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Vietnam War

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States but without military action was known as ______.
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Iron Curtain
c)
Cold War
d)
Brinkmanship
2.
Which 1968 Democratic presidential candidate was assassinated?
a)

Richard M. Nixon

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Robert Kennedy

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

3.
Vietnam was a colony of what country prior to World War II?  
a)
United States
b)
China
c)
Japan 
d)
France
4.
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
5.
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
6.
What year did the first US combat troops officially arrive in Vietnam?
a)
1950
b)
1960
c)
1965
d)
1968
7.
What country had control of Vietnam during World War II?
a)
France
b)
Germany
c)
China
d)
Japan
8.
What United States president decided to pull American troops out of Vietnam?
a)
John F. Kennedy
b)
Lyndon B. Johnson 
c)
Dwight Eisenhower
d)
Richard Nixon
9.
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
10.
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
11.
Which side ended up winning the Vietnam War and taking control of the country? 
a)
United States
b)
Soviet Union
c)
South Vietnam
d)
North Vietnam
12.
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
13.

After the Vietnam War

a)

South Vietnam stayed independent but communist.

b)

both countries were reunited.

c)

the Americans had to pay for most of the damage.

d)

all of the above.

14.

Which of the following was NOT used by the American military in Vietnam?

a)

Aerial attacks (regular bombs)

b)

Agent Orange

c)

Napalm

d)

Nuclear bombs

15.

Where was the United States Navy allegedly attacked in 1964?

a)

Gulf of Thailand

b)

Gulf of Tonkin

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

South China Sea

16.

The United States experience in the Vietnam War supports the idea that the outcome of a war

a)

is determined mainly be technological superiority.

b)

is dependent on using the greatest number of soldiers.

c)

is assured to countries dedicated to democratic ideals.

d)

can be strongly affected by public opinion.

17.

Which American president escalated the Vietnam War and did not run for re-election as a result of anti-war activities in the United States?

a)

Kennedy

b)

Nixon

c)

Truman

d)

Johnson

18.

In the ____________________, United States soldiers killed at least 450 women, children, and elderly men, shocking the American public.

a)

My Lai Massacre

b)

Attack on Sai Pan

c)

Tet Offensive

d)

Attack on Khe Sanh

19.

The sustained bombing of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops, ordered by Johnson in 1965

a)

Domino Theory

b)

Operation Rolling Thunder

c)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

d)

Tet Offensive

20.

US troop reduction in Vietnam; transfer of combat operations from American to South Vietnamese troops

a)

Domino Theory

b)

Kent State University

c)

Tet Offensive

d)

Vietnamisation

21.

President of the Republic of Vietnam, had US support, eventually would be overthrown

a)

Ngo Dinh Diem

b)

Viet Cong

c)

Democratic Republic of Vietnam

d)

Ho Chi Minh

22.

If one country falls to communism, the countries around would also fall to communism

a)

Vietnamisation

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Tet Offensive

d)

Democratic Republic of Vietnam

23.

The Vietnamese who fought against the U.S. and South Vietnamese troops

a)

Democratic Republic of Vietnam

b)

Ngo Dinh Diem

c)

Viet Cong

d)

Ho Chi Minh

24.

Protests over military missions in Cambodia resulted in confrontation between protestors and police, with four students killed on May 4, 1970

a)

Kent State University

b)

Vietnamization

c)

Domino Theory

d)

Viet Cong