Cold War booklet 3: Vietnam War

Question 1

What was Vietnam called in the late 1800s?

Answer 1

Indochina

Question 2

Who ruled Vietnam before WW2?

Answer 2

French

Question 3

Who ruled Vietnam during WW2?

Answer 3

Japan

Question 4

Who ruled Vietnam 1945-54?

Answer 4

French

Question 5

At which battle were the French defeated?

Answer 5

Dien Bien Phu

Question 6

Where was the peace conference held to divide Vietnam until elections were held?

Answer 6

Geneva

Question 7

Who did the USA fear would win the elections?

Answer 7

Ho Chi Minh

Question 8

What % would have voted for the Communists?

Answer 8

80%

Question 9

What did the USA help set up in 1955?

Answer 9

South Vietnam

Question 10

Who did the USA put in charge of South Vietnam?

Answer 10

Ngo Dinh Diem

Question 11

How much money did they give Ngo Dinh Diem during the 1950s?

Answer 11

$1.6 billion

Question 12

Which group of people did Ngo Dinh Diem hate?

Answer 12

Buddhist,peasants,Communists

Question 13

What theory saw Vietnam causing other countries to become communist?

Answer 13

Domino

Question 14

When was the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam set up?

Answer 14

1960

Question 15

When did JFK send advisors to Vietnam?

Answer 15

1962

Question 16

When and where did North Vietnamese first attack the USA?

Answer 16

Gulf of Tonkin, August 1964

Question 17

What was the name for the US bombing campaign between 1965-1972?

Answer 17

Operation Rolling Thunder

Question 18

What was the estimated cost to the US to kill one Vietcong soldier?

Answer 18

$400,000

Question 19

What % of US soldiers were killed by booby traps?

Answer 19

11%

Question 20

20. What was the estimated cost of the Vietnam war?

Answer 20

$110 billion

Question 21

How many tonnes of napalm were dropped 1965-73?

Answer 21

20,000

Question 22

How many Agent Orange missions were flown?

Answer 22

30,000

Question 23

How many acres of forest and farm land were destroyed?

Answer 23

4 million

Question 24

When was the My Lai Massacre?

Answer 24

March 1968

Question 25

How many civilians were killed at My Lai?

Answer 25

300-400

Question 26

How big was the tunnel complex used by the Vietcong?

Answer 26

240km

Question 27

Which President ended the war in Vietnam?

Answer 27

Nixon

Question 28

When did Saigon fall to the Communists?

Answer 28

April 1975

Question 29

When was the Kent State massacre and how many students were shot?

Answer 29

May 1970 and four students

Question 30

What percentage of US soldiers were 21 or younger?

Answer 30

61%

Question 31

What fraction of US bombs hit South Vietnam and how many civilians were killed?

Answer 31

66% (two thirds) and 50,000

Question 32

What was the name of the Vietcong attack in 1968 and how many VC took part?

Answer 32

Tet Offensive and 4,500

Question 33

How much money was given to the Vietcong by China and the USSR?

Answer 33

$2 billion

Question 34

What percentage of US casualties were caused by small-arms fire?

Answer 34

51%

Question 35

How many people protested against the war in 1969?

Answer 35

700,000 people

Question 36

When was the Republic of South Vietnam created?

Answer 36

1955

Question 37

How many military ‘advisors’ were in S. Vietnam by 1962 and by1964?

Answer 37

11,500 and 23,000

Question 38

From 1969-71, how many US soldiers left Vietnam?

Answer 38

400,000

Question 39

What was the policy of US soldiers leaving Vietnam called?

Answer 39

Vietnamisation

Question 40

In 1972, which country did Nixon visit?

Answer 40

China