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Lesson of Vietnam Unit 3 Test Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

US general and leader of MACV during much of the Vietnam War

a)

Henry Kissenger

b)

William Westmoreland

c)

Robert McNamar

d)

Hubert Humphrey

2.

Nixon's National Security Advisor/Secretary of State who led negotiations with North Vietnam at the Paris Peace Accords

a)

Gerald Ford

b)

Clark Clifford

c)

Henry Kissenger

d)

Spiro Agnew

3.

Prime minister of S. Vietnam (1965-67).  A gaudy divisive rival of the country's president that alienated the people.

a)

Nguyen Cao Ky

b)

Ngo Dinh Diem

c)

Nguyen Van Thieu

d)

Ngo Dinh Nhu

4.

South Vietnam's president in one form or another from 1965-75.  Claimed to be "betrayed" by the US at the end of the war

a)

Nguyen Ai Quoc

b)

Ngueyn Van Thieu

c)

Nguyen Cao Ky

d)

Le Duc Tho

5.

MACV and Westmoreland's goal in Vietnam was reaching this

a)

Peace with honor

b)

Contact

c)

Crossover Point

d)

Attrition

6.

How the US measured progress in the Vietnam War

a)

Hearts and minds

b)

Territory

c)

Pacification

d)

Body count

7.

Valley at the base of the Chu Pong Massif. Site of the first major battle of the war between the US and NVA

a)

Da Nang

b)

Khe Sanh

c)

Ia Drang

d)

Ap Bac

8.

Old Imperial capital of Vietnam. Site of the most brutal and prolonged fighting of the Tet Offensive

a)

Cam Ranh

b)

Hue

c)

Da Nang

d)

Saigon

9.

Ancient Vietnamese port city where the first US combat troops landed in Vietnam

a)

Khe Sanh

b)

Cam Ranh

c)

Da Nang

d)

Haiphong

10.

First US combat troops in Vietnam

a)

"Green Beret" Special Forces

b)

National Guard

c)

Marines

d)

Army

11.

What holiday is "Tet"

a)

Lunar New Year

b)

A week-long Cao Dai religious festival

c)

The Buddha's birthday

d)

Vietnamese Labor Day

12.

Nixon era policy of gradually transferring combat responsibility back to the ARVN forces as the US withdrew

a)

De-USification

b)

ARVNification

c)

Disengagement

d)

Vietnamization

13.

hat infamous supply route allowed North Vietnam to send supplies and troops south through Laos and Cambodia?

a)

Ho Chi Minh Trail

b)

Mig Alley

c)

Route 569

d)

Hanoi Highway

14.

What nation did Nixon send US troops on an "incursion" into at the height of the Vietnam War?

a)

North Vietnam

b)

Cambodia

c)

Thailand

d)

Laos

15.

US morale collapsed following the failed ARVN invasion of:

a)

Cambodia

b)

Laos

c)

North Vietnam

d)

Burma

16.

All of the following countries sent troops to Vietnam in support of US efforts to build a coalition force EXCEPT:

a)

Thailand

b)

Canada

c)

South Korea

d)

Australia

17.

Journalism during the Vietnam War was

a)

More censored than in WWII

b)

Not censored at all

c)

Less censored than in WWII

d)

Not allowed

18.

What US Army division was the first to practice "air mobility" using helicopters in the Vietnam War?

a)

1st Cavalry Division

b)

82nd Airborne

c)

101st Airborne

d)

23rd Infantry Division

19.

Which event signified the beginning of the Vietnam War?

a)

Tet Offensive

b)

Operation Rolling Thunder

c)

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

d)

Battle of Ia Drang

20.

Which event signified the "turning point" of the Vietnam War?

a)
The Tet Offensive
b)
The Fall of Saigon
c)
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
d)

Battle of Ia Drang

21.

Systematic Bombing campaign against North Vietnam designed to demoralize them and diminish their ability to fight

a)

Operation Arc Light

b)

Operation Rolling Thunder

c)

Operation Ranch Hand

d)

Operation Game Warden

22.

Which US President ran for office promising he had a secret plan to achieve "peace with honor" in Vietnam?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Lyndon Baines Johnson


c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Richard Nixon

23.

Who in the US government has the "express power" to declare war?

a)

Congress

b)

The Secretary of Defense

Congress

c)

The Supreme Court

d)

The President

24.

What were anti-war protests held by students and professors on college campuses called?

a)

Classroom sit-ins

b)

Campus awakenings

c)

Education movements

d)

Teach-ins

25.

How did the US first escalate the Vietnam war following the Gulf of tonkin Resolution?

a)

It sent Special Forces advisors to train and assist the South Vietnamese

b)

It began sustained bombing in North Vietnam

c)

It invaded North Vietnam

d)

It sent Special Forces advisors to train and assist the South Vietnamese