Topic 10 Intro Video (T10L2)

What does it mean to colonize?

• The time period when people sailed across the ocean on sail boats.

• To establish control over a foreign country.

• To accept defeat and reap the benefits.

Who controlled Indochina in the late 18th century?

• Great Britain

• U.S.

• France

What country ruled Indochina during WWII?

• U.S.

• Germany

• Japan

What country tried to recolonize Vietnam?

• England

• Great Britain

• France

Who did the Viet Minh fight against during WWII?

• Germany

• France

• Japan

True or False: When the Japanese left after WWII, Vietnam became a free country once and for all.

• True

• False

How the U.S. support the French in Vietnam?

• They didn't.

• Provided military and economic aid.

• Ask Germany to step in to help the French.

Where were the French forces defeated?

• Dien Bien Phu

• Normandy

• Inchon

True or False: North Vietnam wanted to unify itself with South Vietnam?

• True

• False

True or False: Diem was a corrupt leader.

• True

• False