Practice The Pacific Theater And The Atomic Bomb (1945) (2.8)

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Question 1.
What country did the U.S. primarily fight against in the Pacific Theater?
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Think about the country that attacked Pearl Harbor.
Question 2.
What were the names of the two cities that were bombed with atomic bombs?
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Recall the cities associated with the atomic bombings.
3Question 3.
Which two cities were atom-bombed during World War II?
- Tokyo and Osaka
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Kyoto and Sapporo
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Recall the historical context of Japan's surrender.
4Question 4.
True or False: The atomic bomb was used to avoid a land invasion of Japan.
- True
- False
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Think about the military strategy at the time.
Question 5.
Evaluate the arguments for and against the use of atomic bombs to end World War II.
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Discuss both perspectives carefully.
Question 6.
How might global politics be different if the atomic bombs had not been used?
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Think about how Japan may have responded without the atomic bomb.

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