The Vietnam War

North Vietnam was _________________ .

• Communist
• Non-communist

The U.S. supported South Vietnam against the Communist North Vietnam forces because of the Truman Doctrine of "containment" and "The ______________." 

• Monroe Doctrine
• Roosevelt Corrollary
• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
• Domino Theory

The Leader of South Vietnam, Ngo Dien Diem, was not a good leader of the South Vietnamese people.  However, Diem was a strong anti-communist.  Thus, the U.S. 

• would not support him.
• would support him.

Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese people fought for their independence against this nation before their war with the U.S.

• Germany
• France
• China
• Canada

Since the late 1800s, Vietnam had been ruled by ___________ as
 a colony.

• Japan
• United States
• France
• China

A _____________ is a territory distant from a nation and or country having jurisdiction or control over it.

• Colony
• Island
• Peninsula
• resolution

Ho Chi Minh's army defeated the __________ in 1954.  

• British
• Japanese
• United States
• French

After WWII, a Vietnamese communist named _____________ led a war for Vietnam's independence from France.

• Ngo Dinh Diem
• Ho Chi Minh
• Bao Dai
• Nguyen Van Thieu

The French (France) was defeated by the Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh in 1954 at the "Battle of _____________."

• Dien Bien Phu
• Vung Tau
• Saigon
• Hanoi

The capital of communist North Vietnam is ______________.

• Soc Trang
• Seoul
• Pyongyang
• Hanoi