Vietnam War

What defined the border between North Vietnam and South Vietnam?

• 38th Parallel
• 17th Parallel
• Mekong River
• It was a straight line exactly halfway between the northern tip and the southern tip of the country

In Vietnam the fighters used an irregular warfare tactic that made it difficult for our soldiers to be successful...it was called?

• Vietnamese Warfare tactics
• Cheetah Warfare
• Hidden Warfare
• Guerrilla warfare

Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?

• Ho Chi Minh
• Mao Zedong
• Ngo Dien Diem
• Hideki Tojo

What were the communists in South Vietnam known as?

• Vietminh

• Vietcong

• Ho Chi Minhions

• Southern Communists

What country colonized and claimed the land area known as Indochina (now Vietnam) in the 1900s?

• England

• Japan

• United States

• France

What year did the US go to war with North Vietnam?

• 1945

• 1955

• 1965

• 1975

Vietnam was ruled by which country for a thousand years before it won its independence in 939 AD?

• China

• Russia

• India

• Iran

One reason the USA was involved in the Vietnam War was to

• prevent the spread of communism in Asia.

• reduce French influence in Vietnam.

• stop china from seizing Vietnam.

• support the government of North Vietnam.

For the United States, the Vietnam War ended in a __________________.

• cease-fire agreement

• Vietnamese victory

• U.S. victory

• a nuclear bomb

What year did the US decide to withdraw its forces from Vietnam?

• 1965

• 1970

• 1973

• 1975