Pop Quiz

What motivated the U.S. to get involved in the war in Vietnam?

• The U.S. was only after natural resources in the area

• The U.S. supports governments fighting against Communism (Containment)

  
  

• The U.S. was helping the Japanese empire expand into Vietnam

• The U.S. wanted to colonize Korea and Vietnam

How did the political climate of the Cold War impact the world's 2 superpowers?

• They worked together to protect human rights around the world.

• They both colonized Africa and Asia

• They worked together towards the goal of stopping Communism

• The US and USSR competed against each other economically and politically

What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?

• Spain and Portugal

• England and France

• United States and Soviet Union

• 
  Germany and Italy

What does the ‘Iron Curtain’ symbolize? 

• The division between East Germany and West Germany

• The division between communist Europe and noncommunist Europe 

• The division between East Berlin and West Berlin

• The division between North Korea and South Korea

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

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

• 1965

• 1975

• 
  1973

• 1970

In the ____________________, United States soldiers killed at least 300 women, children, and elderly men, shocking the American public.

• My Lai Massacre

• Attack on Sai Pan

• 
  Tet Offensive

• Attack on Khe Sanh

The Vietnamese who fought against the U.S. and South Vietnamese troops

• Democratic Republic of Vietnam

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• 
  Viet Cong

• Ho Chi Minh

Explain the difference between communism and capitalism.

The competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to build the most powerful atomic weapons during the Cold war was called the ____________________.

• 
  Olympics

• space race

• arms race

• Berlin Airlift