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WorksheetsThe Vietnam War, What is it Good For?
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Before "The Vietnam War" the country was a colony of which of these countries?
America
France
Britain
World War 2
All of the following countries ruled Vietnam as an imperial or colonial power at some point except...
China
Japan
France
Britain
Which of the following was the site of a major French defeat in 1954?
Da Nang
Dien Bien Phu
Saigon
Glasgow
Who was the former emperor of Vietnam whom the French reinstalled as a figurehead in 1949?
Bao Dai
Ho Chi Minh
Chairman Mao
Winston Churchill
Who was the U.S.-backed leader of South Vietnam until 1963?
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Vo Nguyen Giap
Jean Claude Van Damme
The dividing line between North Vietnam and South Vietnam lay along the...
17th parallel
38th parallel
Route 66 parallel
24th parallel
What did the domino theory state?
The United States should increase defense spending to cripple the Soviet economy
Use of nuclear weapons in one country would lead to use in others
If one country fell to Communism, others nearby would soon follow
If the U.S. beat the U.S.S.R. at dominoes, world peace would be achieved
On which religious group did the Diem regime crack down severely?
Catholics
Hindus
Buddhists
Satanists
In which body of water were two U.S. destroyers allegedly attacked by North Vietnamese forces in August 1964?
Mekong Delta
Loch Ness
Gulf of Tonkin
Lake Michigan
Ho Chi Minh became associated with...
Communism
Capitalism
Fascism
Christian Conservatism
In 1963, a Buddhist monk protesting Diem’s regime sacrificed himself in public by...
Jumping off a cliff
Refusing to move out of the way of an ARVN tank
Setting himself on fire
Posting an embarrassing selfie to Instagram
Which of the following men was not assassinated?
Ngo Dinh Diem
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Which of the following did not contribute to U.S. paranoia about Communism in the late 1940s?
The Berlin blockade
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Mao Zedong’s takeover in China
The first Soviet atomic bomb test
The Viet Cong proved a formidable enemy for all of the following reasons except...
Its members believed passionately in the Vietnamese nationalist cause
Its members could disappear easily into the Vietnamese peasant population
Its firepower was superior to U.S. firepower
It had constructed a vast network of underground tunnels and hideouts
Which of the following played an unforeseen, important role in weaking America's position during Vietnam War?
The Soviet Red Army
Cuban guerrilla fighters
The American media
Aliens
The Viet Cong differed from the NVA in that...
The United States fought the NVA but not the Viet Cong
The United States fought the Viet Cong but not the NVA
The NVA were professional soldiers, whereas the Viet Cong were civilian guerrillas
The NVA worked with the Americans
On which president’s watch did the largest increases in U.S. troop numbers in Vietnam occur?
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Which famous actress made a notorious 1972 visit to North Vietnam?
Marilyn Monroe
Margaret Sullavan
Jane Fonda
Gail Russell
Saigon finally fell to North Vietnamese forces in...
1971
1973
1975
2019
The battle for Hill 937 is also known as...
Hotdog Hill
Hamburger Hill
Egg McMuffin Hill
Pizza Hill
