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The Attack on Pearl Harbor
(20 points total)
Instructions: The charts and maps below show details about different aspects of the Japanese attack
against Pearl Harbor. Use the charts and maps to answer the accompanying questions.
Fleet Comparison Chart
U.S. Pacific Fleet Japanese Fleet
Aircraft Carriers 3 6
Battleships 9 2
Cruisers 8 3
Destroyers 30 9
Submarines 4 28
Planes 390 414
1. Besides airplanes, which other kinds of vessels did the Japanese have more of than the United States?
(2 points)
uboats and aircraft carriers
2. Why do you think the Japanese wanted to have more of these kinds of vessels? (3 points)
because germans proved that uboats worked
aircraft carriers mad planes more effecient
Student Name: Vivian Hartman
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
3. The Japanese Fleet left Japan on November 26. How many days did it take them to reach the
launching point for the attack? November has 30 days. (1 point)
11-12
4. What were the Japanese doing between December 8 and 23? (2 points)
some were heading back to japan and some attacked Wake island
Student Name: Vivian Hartman
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
5. The U.S. Pacific Fleet had three aircraft carriers assigned to it. These were the Saratoga, Lexington,
and Enterprise. Which of these aircraft carriers were in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked on
December 7, 1941? (1 point)
0
6. U.S. battleships were named after states. Which battleships were not moored on battleship row
along the eastern edge of Ford Island? (2 points)
Utah and Pennsylvania
7. Which battleship was moored next to the Vestal? (1 point)
Arizona
Student Name: Vivian Hartman
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
8. Which types of Japanese planes did most of the attacking against the ships inside Pearl Harbor
during the first attack? The actual harbor is located above Hickam Field. (2 points)
Bombers
9. How much time elapsed between the the start of the first and second attacks? (1 points)
70 minutes
Student Name: Vivian Hartman
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
10. Were more Americans killed or wounded as a result of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor? (1
point)
yes
11. Approximately what percentage of all American casualties resulted from the sinking of the U.S.S.
Arizona? Casualties include those killed and wounded. (2 points)
33
12. Of the 21 U.S. ships sunk, damaged or beached, how many would see action again by the end of the
war? (2 points)
18