WorksheetsSelf-Determination in South East Asia
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 26mins
Which group supported Vietnam's independence from France?
Vietcong
Vietminh
NATO
South Vietnamese gov't
Which word best describes Ngo Dinh Diem's government?
Effective
Incompetent
Brutal
Open-minded
Congress granted LBJ power to go to war with North Vietnam by passing the __________.
Great Society
War Powers Act
26th Amendment
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Which was a chemical that took the leaves off trees?
Agent Orange
Napalm
How did American citizens react to the Tet Offensive?
They were discouraged
They became more committed to the war
They were indifferent
The "New Frontier" was _____________'s social agenda
Franklin Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
In response to the Soviets removing missiles from Cuba, the U.S. removed missiles from:
West Germany
India
Turkey
Alaska
LBJ feared a full-scale invasion of North Vietnam might cause ______ to enter the war.
the USSR
China
Japan
North Korea
How did a South Vietnamese monk protest Diem's persecution of Buddhists?
Set himself on fire
Chained himself to the White House fence
Hanged himself in public
Set off a bomb in Saigon
What was the goal of "Vietnamization"?
Hand South Vietnam over to the communists
Keep peace with the Soviet Union
Retake territory lost during the Tet Offensive
Force South Vietnam to take over more of the fighting
Which event did the Cuban Missile Crisis lead to?
Nikita Khrushchev's replacement as Soviet dictator
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Election of Richard Nixon
Mai Lai Massacre
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution led to...
American withdrawal from Vietnam
Public disapproval of the war
Escalation of the war
What was the effect of the "Living Room War"?
Americans supported the war effort
Americans turned against the war effort
American troops gained a combat advantage
What country laid claim to the land area known as Indochina (now Vietnam) in the 1900s?
England
Japan
United States
France
What year did the US go to war with North Vietnam?
1945
1955
1965
1975
Vietnam was ruled by which country for a thousand years before it won its independence in 939 AD?
China
Russia
India
Iran
One reason the USA was involved in the Vietnam War was to
prevent the spread of communism in Indochina
reduce French influence in Vietnam
stop china from seizing Vietnam
support the government of North Vietnam
The Vietnam War ended in a __________________?
cease-fire agreement
Vietnamese victory
U.S. victory
a nuclear bomb
What year did the US decided to withdraw its forces from Vietnam?
1965
1970
1973
1975
What does the name Buddha mean?
“Enlightened One”
“Finder of Nirvana”
“Peaceful One"
"Savior"
The leader of the Khmer Rouge was
Pol Pot.
Ho Chi Minh.
Siddhartha Gautama.
Norodom Sihanouk
Locate Vietnam
A
B
C
D
E
Which major river cuts through the northern part of Vietnam, emptying into the Gulf of Tonkin?
Chao Phraya River
Hong River
Irrawaddy River
Mekong River
Vietnam’s chief seaport is
Da Nang
Saigon
Hanoi.
Haiphong.
Where did Communist Vietnamese forces defeat French colonial forces, effectively ending French colonialism in Indochina?
Hanoi
Saigon
Dien Bien Phu
Da Nang
At which parallel was Vietnam divided into North Vietnam and South Vietnam?
10
17
23
44
What was the name of the guerrilla group that played a big part in conquering South Vietnam for the Communists?
Khmer Rouge
Pathet Lao
Viet Cong
Vietminh
Locate Laos
A
B
C
D
E
Locate Cambodia
A
B
C
D
E
Locate Thailand
A
B
C
D
E
What is the only landlocked country of Southeast Asia?
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Vietnam
Which Southeast Asian country is the only one that remained free of European colonialism?
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Vietnam
Select the correct order of US Presidents.
JFK, Eisenhower, LBJ, Nixon
Nixon, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ
Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon
Nixon, LBJ, JFK, Eisenhower
What does the term escalation mean?
moving staircase used as transportation between floors or levels in subways, buildings, and other mass pedestrian areas.
an increase in the intensity or seriousness of something; an intensification.
a sudden powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by a natural force such as the tide.
(of an emotion or feeling) affect someone powerfully and suddenly.
What year did the Second Indochinese War begin?
1954
1968
1964
1972
Which part of Vietnam is the RVN?
North
South
Which part of Vietnam is the DRV?
North
South
What is celebrated during Tet?
Lunar New Year
Christmas
Chinese New Year
Easter
Both the United States and China continued to increase their financial and military support to areas of Vietnam during the Second Indochinese War?
True
False
According to US Assistant Secretary of Defense John T McNaughton, what percentage of US aims was concerned with avoiding international humiliation.
20%
35%
60%
70%
Which army was concerned with winning over the 'hearts and minds' of the Vietnamese people?
Viet Cong
US-ARVN
NVA
Which army utilised tunnel systems that ran throughout Vietnam's underground?
NVA-NLF (Viet Cong)
US-ARVN
Tick the chemical weapons that were utilised by the US-ARVN in Vietnam
Mustard Gas
Agent Orange
Phosgene
Napalm
What was the name of the most common and versatile helicopter used throughout The Vietnam War?
Tarhe Sky Cranes
Kiowas
Huey
Chinooks
Which activities would come under the US military tactic of Pacification?
Rehousing half a million Vietnamese refugees
Setting up medical clinics and schools
Reeducating people who had left the Viet Cong
Building roads, bridges and canals
What was the name of the two US universities in which protests turned into shootings, resulting in the deaths of students?
Kent University
New York State University
University of Michigan
Jackson State University
