Booklet 3

Question 1

Vietcong

Answer 1

Troops with support of the North Vietnamese army and opposed the South Vietnam and US forces from 1954-1975

Question 2

Guerrilla warfare

Answer 2

A form of irregular warfare where a small group ambush, raid and attempt hit and runs to weaken the enemy

Question 3

Hi-tech war

Answer 3

A war fought with hi tech weaponry

Question 4

Punji traps

Answer 4

Holes in the ground covered by leaves and sticks, with sharp spikes in the causing people to fall through into a spit of spikes and become impaled

Question 5

Ho Chi Minh Trail

Answer 5

A trail from North Vietnam to South Vietnam that sent and received supply’s and other materials

Question 6

Agent orange

Answer 6

A herbicide used to kill plants in forests to give a better view of trails from above

Question 7

Fragging

Answer 7

To deliberately kill an unpopular senior officer with a grenade

Question 8

MyLai massacre

Answer 8

Was where the US killed innocent civilians in the Vietnam war on March 16, 1968

Question 9

Carpet bombing

Answer 9

To bomb one area intensively

Question 10

Proxy wars

Answer 10

A war instigated by a major power which does not itself become involved