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Chapter 9: Outbreak of Vietnam War

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Vietnam was a colony of what country prior to World War II?  
a)
United States
b)
China
c)
Japan 
d)
France
2.
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
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
6.
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
7.
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
8.

The Ho Chi Minh Trail was

a)

a secret path which was used by the Viet Cong in Saigon.

b)

a supply line for the Vietcong which ran through neutral countries.

c)

the route that the Americans took when they left South Vietnam.

d)

a supply line used by South Vietnam.

9.

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.

10.

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

11.

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.

12.

Which of the following was not a reason for the Vietnam War?

a)

The Domino Theory

b)

Containment

c)

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

d)

Vietnamization

13.

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

14.

Leading Vietnamese nationalist figure, supporting the Communist party

a)

Ngo Dinh Diem

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Viet Cong

d)

Kent State University

15.

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

16.

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

a)

Vietnamization

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Tet Offensive

d)

Democratic Republic of Vietnam

17.

Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam’s independence and established this

a)

Tet Offensive

b)

Viet Cong

c)

Kent State University

d)

Democratic Republic of Vietnam

18.

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

19.

1968, massive attack by the Viet Cong on major cities in South Vietnam; caused American public support of war to plummet

a)

Operation Rolling Thunder

b)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

c)

Tet Offensive

d)

Kent State University

20.
What was America’s justification for entering the Vietnam War?
a)
To stop the spread of Communism in Asia 
b)
To gain raw materials for military expeditions
c)
To gain revenge for losses during World War II 
d)
None of the above
21.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
a)
Chinese leader who turned China into a Communist nation 
b)

Communist leader of North Vietnam

c)
South Vietnamese dictator who received help from the US government 
d)
None of the above
22.
What is the significance of the 17th parallel?
a)
It is the borderline that separates Cambodia from Vietnam 
b)
It is the borderline that separates North Vietnam from South Vietnam
c)
It is the train used to supply military items from China to Vietnam
d)
None of the above
23.
Why was the United States government worried about the spread of Communism?
a)
The USSR became America’s political and economic enemy after World War 2
b)
Communism had spread to China and North Korea after World War 2
c)
Communism had spread to Cuba leading to Cuban Missile Crisis
d)
All of the above
24.

The ___, the belief that if one country fell to communism others would follow,

dominated US foreign policy for over twenty years.

a)

counterculture

b)

martial law

c)

Domino Theory

d)

Vietnamization

25.
Which action by the North Vietnamese led to American troops entering the war in Vietnam?
a)
China's president insulted the United States president
b)
North Vietnam attacked a US warship in the South China Sea
c)
North Vietnam attacked a US warship in the Gulf of Tonkin
d)
All of the above
26.
Who were the Vietcong?
a)

Guerilla fighters from North Vietnam who supported South Vietnamese troops

b)
The Cambodian army that supported North Vietnam
c)

Guerilla fighters from South Vietnam who supported the North Vietnam cause

d)
US troops that supported the South Vietnamese troops
27.
Networks of jungle paths used by N. Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong?
a)
Saigon Route
b)
Bataan Death March
c)
Trail of Tears
d)
Ho Chi Minh Trail
28.

In Vietnam the fighters used an irregular warfare tactic that made it difficult for our soldiers to be successful...what was it called?

a)
Vietnamese Warfare tactics
b)
Cheetah Warfare
c)
Hidden Warfare
d)
Guerrilla warfare
29.
What happened to the South Vietnam army after the United States withdrew its troops?
a)
They gathered strength from being independent and were able to defeat the North
b)
They received help from China in order to defeat the North
c)
They were not able to defeat the North and fell under Communism
d)
They received help from Japan in order to defeat the North
30.
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
31.
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
32.
Shifting the burden of actual combat from American troops to S. Vietnamese forces.
a)
Vietminization
b)
Vietcong
c)
Internationalism
d)
Linkage
33.
Who were the communists in South Vietnam?
a)
Vietminh
b)
Vietcong
c)
Ho Chi Minhions
34.

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

35.

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

36.

The Vietnam War ended in a __________________?

a)

cease-fire agreement

b)

Vietnamese victory

c)

U.S. victory

d)

a nuclear bomb

37.

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

a)

1965

b)

1970

c)

1973

d)

1975

38.

