Try this little open book test:
1)What was the name of the first US Naval ship bombed by the Japanese?
2)When was it sunk?
3) What was the name of the first US Naval vessel sunk by the Germans in World War II.
4)What month and year was it sunk?
5) When did the first National Guard Unit sail for the South Pacific?
6) Where did they fight?
7)Bonus question: In what year did World War II start. Explain your answer.
1. USS Panay (of course, 1 sailor and 3 marines were wounded in the Japanese attack on Shanghai, and 1 sailor was killed and 19 wounded on the USS Augusta in two separate incidents at Shanghai, all earlier than the Panay attack)
2. December 12, 1937
3. USS Ruben James (It was the third US ship hit by the Germans in World War II, but the first sunk. 11 died and 22 were injured on the USS Kearny October 17, and 1 was injured on the USS Salinas October 30.
4. October 31, 1941
5. November 21, 1941
6. They fought on Java.
7. Several possible answers based upon whether Africa (Italian attack on Ethiopia), Asia (Japanese attack on China) or Europe is used as the starting point.
1)What was the name of the first US Naval ship bombed by the Japanese?
2)When was it sunk?
3) What was the name of the first US Naval vessel sunk by the Germans in World War II.
4)What month and year was it sunk?
5) When did the first National Guard Unit sail for the South Pacific?
6) Where did they fight?
7)Bonus question: In what year did World War II start. Explain your answer.
Today's typical HS student's answers:
1. The Enterprise
2. 1492
3. Hindenburg
4. February 1776
5. 1900
6. Bosnia
7. 1990, because the Germans were upset about the USA not signing the Kyoto Accord.