The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War

By Gary Roldan

Multiple Choice

The Cold War was an extension of...

• World War I

• World War II

• The Cold War

• World War Z

Multiple Choice

What policy did the US follow during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism?

• Open Door Policy

• Containment

• Isolationism

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

During what war did Japan seize control of French Indochina?

• WWI

• Spanish American War

• WWII

• Gulf War

Multiple Choice

What did Ho Chi Minh's nationalist (independence) movement become known as?

• Containment

• Vietcong

• Vietminh

• Vietnam

Multiple Choice

What theory did Eisenhower fear would see all of Southeast Asia fall to communism if South Vietnam fell?

• Domino Theory

• Chain Reaction Theory

• Monopoly Theory

• Loteria Theory

Multiple Choice

Where did 10,000 French troops surrender to Vietminh forces in 1954?

• Saigon

• Hanoi

• Da Nang

• Dien Bien Phu

Poll

What line or parallel temporarily divided North and South Vietnam?

• 38th

• 49th

• 17th

• 28th

Multiple Choice

Who became the leader of South Vietnam?

• Ho Chi Minh

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Richard Nixon

Multiple Choice

What were communists in South Vietnam called?

• Vietminh

• Commies

• Vietcong

• Russians

Multiple Choice

What religion dominated in South Vietnam?

• Catholicism

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

Multiple Choice

What allowed LBJ to send more troops to Vietnam?

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• The US Supreme Court

• Assassination of Diem

• The Geneva Accords

Multiple Choice

What operation would see the US bomb weapons factories in North Vietnam and use napalm to uncover the jungle?

• Operation Torch

• Operation Overlord

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Operation Dokken

Multiple Choice

What contributed to the frustrations (and lack of discipline) of US troops in Vietnam?

• soldiers mostly chosen from the lower classes

• alcohol and drug abuse

• racial tension

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What did the Vietcong build to hide themselves from US troops?

• tree houses

• underground tunnels

• a time machine

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

What massacre would see US troops murder hundreds of villagers, including women and children?

• Boston Massacre

• Dokken Massacre

• My Lai Massacre

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What attack would see dozens of cities in South Vietnam targetted by the Vietcong and led LBJ not to seek reelection in 1968?

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Operation Barbosa

• Tet Offensive

• D-Day

Multiple Choice

When did the US and North Vietnam sign a truce ending the Vietnam War?

• 1968

• 1970

• 1973

• 1975

Multiple Choice

South Vietnam fell to communist forces in 1975

• True

• False

• None of the above

• All of the above