Vietnam and Korean War

Who did Ho Chi Minh and the Nationalist Communists of North Vietnam defeat to gain independence?

• China
• France
• Japan
• US

Why did the United States get involved in the Vietnam War?

• to create missile silos in North Korea that could reach China
• to fulfill the United Nations request to give military aid to South Vietnam.
• to aid South Vietnam in their invasion of communist North Vietnam
• to give military aid to South Vietnam and to prevent the spread of communism

How did the Vietnam War end?

• The United States withdrew, and Vietnam was united under communist rule.
• The United States defeated the North Vietnamese, and Vietnam was unified under democratic rule.
• The two sides fought to a stalemate, leaving North and South Vietnam divided.
• The Vietnam War ended in a peace treaty, and the two countries are allies today.

How were the Vietnam War and the Korean War similar?

• They were both wars where the United States was fighting the Soviet Union.
• They were both fought to keep a communist country from taking over a noncommunist country.
• They were both examples of wars where nuclear weapons were used.
• They were both wars where communist forces were defeated, and the countries involved became democracies.

What event started the Korean War?

• Communist North Korea invaded South Korea in an attempt to unify the nations.
• The United States attacked North Korea to remove its communist dictator.
• Japan attacked South Korea in order to control its main trade routes.
• South Korea attacked North Korea to stop them from using atomic weapons.

This is a photograph of a Vietcong soldier. This photograph is evidence that the Vietcong relied on what type of warfare strategy?

• blitzkrieg
• containment
• guerilla
• siege

Why was the U.S. in Vietnam?

• Oil
• contain Communism
• gain territory
• treaty obligations from WWII

Vietnam was a colony of what country prior to the WWII

• France 
• Great Britain
• Portugal 
• Spain 

What was Napalm?

• A Gasoline based bomb 
• a lotion for your hands 
• it was a chemical for treating rabies 

The foreign policy that led to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam was

• isolationism 
• communism 
• ism 
• containment