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Vietnam

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which group supported Vietnam's independence from France?

a)

Vietcong

b)

Vietminh

c)

NATO

d)

South Vietnamese gov't

2.

Congress granted LBJ power to go to war with North Vietnam by passing the __________.

a)

Great Society

b)

War Powers Act

c)

26th Amendment

d)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

3.
Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Ngo Dien Diem
d)
Hideki Tojo
4.
Which university saw four students die during violent protests against the Vietnam War?
a)
Kent State
b)
Ohio State
c)
Miami of Ohio
d)
Dayton
5.
Plan to replace US troops with Vietnamese troops to end US involvement in Vietnam
a)
Vietnamization
b)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
c)
Maddox Resolution
d)
Agent Orange
6.
U.S. soldiers murdered civilians in this Vietnamese village.
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Tonkin
c)
Diem
d)
My Lai
7.

One reason the USA was involved in the Vietnam War was to

a)

prevent the spread of communism in Indochina

b)

reduce French influence in Vietnam

c)

stop china from seizing Vietnam

d)

support the government of North Vietnam

8.
What defined the border between North Vietnam and South Vietnam?
a)
38th Parallel
b)
17th Parallel
c)
Mekong River
d)
It was a straight line exactly halfway between the northern tip and the southern tip of the country
9.
In Vietnam the fighters used an irregular warfare tactic that made it difficult for our soldiers to be successful...it was called?
a)
Vietnamese Warfare tactics
b)
Cheetah Warfare
c)
Hidden Warfare
d)
Guerrilla warfare
10.

The Vietnam War ended in a __________________?

a)

cease-fire agreement

b)

Vietnamese victory

c)

U.S. victory

d)

a nuclear bomb

11.
What were the problems of fighting in Vietnam?
a)
Identifying the enemy 
b)
Jungle/Location provided cover and a place to transport enemy supplies
c)
Weather and climate
d)
all of these
12.
What event caused a negative shift in U.S. public opinion during the Vietnam War?
a)
The Geneva Accords
b)
Operation Rolling Thunder
c)
The Tet Offensive
d)
Gulf of Tonkin
13.
How did the US military attempt to take away the Vietcong's ability to hide in the jungle?
a)
They used napalm to burn the jungle down.
b)
They used agent orange to kill the plants in the jungle.
c)
both napalm and agent orange
d)
none of the options
14.

Who were the Vietcong (Charlie)?

a)

The nickname for US troups

b)

The nickname for South Vietnamese troups

c)

The South Vietnamese fighting for the North

d)

Chinese Nationalists

15.
What major Vietnamese city was renamed to Ho Chi Minh City in honor of the leader of North Vietnam after the war?
a)
Saigon 
b)
Hanoi
c)
Hai Phong
d)
 Da Nang
16.

MIA

a)

Intelligence for North Vietnam

b)

Military unit fight for the CIA

c)

Abused war animal agency

d)

Soldiers that went missing in action

17.
Napalm
a)
A chemical herbicide used to clear out forests and tall grasses
b)
A type of lotion soldiers would use to get rid of the sent on their clothing
c)
Another name for a flamethrower
d)
An intensely burning explosive used to destroy jungle growth
18.
Agent Orange
a)
Nickname of a Soviet agent that would always wear orange while on important missions
b)
Term used to describe the South Vietnamese agents because they 
c)
A chemical herbicide used to clear out forests and tall grasses
d)
An intensely burning explosive used to destroy jungle growth
19.
The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...
a)
Vietnamization 
b)
Communism
c)
Domino Theory
d)
Imperialism
20.

Which of these factors greatly frustrated U.S. troops fighting in Vietnam?

a)

The Viet Cong could quickly fade into the landscape

b)

The Viet Cong were equipped with superior weapons

c)

The Viet Cong were able to total up higher body counts

d)

The Viet Cong excelled in conventional large-scale battles

21.
How was Vietnam covered differently by the media than previous wars?
a)
television
b)
radio
c)
internet
d)
newsreels
22.
Someone that supported the Vietnam War.
a)
Hawk
b)
Dove
c)
Tiger
d)
Elephant
23.
Someone that was against the Vietnam War.
a)
Hawk
b)
Dove
c)
Tiger
d)
Elephant
24.

Banning biological weapons and limiting nuclear weapons were two major things that were accomplisted at the

a)

SALT I Conference

b)

Tet Offensive

c)

Geneva Accords

d)

SEATO Meeting

25.

What document proved that the president had kept information from Congress and the public?

a)

Operation Ranch Hand

b)

Watergate

c)

Pentagon Papers

d)

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

26.

Who was in the 2nd wave of Vietnamese refugees?

a)

Rich and Educated

b)

Boat people

c)

Amerasians

d)

Americans

27.

Which side of Vietnam is communist?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

28.

What holiday occurred during the Tet Offensive?

a)

Vietnamese Independence Day

b)

Vietnamese New Year

c)

Vietnamese Passover

d)

Vietnamese My Lai

29.

Missions that asked soldiers to go into a village kill the animals and burn the village to the ground were called

a)

massacres

b)

scorched earth

c)

search and destroy

d)

trenching

30.

The students at Kent State began major protests because the United STates invaded

a)

Burma

b)

Cambodia

c)

Laos

d)

Thailand

31.

Throwing grenades at your own soldiers

a)

Detente

b)

Fragging

c)

Escalation

d)

Summit

32.

Group with values/beliefs that are different from the majority or society

a)

Counterculture

b)

Woodstock

c)

Communes

d)

Amerasians

33.

President Johnson did NOT want to pull troops out of the war because he

a)

thought we could win

b)

didn't want to be known as the only President to lose a war

c)

didn't want to risk losing South Vietnam to the Communists

d)

thought it would cost him the election

34.

Detente means

a)

Relaxtion of tensions

b)

Diplomatic meeting

c)

Musical gathering

d)

MIlitary expansion

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