Belinda Murrell: Bringing Australian History To Life | Page 42

WORKSHEET

Grab The Forgotten Pearl
for a wartime adventure
you won’t forget.

HOW MUCH DO
YOU KNOW ABOUT
AUSTRALIA DURING
WORLD WAR II?
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE HERE

TRUE OR FALSE?
1) More bombs were dropped on Darwin than on Pearl
Harbor during World War II. T/F
2) A higher percentage of the Australian population was in
the armed forces than the UK or US. T/F
3) Japanese midget subs made it as far south as
Melbourne. T/F
4) Prime Minister John Curtin died six weeks before the
end
of the war. T/F
5) Australia was lucky not to have the food rationing that Britain
did. T/F
6) Japan surrendered after the US dropped three atomic bombs
on it. T/F
7) The war profoundly changed the role of women in society.
T/F
8) About 22,000 Australians were taken as prisoners of war
(POW) by the Japanese. T/F

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
BY UNSCRAMBLING THE JUMBLED WORDS
1)  hat was the name of the General of the Imperial
W
Japanese Army?
_ _ _ _ (Hint: unscramble J O O T)
2) Many Australian POWs worked on this.
_____

9) Australia entered World War II when Pearl Harbor was
bombed. T/F
10) Over 66,000 women served in the Australian Armed Forces
during the war. T/F

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Hint: unscramble I R U B M A Y A R W A L)

3) The Allies were taken by surprise when this place fell
to the Japanese in February 1942.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Hint: unscramble R O P E N I S A G)
4) The US dropped one of its atomic bombs on

See page 67 for answers.

42 randomhouse.com.au/teachers

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Hint: unscramble A G A N A S K I)