WH Vietnam

WH Vietnam

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT on the Border of Vietnam

• China

• Laos

• Burma

• Cambodia

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What is the approximate population of Vietnam

• 1 million

• 80 million

• 100,000

• 360 million

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At the end of the Second World War who led Vietnam to Independence

• Ngo Dien Diem

• Ho Chi Minh

• Mao Tse Tung

• Kim Un Ill

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Prior to the Second World Which nation claimed Vietnam as a colony

• England

• The United States

• The Soviet Union

• France

Multiple Choice

Those in the United States that supported Ho Chi Minh would describe his as ...

• A communist

• A nationalist

• A republican

• An anarchist

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Which of the following resources did The United States want from Vietnam

• Iron, diamonds, fish

• Gold, tin, coal

• Coal, Rubber, wood

• Rubber, Tin Oil

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Between what years do we identify the French - Indochina war?

• 1908 -1912

• 1941 -1945

• 1945 - 1954

• 1963 - 1975

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What is the importance of the city of Dien Bien Phu?

• It was the capital of North Vietnam

• It was the capital of South Vietnam

• It was the city in which the French were finally defeated

• It was the cultural Capital of Vietnam

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The 1954 Geneva Convention

• ended the war between the French and the Vietnamese

• Divided Vietnam along the 17th Parallel

• Set up elections for Vietnam

• all of these choices are correct

Multiple Choice

The French-Indo China war

• Is a failure for the containment theory

• Stops the spread of Communism

• Strengthens the US position in the world

• All of these choices are correct

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True or false: Instead of supporting the Geneva Agreement and allowing Unification elections and allowing a communist election the US supported the creation of a non-communist South Vietnam

• True

• False

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Ngo Dinh Diem, President of S. Vietnam was assassinated with CIA involvement, Which of the following is a true statement

• Kennedy ordered the death of President Diem

• President Kennedy knew of the plot and supported it

• President Diem most likely committed suicide

• Kennedy knew nothing of his death

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Which of the following people followed after the death of Kennedy

• Ronald Reagan

• Jimmy Carter

• Lyndon Johnson

• Harry Truman

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Which of the following is true about the Gulf of Tonkin

• It was the site of the worst American war crime in modern History

• It is the site of the first major battle of the United States against the Vietnamese naval Battle ships

• It was attack on US warships that provided the US with an excuse for major escalation of the war

• All of these are correct

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P.O.W. refers to ...

• Public of War

• People of Warsaw Agreement

• Prisoners of War

• Public out work

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The ARVN refers to

• The American forces in Vietnam

• The forces of North Vietnam

• The South Vietnam Army

• The Agreement of Vietnam nationals

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Which "hit song" was symbolic of Americans support of the Vietnam war

• Eve of Destruction

• My brown eyed son

• The Green Berets

• Hey, hey LBJ

Multiple Choice

During the TET offensive the North Vietnamese took this major city and killed the inhabitants

• Saigon

• Mekong

• Hue

• DaNang

Multiple Choice

In what year did the TET offensive take place

• 1968

• 1961

• 1975

• 1050

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT true of the situation in Cambodia

• Viet Cong & North Vietnamese use Cambodia as a sanctuary

• US troops cannot enter

• Cambodian government is powerless from preventing Communists from entering

• None of these choices are correct

Multiple Choice

about how many Vietnamese died in the first Indochina war

• 10,000

• 500

• 2 million

• 500,000

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Over half a million South Vietnamese died in the second Indochina war. about how many north Vietnamese died

• 12

• 17 million

• 1.5 million

• none