Introduction to the Vietnam War

Who was the Northern Communist Leader?

• Ho Chi Minh

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Nguyen Van Hieu

• Mao Zedong

What were the communist fighters in the south called?

• Viet Cong

• Viet Minh

• Vietnamese

• Chinese

What was America’s justification for entering the Vietnam War?

• To stop the spread of Communism in Asia 

• To gain raw materials for military expeditions

• To gain revenge for losses during World War II 

• None of the above

Who is Ho Chi Minh?

• Chinese leader who turned China into a Communist nation 

• Communist leader who was a hero to the Vietnamese people

• South Vietnamese dictator who received help from the US government 

• None of the above

What is the significance of the 17th parallel?

• It is the borderline that separates Cambodia from Vietnam 

• It is the borderline that separates North Vietnam from South Vietnam

• It is the train used to supply military items from China to Vietnam

• None of the above

Who were the Vietcong?

• guerilla fighters from North Vietnam who supported South Vietnamese troops

• The Cambodian army that supported North Vietnam

• guerilla fighters from South Vietnam who supported the North Vietnam cause

• US troops that supported the South Vietnamese troops

Why did the U.S. get involved with Vietnam?

• The U.S didn't like Ngo Dinh Diem's rule

• The U.S. didn't like the French involvement in other countries.

• The U.S. wanted to contain communism and keep it from spreading.

• The U.S wanted to control all of Southeast Asia

What is the domino theory?

• when all the dominos fall down

• when one country falls to communism, all the other countries around it can fall too.

• when one country falls to fascism, all the other countries around it can fall too.

• when one country plays political games with other countries.

Who was the leader of Nort Vietnam and the Vietminh?

• Ho Chi Minh

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Joseph Stalin

• Mao Zedong

What happens to Vietnam in 1954?

• It became one united Vietnam

• It was divided in half at the 17th parallel . One half communist influenced, the other half democratically influenced.

• It was split into four parts- each part controlled by the U.S and other European powers

• It was divided in half by the 38th parallel. One half controlled by Japan the other half controlled by France.