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CUSH - Vietnam War - Part 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Vietnam was a colony of what country prior to World War II?  
a)
United States
b)
China
c)
Japan 
d)
France
2.
Who was the leader of the communist government in North Vietnam?
a)
 Mao Zedong
b)
Ho Chi Minh
c)
Le Duan 
d)
Ngo Dinh Diem
3.
When the French pulled out of Southern Vietnam, what country entered to try and help stop communism from spreading? 
a)
United States
b)
Great Britain
c)
Germany
d)
China
4.
What year did the first US combat troops officially arrive in Vietnam?
a)
1950
b)
1960
c)
1965
d)
1968
5.
What country had control of Vietnam during World War II?
a)
France
b)
Germany
c)
China
d)
Japan
6.
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
7.
What made the war difficult for the US army and troops fighting in the war?
a)
The jungle conditions  
b)
The limits put on troops by President Johnson  
c)
Ambushes and traps  
d)
All of the above
8.
The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...
a)
Vietnamization 
b)
Communism
c)
Domino Theory
d)
Imperialism
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.
What provided congressional support for escalating military action in Vietnam? 
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Battle Of Midway
c)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 
d)
Bay of Pigs Invasion
11.
Networks of jungle paths used by N. Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong?
a)
Saigon Route
b)
Bataan Death March
c)
Trail of Tears
d)
Ho Chi Minh Trail
12.
South Vietnamese guerilla fighters; opposed Diem & supplied by Ho Chi Minh
a)
Vietcong
b)
Vietminh
c)
Flying Tigers
d)
Indochinese
13.

The French were defeated in:

a)

1948

b)

1952

c)

1954

d)

1956

14.

Where were the French defeated?

a)

Saigon

b)

Hanoi

c)

Bien Dien Phu

d)

Dien Bien Phu

15.

The Vietnam War was primarily about...

a)

Gun power

b)

Independence

c)

Freedom Fighters

d)

Religion

16.

An election was to take place in Vietnam according to what agreement?

a)

Munich Pact

b)

The United Nations

c)

Paris Treaty

d)

Geneva Accords

17.

The Ho Chi Minh Trail was the supply line of the North to the South and went through which countries?

a)

Laos and Thailand

b)

Cambodia and Laos

c)

North and South China

d)

Cambodia and USSR

18.

Which group supported Vietnam's independence from France?

a)

Vietcong

b)

Vietminh

c)

NATO

d)

South Vietnamese gov't

19.

How did a South Vietnamese monk protest Diem's persecution of Buddhists?

a)

Set himself on fire

b)

Chained himself to the White House fence

c)

Hanged himself in public

d)

Set off a bomb in Saigon

20.

The corrupt, non-communist leader of South Vietnam who was assassinated

a)

Ngo Dinh Diem

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

John F. Kennedy (JFK)

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