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WorksheetsChristmas Challenge: Conflict in Asia
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Containment was whose policy of stopping Communism expanding?
President Kennedy
President Truman
President Eisenhower
President Bush
How much did American spending on weapons go up because of the Korean War?
$12 billion to $60 billion
$12 million to $60 million
$1.2 million to $6 million
$1.2 to $6
How much did the Americans pay of the French War in Vietnam in the 1950s?
20%
40%
60%
80%
What was the Vietcong tactic 'Hanging on to the Yankees belts'?
Planting landmines at waster height
Staying close to US troops so they couldn't use artillery / air strikes
Following the US troops when ever they went
Placing trip wires at waist level
How many women and children were killed at My Lai?
100
250
500
750
The Tet Offensive was a failure for the Vietcong because many fighters were killed. How many?
10,000
50,000
100,000
200,000
Why was the coverage of the Vietnam War different from WW2?
No bulletins were shown in USA
All broadcasts were in English
It was available online
It was on TV in people's homes every night
The Kent State University students were protesting against what?
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Operation Linebacker
The US invasion of Cambodia
The US involvement in Korea.
What was Vietnamisation?
Sending all new US troops to Vietnam
Replacing US troops with Vietnamese troops
Making all weapons to be sourced from South Vietnam to allow standardisation
Teaching all recruits the basics of the Vietnamese language.
The US Bombed North Vietnam [Operation Rolling Thunder]. For every $7 spent how much damage did they do?
$2
$5
$7
$19
How many babies were born with birth defects because of the use of Agent Orange and other chemicals?
500,000
1 million
2 million
3 million
By the end of the war, what percentage of US troops were drug addicts?
10%
20%
30%
50%
Operation Linebacker dropped 150000 tons of bombs on Vietnam in 1972. Why did they do it?
To stop the North Vietnamese Easter Offensive
To get rid of bombs rather than take them home
To crush South Vietnam
To crush the Chinese army
Why did China send 200,000 troops into Korea?
To stop North Korea invading South Korea
To occupy the Pusan Pocket
To stop the Vietcong
General MacArthur ignore warnings and advanced to the Chinese border [Yalu River]
The Korean War cost 1.3 million civilian lives. What percentage of the Korean people was that?
20%
10%
5%
1%
The Gulf of Tonkin incident saw an attack on the USS Madox. How many Americans were hurt?
0
2
5
8
What was a Two Step Charlie?
A VC Scout
A Two man VC patrol
A VC trap with a poison snake
A VC tunnel ladder
Why did the US support the Strategic Hamlets programme?
To give jobs to American contractors
To exclude the VC from hiding in villages
To allow MacDonald's to expand
Because they hated the Ancestor Spirits
What image of the Tet Offensive persuaded many people in America that the Vietnam War was not being won?
Photos of the My Lai Massacre
Images of bombed North Vietnamese villages
US helicopters landing on the Embassy roof.
VC troops inside the US Embassy
An infamous picture showed who killing an unarmed Vietcong suspect during the Tet Offensive?
Chief of Police in Saigon
Head of ARVN
US Lieutenant Calley
An unarmed US soldier
In 1971 300,000 people marched through Washington to protest. What organisation did the belong to?
Black September
SNCC
Veterans against the Vietnam War
Asian American Peace Alliance
Why did Nixon invade Cambodia in 1970?
To stop a Communist revolt
To cut the Ho Chi Minh trail
To make it an American colony
To bypass the North Vietnamese Front line
How many students were killed during the Kent State University Protest in 1970?
1
2
3
4
The Domino Theory stated.....
All Communists look the same
The Communists make connections with the peasants based on similar ideas.
If one country falls to communism, it will set off a reaction where all countries will fall to Communism
The problem of Communism was like a pizza and could be dealt with in slices
Why did Americans fly into villages during Search and Destroy missions?
To show superior technology
They didn't, it was only done in films
To avoid ambushes
A lack of trucks
