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Self-Determination in South East Asia

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What country is number 4?
a)
Japan
b)
Cambodia
c)
Vietnam
d)
China
2.
Name this country.
a)
Laos
b)
Indonesia
c)
Vietnam
d)
China
3.
What is the name of the river that flows through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia?
a)
Mekong River
b)
Ganges River
c)
Brahmaputra River
d)
Mississippi River
4.

Which group supported Vietnam's independence from France?

a)

Vietcong

b)

Vietminh

c)

NATO

d)

South Vietnamese gov't

5.

Which word best describes Ngo Dinh Diem's government?

a)

Effective

b)

Incompetent

c)

Brutal

d)

Open-minded

6.

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

7.

Which was a chemical that took the leaves off trees?

a)

Agent Orange

b)

Napalm

8.

How did American citizens react to the Tet Offensive?

a)

They were discouraged

b)

They became more committed to the war

c)

They were indifferent

9.

The "New Frontier" was _____________'s social agenda

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

Richard Nixon

10.

In response to the Soviets removing missiles from Cuba, the U.S. removed missiles from:

a)

West Germany

b)

India

c)

Turkey

d)

Alaska

11.

LBJ feared a full-scale invasion of North Vietnam might cause ______ to enter the war.

a)

the USSR

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

North Korea

12.

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

13.

What was the goal of "Vietnamization"?

a)

Hand South Vietnam over to the communists

b)

Keep peace with the Soviet Union

c)

Retake territory lost during the Tet Offensive

d)

Force South Vietnam to take over more of the fighting

14.

Which event did the Cuban Missile Crisis lead to?

a)

Nikita Khrushchev's replacement as Soviet dictator

b)

Fall of the Berlin Wall

c)

Election of Richard Nixon

d)

Mai Lai Massacre

15.

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution led to...

a)

American withdrawal from Vietnam

b)

Public disapproval of the war

c)

Escalation of the war

16.

What was the effect of the "Living Room War"?

a)

Americans supported the war effort

b)

Americans turned against the war effort

c)

American troops gained a combat advantage

17.
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
18.
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
19.
Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Ngo Dien Diem
d)
Hideki Tojo
20.
Who were the communists in South Vietnam?
a)
Vietminh
b)
Vietcong
c)
Ho Chi Minhions
21.

What country laid claim to the land area known as Indochina (now Vietnam) in the 1900s?

a)

England

b)

Japan

c)

United States

d)

France

22.

What year did the US go to war with North Vietnam?

a)

1945

b)

1955

c)

1965

d)

1975

23.

Vietnam was ruled by which country for a thousand years before it won its independence in 939 AD?

a)

China

b)

Russia

c)

India

d)

Iran

24.

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

25.

The Vietnam War ended in a __________________?

a)

cease-fire agreement

b)

Vietnamese victory

c)

U.S. victory

d)

a nuclear bomb

26.

What year did the US decided to withdraw its forces from Vietnam?

a)

1965

b)

1970

c)

1973

d)

1975

27.

What does the name Buddha mean?

a)

“Enlightened One”

b)

“Finder of Nirvana”

c)

“Peaceful One"

d)

"Savior"

28.

The leader of the Khmer Rouge was

a)

Pol Pot.

b)

Ho Chi Minh.

c)

Siddhartha Gautama.

d)

Norodom Sihanouk

29.

Locate Vietnam

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

30.

Which major river cuts through the northern part of Vietnam, emptying into the Gulf of Tonkin?

a)

Chao Phraya River

b)

Hong River

c)

Irrawaddy River

d)

Mekong River

31.

Vietnam’s chief seaport is

a)

Da Nang

b)

Saigon

c)

Hanoi.

d)

Haiphong.

32.

Where did Communist Vietnamese forces defeat French colonial forces, effectively ending French colonialism in Indochina?

a)

Hanoi

b)

Saigon

c)

Dien Bien Phu

d)

Da Nang

33.

At which parallel was Vietnam divided into North Vietnam and South Vietnam?

a)

10

b)

17

c)

23

d)

44

34.

What was the name of the guerrilla group that played a big part in conquering South Vietnam for the Communists?

a)

Khmer Rouge

b)

Pathet Lao

c)

Viet Cong

d)

Vietminh

35.

Locate Laos

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

36.

Locate Cambodia

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

37.

Locate Thailand

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

38.

What is the only landlocked country of Southeast Asia?

a)

Cambodia

b)

Laos

c)

Thailand

d)

Vietnam

39.

Which Southeast Asian country is the only one that remained free of European colonialism?

a)

Cambodia

b)

Laos

c)

Thailand

d)

Vietnam

40.

Select the correct order of US Presidents.

a)

JFK, Eisenhower, LBJ, Nixon

b)

Nixon, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ

c)

Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon

d)

Nixon, LBJ, JFK, Eisenhower

41.

What does the term escalation mean?

a)

moving staircase used as transportation between floors or levels in subways, buildings, and other mass pedestrian areas.

b)

an increase in the intensity or seriousness of something; an intensification.

c)

a sudden powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by a natural force such as the tide.

d)

(of an emotion or feeling) affect someone powerfully and suddenly.

42.

What year did the Second Indochinese War begin?

a)

1954

b)

1968

c)

1964

d)

1972

43.

Which part of Vietnam is the RVN?

a)

North

b)

South

44.

Which part of Vietnam is the DRV?

a)

North

b)

South

45.

What is celebrated during Tet?

a)

Lunar New Year

b)

Christmas

c)

Chinese New Year

d)

Easter

46.

Both the United States and China continued to increase their financial and military support to areas of Vietnam during the Second Indochinese War?

a)

True

b)

False

47.

According to US Assistant Secretary of Defense John T McNaughton, what percentage of US aims was concerned with avoiding international humiliation.

a)

20%

b)

35%

c)

60%

d)

70%

48.

Which army was concerned with winning over the 'hearts and minds' of the Vietnamese people?

a)

Viet Cong

b)

US-ARVN

c)

NVA

49.

Which army utilised tunnel systems that ran throughout Vietnam's underground?

a)

NVA-NLF (Viet Cong)

b)

US-ARVN

50.

Tick the chemical weapons that were utilised by the US-ARVN in Vietnam

a)

Mustard Gas

b)

Agent Orange

c)

Phosgene

d)

Napalm

51.

What was the name of the most common and versatile helicopter used throughout The Vietnam War?

a)

Tarhe Sky Cranes

b)

Kiowas

c)

Huey

d)

Chinooks

52.

Which activities would come under the US military tactic of Pacification?

a)

Rehousing half a million Vietnamese refugees

b)

Setting up medical clinics and schools

c)

Reeducating people who had left the Viet Cong

d)

Building roads, bridges and canals

53.

What was the name of the two US universities in which protests turned into shootings, resulting in the deaths of students?

a)

Kent University

b)

New York State University

c)

University of Michigan

d)

Jackson State University