What was the Veit Cong's major offense on the veitnamise holiday .......

a)

The Tet Offensive

b)

The Tunnel Offensive

39.
What event caused a negative shift in U.S. public opinion during the Vietnam War?
a)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
b)
The Geneva Accords 
c)
The Tet Offensive 
d)
Operation Rolling Thunder 
40.

What kind of government did Ho Chi Minh establish?

a)

Communism

b)

Democracy

c)

Socialism

d)

Monarchy

41.
South Vietnamese guerilla fighters; opposed Diem & supplied by Ho Chi Minh
a)
Vietcong
b)
Vietminh
c)
Flying Tigers
d)
Indochinese
42.
What effect did the geography of Vietnam have on fighting during the Vietnam War?
a)
Viet Cong forces took the fightinginto the dense jungles where theycould confuse the Americans.
b)
Viet Cong forces preferred to limitmost fighting to cities where theyfought most effectively.
c)
American forces learned to keepthe fighting away from the jungles.
d)
American forces committed tofighting the war only from the air.
43.
What is the main idea of the cartoon?
a)
There was strong disagreement in the US about American involvement in the Vietnam War.
b)
A sizable anti-war movement emerged in the US over the war 
c)
Most Americans feared if Vietnam fell to Communism, neighboring states would be threatened.
d)
Most Americans felt that conflict was a civil war and we should be involved. 
44.

Vietnamization was a policy advanced by Richard Nixon. What was its purpose?

a)

to increase American forces in Vietnam

b)

to decrease American forces in Vietnam

c)

to increase friendly Chinese forces in Vietnam

d)

to overwhelm the Viet Cong with U.S. forces

45.
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)
Minh warfare
c)
hidden warfare
d)
guerrilla warfare
46.
The U.S. got involved in Vietnam because of what foreign policy?
a)
containment
b)
Good Neighbor policy
c)
isolationism
d)
Roosevelt Corollary
47.
To avoid U.S. soldiers North Vietnam simply used which trail that went through Laos/Cambodia?
a)
Ho Chi Minh Trail
b)
Hmong Trail
c)
Laos Trail
d)
Cambodian Trail
48.
He was the communist leader of North Vietnam.
a)
Diem
b)
Johnson
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Castro
49.
What 1964 event led to a rapid expansion of U.S. involvement in Vietnam?
a)
The French lost control of Vietnam to the Vietcong
b)
A group of South Vietnamese army officers killed Ngo Dinh Diem
c)
U.S. ships off the North Vietnamese coast reported being attacked
d)
Laos and Cambodia fell to Ho Chi Minh’s fascist rule
50.
The Vietcong fought against
a)
North Vietnam
b)
United States
c)
France
d)
Japan
51.
What was one effect of the My Lai massacre?
a)
Americans began to perceive the Johnson Administration as honest
b)
The Johnson Administration lost the support of wealthy Americans
c)
Support for the war among college students nearly doubled.
d)
Many Americans began to question U.S. involvement in the war
52.
Which of the following best describes the domino theory?
a)
If atomic weapons were used once to end a war, they would be used to end all wars.
b)
If the United States waged one war against communism, it would have to wage other wars
c)
If one nation became Communist, nearby countries would also fall to communism
d)
If the Soviets took over one Asian nation, they would take over the entire continent.
53.
The Vietnam War ended when
a)
the United States and North Vietnam signed the Hanoi Accords in 1973.
b)
North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon in 1975.
c)
Communist dictators took over Laos and Cambodia in 1977.
d)
North Vietnam returned all American prisoners of war in 1979.
54.
By the end of 1967, U.S. military leaders claimed they were nearing victory in Vietnam, but the ________________________ in January 1968 proved they were wrong.
a)
Tet Offensive 
b)
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
55.
After the ________________________, the United States and the Soviet Union signed a treaty that banned  aboveground testing of new nuclear weapons. 
a)
Tonkin Gulf Resolution 
b)
Cuban missile crisis
56.
strategy calling for the South Vietnamese Army to take over fighting the war in Vietnam
a)
Vietnamization
b)
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
57.
Communist leader of North Vietnam
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Hediki Tojo
c)
Fidel Castro
58.
These were South Vietnamese who supported the communist north
a)
North Vietnamese Army
b)
Deferment
c)
Tet
d)
Viet Cong
59.
What kind of government did Ho Chi Minh want?
a)
Communist
b)
Democratic
c)
Socialist
d)
Monarchy
60.
Who led the rebellion against France for Vietnam?
a)
Ngo Dihn Diem
b)
Ho Chi Minh
c)
President Kennedy
d)
Sui Chin
61.
What country controlled Indochina prior to their independence?
a)
Britain
b)
France
c)
United States
d)
China
62.
The U.S. got involved in Vietnam because of what foreign policy?
a)
containment
b)
Good Neighbor policy
c)
isolationism
d)
Roosevelt Corollary
63.

