Attack on Pearl Harbor

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/attack-on-pearl-harbor

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the date of attack?December 7, 1941
2. What is the attacking force?Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
3. What was Pearl Harbor?Pearl Harbor is a big U.S. naval base in Hawaii where many battleships were docked. It was attacked by Japanese planes on December 7, 1941.
4. Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?Japan wanted to stop the U.S. from interfering with its plans to get resources in Asia. They thought a surprise attack would hurt the U.S. Navy for months.

Imperial Japanese Navy: The naval armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until its dissolution in 1947.
Aircraft Carrier: A warship that serves as a mobile airbase, equipped with a flight deck for launching and recovering aircraft.
Preemptive Strike: An attack initiated to prevent an impending attack from an enemy.
Isolationism: A foreign policy doctrine that advocates remaining apart from the affairs and conflicts of other nations.