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WorksheetsFighting in Vietnam
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
In what year was the National Liberation Front formed?
1956
1958
1960
1962
The National Liberation Front was nicknamed what?
Vietminh
Vietcong
Ho Chi Min
Dien Bien Phu
Which is a feature of the Ho Chi Min trail?
It went through tunnels to avaoid spotter planes
It went through Laos and Cambodia to avoid detection
False trails were set up to confuse spotter planes
It wasn't one trail by many as much as 50 miles apart.
Which unpopular officials did the VC attack to win support from the peasants and destabilize the South Vietnamese government?
Ofsted Inspectors
Police and Tax Collectors
Traffic Wardens
LAnd Agents
What did a Two-Step Charlie trap involve?
Punji Sticks
A grenade
Snakes
A Bouncing Betty Land mine
What was the name given to the trap involving sharpened bambo covered in faeces?
Two Step Charlie
Punji Sticks
Bouncing Betty
Flag bombs
Which is the name of a VC tunnel complex?
Cu Chi
Ho Chi MIn
My Lai
Tet
What percenatge of American casaulities were caused by booby traps?
11
22
33
44
What pecentage of US casaulities were caused by small ams fire [eg from amush]
11
31
51
71
At which battle did the Vietcong get badly beaten, persuading them to use guerrilla warfare?
Dien Bien Phu
La Dreng Valley
Mekon Delta
Hill 666
What was the name given to US missions when they flew into villages and burnt them if they discovered the VC?
Zippo raids
Bouncing Betty
Search and Destroy
Market Garden
How many Vietnamese were killed fo evey weapon found?
6
3
2
1
What was the name given to the mission to bomb North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Min
Longstop
Beachcomber
Rolling Thunder
For each $7 spent on Operation Rolling Thunder, how much, on average, damage was done?
$1
$2
$5
$10
Which Chemical was used to destory forests to prevent the VC hiding in them?
Napalm
Agent Orange
Agent Black
DDX
Who lead the Search and Destory mission to My Lai?
Lieutenant Calley
Captain Kelley
Major Jump
Colonel Mustard
How many women and children were killed during the My Lai Massacre?
100
300
500
900
How many US troops were in Vietnam in 1968?
100,000
250,000
500,000
750,000
What was one of the ways the Tet Offensive was a defeat for the US?
Showed despite claims, they were not winning the war against badly armed Vietcong Fighters.
30,000 US soldiers were killed
Undermined US faith in the fight when the the VC entered the US Embassy in Siagon
The people of South Vietnam rose up, inspired by the Tet Offensive.
In what way was the Tet Offensive a victory for the US?
30,000 VC were killed, reducing their effectiveness and making the North Vietnamese the key part in future operations.
The Americans were able to cut the Ho Chi Min Trail
The military defeat brought the North Vietnamese to the Peace Talks.