The physical conditions of Vietnam made fighting easy

a)

True

b)

False

64.

Which U.S. president escalated the conflict in Vietnam by sending in the first ground troops in 1964?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

Richard M. Nixon

65.

The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...

a)

Vietnamization

b)

Communism

c)

Domino Theory

d)

Imperialism

66.
In the 1950s, the United States became involved in the Vietnam War. Why did the United States become involved in this war?
a)
to prevent the collapse of the government of North Vietnam
b)
to stop Vietnam from taking over Hong Kong
c)
to stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam
d)
to prevent attacks against United States shipping
67.
What resolution passed that gave Lyndon Johnson broad powers to defend South Vietnam from communism?
a)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
b)
Gulf of Maddox Resolution
c)
USS Tonkin Resolution
d)
Gulf of Vietnam Resolution
68.
The primary reason given by U.S. leaders to justify military involvement in Vietnam was that it would -
a)
promote reconstruction after World War II
b)
maintain the policy of detente
c)
fulfill prior United Nations obligations
d)
keep communism from spreading throughout the region
69.
What ship was destroyed in the Gulf of Tonkin that helped cause the Vietnam War?
a)
USS Maddox
b)
USS Arizona
c)
USS Maine
d)
HMS Lusitania
70.

What decade did the Vietnam War mostly take place in?

a)

1940s

b)

1950s

c)

1960s

71.

What did the government of North Vietnam want?

a)

Communism

b)

Democracy

72.

What did the government of South Vietnam want?

a)

Communism

b)

Democracy

73.

What side did the United States fight on?

a)

South Vietnam

b)

North Vietnam

74.

Who was a president during the war?

a)

Lyndon Johnson

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

75.

Who won the War?

a)

The United States

b)

Vietnam

76.

How the U.S. support the French in Vietnam?

a)

They didn't.

b)

Provided military and economic aid.

c)

Ask Germany to step in to help the French.

77.

True or False: North Vietnam wanted to unify itself with South Vietnam?

a)

True

b)

False

78.

What was the National Liberation Front also known as?

a)

Viet Cong

b)

Red Soldiers

c)

Nazis

79.

True or False: Diem was a corrupt leader.

a)

True

b)

False

80.

In the years after World War II, american presidents opposed the spread of communism in the world by supporting a policy called:

a)

containment

b)

isolation

c)

colonialism

81.

President Lyndon B. Johnson greatly increased U.S. troop strength in Vietnam in the years after Congress:

a)

declared war on South Vietnam

b)

passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution

c)

approved the Marshall Plan

82.

U.S. warplanes carried out air strikes against targets in:

a)

China

b)

North Vietnam

c)

Thailand

83.

In 1975, two years after the last American troops left Vietnam,:

a)

South Vietnam defeated the Viet Cong

b)

the United Nations drew up a treaty ending the war

c)

South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam

84.

This country provided North Vietnam with war materials

a)

United States

b)

South Vietnam

c)

Soviet Union

85.

This country surrendered to the communists at the end of the war

a)

South Vietnam

b)

North Vietnam

c)

United States

86.

This country established the Ho Chi Minh Trail to supply the Viet Cong; later sent troops into South Vietnam

a)

Vietnam

b)

United States

c)

North Vietnam

87.

unpopular ruler of South Vietnam; the Viet Cong rebelled against him in 1957

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Ngo Dinh Diem

c)

Richard M. Nixon

88.

the leader of North Vietnam during the war

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Ngo Dinh Diem

c)

William C. Westmoreland

89.

announced the "Vietnamization" policy -- the training of South Vietnamese troops and withdrawal of American forces

a)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

b)

Richard M. Nixon

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

90.
Was the US successful in containing communism in Vietnam?
a)
Yes
b)
No

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