22-23 Code Talker Test Review

"Then when I rolled over I realized some helpful person had stuck my dog tag in my mouth!"

Charlie Begay

Why did they put Charlie Begay's dog tags in his mouth?

to make sure the "dead man's" identification would not get lost

Nickname for the Japanese, particularly in the foxhole attacks.

"mouse"

Japanese 5 Rules of Combat

1. Obey without question 2. Always take the offensive 3. Surprise the enemy whenever possible 4. Never retreat 5. Never surrender

August 15, 1945

The date Japan surrendered to the US

What was Ned's nickname that was also a word that represented a letter in the code?

Ant

Mr. Reamer

Assigned Navajo children new names at mission school.

What famous method for fighting did the Japanese use?

Banzai attacks and kamikaze planes

The Blessingway

Ceremony said to protect Ned when he goes off to war

"I swallow my own tears and give my sanction to the allied proposal"

Emperor Hirohito

Emperor Hirohito

Finally surrendered after the bombs were dropped in Hiroshima

Who came back from the dead

Georgia Boy

Who was Ned's best friend during the war?

Georgia Boy

Charlie Begay (what amazing thing happened to him in Guam?)

He was killed in Guam by a sword. His lips were blue and he had wound from his right shoulder across his neck to his chest. Ned and Wilsie buried him under leaves. He came back to life and was sent to a hospital.

Where were the two bombs dropped in 1945?

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

"That is why you must go to school: not for yourself, but for your family, for our people, for our sacred land."

Kii Yazhi's Uncle

"You are doing this for your family. To learn the ways of the bilagaanaa, the white people, is a good thing"

Ned's uncle

"I felt naked and ashamed" after getting his hair cut

Ned

"Someday' I said to myself, ' I will become a teacher , one who does not just teach, but also shows respect to all his Indian students and expects the best of everyone"

Ned

Kii Yazhi

Ned's Navajo name

"Back home in the mountains, I never learnt no reading," said Georgia Boy. What did Ned realize?

Not all white people are smarter than Navajos

How were Ned and the Navjos treated when they returned from war?

Poorly / unfairly

"Navajo is no good, of no use at all! Only English will help you get ahead in this world!"

Principal O'Sullivan

The Enemyway

Sacred ceremony that restores Ned's peace after the war

Why would each transmission start with "Arizona" or "New Mexico"?

So the American knew it was not Japanese transmitting messages

What are the children at the Mission School forbidden to do? What is the punishment?

Speak Navajo. Mouth washed with soap, beaten with a stick, locked in the basement.

Who is the real leaders in Japan?

Supreme Military Council

"Always carry this big baby in front of you...It'll protect you from anything short of a mortar round. When it comes to hitting the beach, I'd rather have this than one of those new portable little units." What was this referring to?

TBX radio

The four rules of sending messages were SEND, RECEIVE, ROGER, and MOVE. Why was the last rule so important?

The Japanese could not break the code, but they could pinpoint where they were being sent from

What happened on December 7, 1941?

The attack on Pearl Harbor

What changed for the Navajo Code Talkers in 1969?

They were allowed to talk about being Code Talkers.

During which war did the novel Code Talkers take place?

WWII

Bilagaanaa

White man

What was a "man trap"?

booby-trapped items left behind by the Japanese

What did the Marines find in the tunnels of Iwo Jima that angered them?

boxes of canned foods that the American's had donated before the war started

What did Ned carry with him to feel protected and safe?

corn pollen

List the things Ned was forced to give up at Rehobeth Mission School.

his language, his culture, his hair, his clothes and jewelry

How did the Japanese fight differently on Iwo Jima?

instead of attacking, they waited for the Americans come approach

The Navajos used them to get water during their training in the desert.

prickly pear cactus

Kamikaze

suicide planes the Japanese sent to sink American ships. Japanese pilots flew into ships on purpose.