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Christmas Challenge: Conflict in Asia

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Containment was whose policy of stopping Communism expanding?

a)

President Kennedy

b)

President Truman

c)

President Eisenhower

d)

President Bush

2.

How much did American spending on weapons go up because of the Korean War?

a)

$12 billion to $60 billion

b)

$12 million to $60 million

c)

$1.2 million to $6 million

d)

$1.2 to $6

3.

How much did the Americans pay of the French War in Vietnam in the 1950s?

a)

20%

b)

40%

c)

60%

d)

80%

4.

What was the Vietcong tactic 'Hanging on to the Yankees belts'?

a)

Planting landmines at waster height

b)

Staying close to US troops so they couldn't use artillery / air strikes

c)

Following the US troops when ever they went

d)

Placing trip wires at waist level

5.

How many women and children were killed at My Lai?

a)

100

b)

250

c)

500

d)

750

6.

The Tet Offensive was a failure for the Vietcong because many fighters were killed. How many?

a)

10,000

b)

50,000

c)

100,000

d)

200,000

7.

Why was the coverage of the Vietnam War different from WW2?

a)

No bulletins were shown in USA

b)

All broadcasts were in English

c)

It was available online

d)

It was on TV in people's homes every night

8.

The Kent State University students were protesting against what?

a)

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

b)

Operation Linebacker

c)

The US invasion of Cambodia

d)

The US involvement in Korea.

9.

What was Vietnamisation?

a)

Sending all new US troops to Vietnam

b)

Replacing US troops with Vietnamese troops

c)

Making all weapons to be sourced from South Vietnam to allow standardisation

d)

Teaching all recruits the basics of the Vietnamese language.

10.

The US Bombed North Vietnam [Operation Rolling Thunder]. For every $7 spent how much damage did they do?

a)

$2

b)

$5

c)

$7

d)

$19

11.

How many babies were born with birth defects because of the use of Agent Orange and other chemicals?

a)

500,000

b)

1 million

c)

2 million

d)

3 million

12.

By the end of the war, what percentage of US troops were drug addicts?

a)

10%

b)

20%

c)

30%

d)

50%

13.

Operation Linebacker dropped 150000 tons of bombs on Vietnam in 1972. Why did they do it?

a)

To stop the North Vietnamese Easter Offensive

b)

To get rid of bombs rather than take them home

c)

To crush South Vietnam

d)

To crush the Chinese army

14.

Why did China send 200,000 troops into Korea?

a)

To stop North Korea invading South Korea

b)

To occupy the Pusan Pocket

c)

To stop the Vietcong

d)

General MacArthur ignore warnings and advanced to the Chinese border [Yalu River]

15.

The Korean War cost 1.3 million civilian lives. What percentage of the Korean people was that?

a)

20%

b)

10%

c)

5%

d)

1%

16.

The Gulf of Tonkin incident saw an attack on the USS Madox. How many Americans were hurt?

a)

0

b)

2

c)

5

d)

8

17.

What was a Two Step Charlie?

a)

A VC Scout

b)

A Two man VC patrol

c)

A VC trap with a poison snake

d)

A VC tunnel ladder

18.

Why did the US support the Strategic Hamlets programme?

a)

To give jobs to American contractors

b)

To exclude the VC from hiding in villages

c)

To allow MacDonald's to expand

d)

Because they hated the Ancestor Spirits

19.

What image of the Tet Offensive persuaded many people in America that the Vietnam War was not being won?

a)

Photos of the My Lai Massacre

b)

Images of bombed North Vietnamese villages

c)

US helicopters landing on the Embassy roof.

d)

VC troops inside the US Embassy

20.

An infamous picture showed who killing an unarmed Vietcong suspect during the Tet Offensive?

a)

Chief of Police in Saigon

b)

Head of ARVN

c)

US Lieutenant Calley

d)

An unarmed US soldier

21.

In 1971 300,000 people marched through Washington to protest. What organisation did the belong to?

a)

Black September

b)

SNCC

c)

Veterans against the Vietnam War

d)

Asian American Peace Alliance

22.

Why did Nixon invade Cambodia in 1970?

a)

To stop a Communist revolt

b)

To cut the Ho Chi Minh trail

c)

To make it an American colony

d)

To bypass the North Vietnamese Front line

23.

How many students were killed during the Kent State University Protest in 1970?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

24.

The Domino Theory stated.....

a)

All Communists look the same

b)

The Communists make connections with the peasants based on similar ideas.

c)

If one country falls to communism, it will set off a reaction where all countries will fall to Communism

d)

The problem of Communism was like a pizza and could be dealt with in slices

25.

Why did Americans fly into villages during Search and Destroy missions?

a)

To show superior technology

b)

They didn't, it was only done in films

c)

To avoid ambushes

d)

A lack of trucks