Vietnam War Quiz

What was the role of the USSR in the Vietnam War?

• Supplying weapons and fuel

• Improving diplomatic relations with China

• Encouraging North Vietnam to negotiate

• Expanding the war to Laos and Cambodia

What was the role of China (PRC) in the Vietnam War?

• Supplying weapons and fuel

• Urging peace negotiations

• Expanding the war to Laos and Cambodia

• Improving diplomatic relations with the USSR

How did the USSR and China's relationship affect North Vietnam?

• Urged North Vietnam to fight on

• Urged North Vietnam to seek help from the US

• Urged North Vietnam to negotiate

• Remained neutral

What was the effect of Nixon's decision to exploit the Sino-Soviet split?

• Increased support for South Vietnam

• Led to the fall of Saigon

• Worsened relations with China

• Improved relations with the USSR

What was the strategy of 'Vietnamisation'?

• To withdraw US troops from Vietnam

• To expand the war to Laos and Cambodia

• To end the war through diplomacy

• To make South Vietnam less dependent on the US

What was the outcome of Nixon's decision to expand the war to Laos and Cambodia?

• Weakened support for communism

• Led to the fall of Saigon

• Increased support for South Vietnam

• Had a counter-productive effect

What was the result of the January 1973 ceasefire agreement?

• US increased military presence in Vietnam

• South Vietnam surrendered to the North

• North Vietnamese troops withdrew from the South

• US troops withdrawn and POWs exchanged

What was the impact of the Vietnam War on the US policy of Containment?

• It was abandoned

• It was undermined

• It was strengthened

• It was successful in Vietnam

What was the significance of the Vietnam War in terms of conventional warfare?

• It proved a superpower could be defeated using conventional weapons

• It proved the effectiveness of nuclear weapons

• It led to the use of chemical weapons

• It resulted in a stalemate

What was the impact of the Vietnam War on America's international image?

• It improved

• It remained unchanged

• It was tarnished

• It had no effect