Holocaust Unit 3: Rape of Nanking Review

Question 1

US General; made deal w/ the Japanese; turned blind eye on atrocities for info. on germ warfare

Accepted Answer

General Douglass MacArthur

Question 2

Approximately ___ people were killed in Nanking.

Accepted Answer

250,000- 300,000

Question 3

The "Oskar Schindler of Nanking" who headed up the zone was ___.

Accepted Answer

John Rabe

Question 4

____ Japanese soldiers invaded Nanking.

Accepted Answer

50,000

Question 5

Foreigners set up ____ for protection; it was 2 1/2 square miles in size & held 100,000 people.

Accepted Answer

International Safety Zone

Question 6

What 1951 treaty settled the issue of reparations?

Accepted Answer

San Francisco Peace Treaty

Question 7

Japan easily gained control in China in the early 1930s because China...

Accepted Answer

Was in a civil war between the Communists & the Nationalists

Question 8

The war crimes for the Japanese were called ___.

Accepted Answer

Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal

Question 9

The Rape of Nanking officially began on ____.

Accepted Answer

December 7, 1937

Question 10

Bodies were dumped in the ____ River.

Accepted Answer

Yangtze

Question 11

During Japan's total occupation of China, approximately ___ people were killed.

Accepted Answer

10-30 million

Question 12

Who is Iris Chang?

Accepted Answer

American author; has interviewed victims about Nanking

Question 13

How many high-ranking Japanese officials were hung for their crimes?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 14

It is estimated as many as ____ women were raped during the Rape of Nanking.

Accepted Answer

20,000

Question 15

In 1995, Japanese Parliament expressed "deep remorse" over Japan's World War II atrocities.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT a method of killing used by the Japanese?

Accepted Answer

Used chlorine gas & mustard gas

Questions 16