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Origins of the Vietnam War

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who ruled Vietnam in the late nineteenth century?

a)

France

b)

USA

c)

China

d)

Japan

2.

Which movement emerged under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh during the Second World War?

a)

Colonial Movement called the Vietcong

b)

French Resistance Movement called the Vietminh

c)

Anti-Japanese Resistance Movement called the Vietminh

d)

Nationalist Movement

3.

In which year did the Viet Minh enter the city of Hanoi and declare Vietnamese independence?

a)

1943

b)

1945

c)

1949

d)

1947

4.

Who came back wanting to rule Vietnam again in 1945?

a)

France

b)

Japan

c)

China

d)

USA

5.

In which year did war break out between the French and the Viet Minh?

a)

1943

b)

1945

c)

1946

d)

1949

6.

Which country began to give help to Ho Chi Minh in 1949?

a)

France

b)

USA

c)

China

d)

Japan

7.

Why did China help the Ho Chi Minh to fight the French?

a)

To support Communism

b)

To support the Americans

c)

The attack the southern regime

d)

To promote domimance

8.

What year did China become communist?

a)

1945

b)

1947

c)

1949

d)

1950

9.

What was the decisive event in 1954 that led to several important consequences?

a)

Battle of Hue

b)

Battle of Hanoi

c)

Battle of Saigon

d)

Battle of Dien Bien Phu

10.

What were the dates of the French-Indochina war?

a)

1945-1955

b)

19476-1953

c)

1946-1952

d)

1946-1954

11.

At the 1954 peace conference in Geneva, how was the country effectively divided?

a)

East and West Vietnam

b)

North and South Vietnam

c)

Vietnam and Cambodia

d)

Vietnam and Laos

12.

How many dead did the French lose in the battle of Dien Bien Phu?

a)

3000

b)

4000

c)

1000

d)

2000

13.

Who defeated the French in open battle with the help of modern weapons from the USSR and China?

a)

Khmer Rouge

b)

Pathet Lao

c)

Viet Minh

d)

Viet Cong

14.

How did the Viet Minh soldiers carry their equipment and supplies at Dien Bien Phu?

4 lines
15.

What was the consequence of the 1954 peace conference in Geneva?

a)

Vietnam became a part of the USSR

b)

Vietnam became a French colony again

c)

Vietnam was divided into North and South

d)

Vietnam became a part of China

16.

What parallel was Vietnam divided at?

a)

38th Parallel

b)

18th Parallel

c)

17th Parallel

d)

39th Parallel

17.

What does the 17th parallel north mean?

a)

the circle of latitude that is 17 degrees north of the Earth's equator line

b)

the circle of latitude that is 17 degrees south of the Earth's equator line

c)

the circle of longitude that is 17 degrees north of the Earth's equator line

d)

17000 kms from the Earth's equator line

18.

The 17th parallel was the DMZ which means....?

a)

Demilitarized Zone

b)

Denilitarized Zone

c)

Dematuarized Zone

d)

Denaturalised Zone

19.

In Geneva what was promised for 1956?

a)

Independence

b)

an election

c)

a command economy

d)

UN intervention

20.
  1. North Vietnam would be ruled by...?

a)

Diem

b)
  1. Ho Chi Minh​

c)

Mao

d)

Stalin

21.

South Vietnam would be ruled by...?

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Diem

c)

The Americans

d)

The French

22.

Why did the USE prevent elections occuring?

a)

Fear of the rise of communism

b)

Because they are the US

c)

Fear of Diem

d)

Racism

23.

The feared that what % of the population would vote for Ho Chi Minh?

a)

60%

b)

80%

c)

70%

d)

100%

24.

How does this link to the dominoe theory?

a)

If Vietnam fell so would Australia

b)

If Vietnam fell so would Cambodia and Laos

c)

If Vietnam fell so would Japan

d)

If Vietnam fell so would Thailand and Malaysia

25.

Why did the USA support Diem?

a)

He was French

b)

He was bitterly anti nationalist

c)

He was bitterly anti communist

d)

He has support the Japanese