japanese

Answer 17

Their bushido code to never give up

Question 18

When was “Little Boy” dropped on Hiroshima?

Answer 18

6th of August 1945

Question 19

Why did the US decide to drop 2 bombs on japan

Answer 19

To have a quick end to the war and force japan to surrender

Question 20

what were the consequences of the pacific war

Answer 20

The end of colonialism and division on some countries

Question 21

in what year in the 19th century did japan open to foriegn influence

Answer 21

1853

Question 22

What impact did opening to foriegn infuence have to japan.

Answer 22

it copied european ideas

Question 23

What limited japans industrial progress after it opened to foriegn infuence

Answer 23

Lack of natural rescources

Question 24

What decade did japan become recognised as a superpower

Answer 24

1930s

Question 25

why did japan want to be an empire

Answer 25

to be like europeans, china and russia

Question 26

why was japan so expansionist leading up to WW2

Answer 26

to secure rescources

Question 27

What name best described US foriegn policy from 1918-1942

Answer 27

isolationist

Question 28

Why did the US choose this policy

Answer 28

To keep out of european wars

Question 29

What was the neutrality act

Answer 29

an act to ensure that the US is only at war for it’s own defence

Question 30

why was china vuneralble to japanese attack before WW2

Answer 30

poverty, weak government, civil war

Question 31

in what year did the marco polo bridge incident happen

Answer 31

1937

Question 32

in what city did the chinese slow the japanese advance?

Answer 32

Shanghai

Question 33

Why do the chinese remember the “Rape of Nanking” with anger

Answer 33

Japanese brutality

Question 34

what impact did japan have in china in the period of 1932-45

Answer 34

caused mass destruction and chaos

Question 35

what decision did japan make in an effort to defeat china

Answer 35

isolate china

Question 36

When did world war 2 start in europe

Answer 36

september 1939

Question 37

what particular event caused the start of world war 2

Answer 37

hitler invaded poland

Question 38

what opportunity did hitler invading poland give japan

Answer 38

to attack european colonies

Question 39

who formed the triparte pact

Answer 39

Japan, italy and Germany

Question 40

What was the aim of the greater east asia co prosperity sphere

Answer 40

to secure rescources, end european colonisation in asia and create a japanese empire

Question 41

how did the USA respond to the japanese invasion of china

Answer 41

they froze japanese assets

Question 42

what significant event brought the USA into the war

Answer 42

Attack on pearl harbour

Question 43

why was the attack not decisive

Answer 43

aircraft carriers at sea

Question 44

By what methods did japan defeat singapore’s defences

Answer 44

attacked by land

Question 45

in what ways did the invasion of singapore effect australia’s defence thinking

Answer 45

australia sought help from the US

Question 46

what did the europeans think of the japanese before WW2

Answer 46

dismissed it, bellitled them, minimised them

Question 47

Name the two obsticles to japanese expansion into southern asia.

Answer 47

singapore and the phillipines

Question 48

on what date did singapore fall to japan

Answer 48

15th of february 1942

Question 49

what did General McArthur promise when he left the phillipines in 1942

Answer 49

I shall return

Question 50

why was japans conquest of south east asia a relative failiure strategically

Answer 50

not enough ships