Vietnam Quiz I

Which nation colonized Vietnam for 100 years starting in the 1850s

• Great Britain

• Japan

• France

• China

The Battle of Dien Bien Phu took place in what year

• 1945

• 1954

• 1955

• 1963

Which was NOT a part of the Geneva Accords

• Vietnam was to be divided into two countries

• An election was to be held within a year

• The country would be divided at the 17th parallel

• 100,000 U.S. troops would be sent to Vietnam

True of False: The Domino Theory was used as a justification for U.S. involvement in Vietnam

• True

• False

Who would become the president of South Vietnam in 1955

• Ho Chi Minh

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Mao Zedong

• Kim Jong Un

True or False: President Kennedy decreased the number of U.S. military advisers in Vietnam between 1961-1963

• True

• False

What was the capital of South Vietnam

• Saigon

• Hanoi

• Tokyo

• Shanghai

President Diem was a

• Muslim

• Buddhist

• Catholic

• Atheist

In which year were the first two U.S. soldiers killed in Vietnam

• 1955

• 1959

• 1960

• 1963