However, rather than take every single island in the area, [he] decided on what became known as “island-hopping.” This tactic meant that the Americans took the larger more important islands captured by the Japanese in the Pacific (such as Iwo Jima and Okinawa) and left the smaller ones to “wither on the vine.”
Use the quotation to answer the question.
Who implemented the World War II military strategy described in this text?
A. President Harry Truman
B. General Douglas MacArthur
C. General Dwight Eisenhower
D. President Franklin Roosevelt
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B. General Douglas MacArthur
What was the main reason the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor?
A. They wanted to invade the United States.
B. They wanted to build a Pacific empire without interference.
C. They wanted to stop the United States from selling war materials to Britain.
D. They wanted to seize the natural resources of Hawaii.
A. They wanted to invade the United States.
B. They wanted to build a Pacific empire without interference.
C. They wanted to stop the United States from selling war materials to Britain.
D. They wanted to seize the natural resources of Hawaii.
B. They wanted to build a Pacific empire without interference.
Use the map to answer the question.
From this map, what can you infer about Germany's geographic position?
A. It could easily surround the Allied territory in the West.
B. It began the war mostly surrounded by friendly Axis powers.
C. It was protected from invasion by its surrounding mountain ranges.
D. It began the war mostly surrounded by Allied countries.
From this map, what can you infer about Germany's geographic position?
A. It could easily surround the Allied territory in the West.
B. It began the war mostly surrounded by friendly Axis powers.
C. It was protected from invasion by its surrounding mountain ranges.
D. It began the war mostly surrounded by Allied countries.
D. It began the war mostly surrounded by Allied countries.
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