GCSE Vietnam Knowledge Test

Question 1

What group did Ho Chi Minh form to fight the Japanese and then the French?

Answer 1

Viet Minh

Question 2

How much money did the US provide to France to fight against the communists?

Answer 2

$500 million per year

Question 3

What was the name of the battle lost by the French in 1954?

Answer 3

Dien Bien Phu

Question 4

What agreement was signed in 1954 which split Vietnam in half along the 17th parallel?

Answer 4

The Geneva Agreement

Question 5

Who was put in place to rule the Republic of South Vietnam?

Answer 5

Diem

Question 6

What three reasons were there for why he was disliked?

Answer 6

Harsh to peasants, treated Buddhists badly and corrupt.

Question 7

Which 66 year old monk burnt himself to death in protest?

Answer 7

Thich Quang Duc

Question 8

How much money did the USA give the corrupt Republic of South Vietnam in the 1950s?

Answer 8

$1.6 billion

Question 9

What organisation was set up in 1960 to fight against the corrupt government of the south?

Answer 9

The National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (Viet Cong)

Question 10

What did JFK introduce in 1962 aiming at keeping the peasants away from Communism?

Answer 10

The Strategic Hamlet Relocation Programme

Question 11

How many non-military advisors were there in Vietnam by 1962 and 1964?

Answer 11

11,500 and 23,000

Question 12

Where were US boats attacked by the Viet Cong in August 1964?

Answer 12

The Gulf of Tonkin

Question 13

How many US marines arrived at Da Nang in March 1965?

Answer 13

3500

Question 14

What was the name of the theory which taught that Vietnam becoming Communist might lead to other countries also falling to Communism?

Answer 14

Domino Theory

Question 15

How many soldiers did the VC and NVA have by 1965?

Answer 15

170,000

Question 16

What was the tactics called where the VC stayed close to US troops to reduce the impact of bombing?

Answer 16

Hanging on to American belts

Question 17

What percentage of US casualties were caused by VC booby traps?

Answer 17

11%

Question 18

How long were the tunnel complexes used by the VC?

Answer 18

240km

Question 19

How many Vietnamese civilians provided supplies for the VC by using the Ho Chi Minh Trail?

Answer 19

40,000

Question 20

What was the total amount of aid provided to the North Vietnamese by China and the USSR?

Answer 20

$2 billion

Question 21

What was the name of the bombing campaign that started in February 1965?

Answer 21

Operation Rolling Thunder

Question 22

How many US helicopters were destroyed?

Answer 22

5000

Question 23

How much did it cost, according to Life Magazine, to kill one Viet Cong?

Answer 23

$400,000

Question 24

How many tonnes of Napalm were dropped between 1965-73?

Answer 24

20,000

Question 25

How many litres of Agent Orange were used during the war?

Answer 25

82 million litres

Question 26

What percentage of US casualties were caused by booby traps?

Answer 26

11%

Question 27

What were search and destroy missions informally known as?

Answer 27

Zippo raids

Question 28

What was the name of the village which witnessed the massacre of 400 people in March 1968?

Answer 28

My Lai

Question 29

Who was put in prison as a result of this massacre?

Answer 29

Lt Calley

Question 30

How many people protested against the massacre, in Washington, in November 1969?

Answer 30

700,000

Question 31

What was the name of the Viet Cong attack on 100 targets in January 1968?

Answer 31

Tet Offensive

Question 32

How many Viet Cong died in this attack?

Answer 32

10,000

Question 33

Which CBS journalist reported after this attack that "Vietnam is an unwinnable war"?

Answer 33

Walter Cronkite

Question 34

How many Vietnamese civilians died in 1968 mainly as a result of bombing raids?

Answer 34

300,000

Question 35

Which president replaced LBJ in January, 1969?

Answer 35

Richard Nixon

Question 36

What was his policy of removing US troops and replacing them with South Vietnamese troops called?

Answer 36

Vietnamisation

Question 37

The South Vietnamese army had 82,000 soldiers in 1968. How big was it by 1970?

Answer 37

1 million

Question 38

What was the 1972 Viet Cong attack on the South called?

Answer 38

The Spring Offensive

Question 39

During Operation Linebacker 1 between May and October 1972, how many tonnes of bombs were dropped on North Vietnam?

Answer 39

150,000 tons

Question 40

In 1970 Nixon started SALT talks with the USSR to limit nuclear weapons. What does SALT stand for?

Answer 40

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

Question 41

Which two countries did Nixon visit in 1972 in a bid to put pressure of North Vietnam to end the war?

Answer 41

USSR and China

Question 42

Which country did the USA invade in March 1969, in Operation Menu, in an attempt to destroy Communist help for the VC?

Answer 42

Cambodia

Question 43

What was the name of the Communist group in this country under the leadership of Pol Pot?

Answer 43

Khmer Rouge

Question 44

What was the name given to the operation to invade Laos in February 1971 which ended in disaster and defeat for the South Vietnamese army?

Answer 44

Operation Lam Son 719

Question 45

What John Lennon song was adopted by the peace movement in 1969?

Answer 45

Give peace a chance

Question 46

What percentage of TV reports showed dead or wounded people?

Answer 46

25%

Question 47

How many people watched the shocking images of the execution of a VC soldier live on US TV?

Answer 47

20 million

Question 48

What was Ronald Haeberle famous for?

Answer 48

Photgraphing the dead at My Lai

Question 49

Which famous boxer burnt his draft card?

Answer 49

Muhammad Ali

Question 50

How many students at Berkeley, Yale and Stanford Universities protested against the Vietnam war in 1968?

Answer 50

40,000

Question 51

After 4 student were killed at Kent State University, how many students went on strike?

Answer 51

4 million

Question 52

Finish this chant.. Hey, Hey LBJ…….

Answer 52

How many kids did you kill today?

Question 53

What was the name of shops opened for anti-war, ex-servicemen to get coffee and doughnuts?

Answer 53

GI coffeehouses

Question 54

In 1970 there were 209 fraggings? What is fragging?

Answer 54

Killing your own officer

Question 55

Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland and Fred Gardner were famous actors. What did they set up to protest against the war?

Answer 55

The FTA tour (Free the Army roadshow)

Question 56

What did the VVAW stand for?

Answer 56

Vietnam Veterans Against the War

Question 57

What was the name given to the investigations held in Detroit in December 1970 about US atrocities in Vietnam?

Answer 57

Winter Soldier Investigations

Question 58

What was the name of the hearings set up in 1971 to try and find a way out of Vietnam?

Answer 58

Fulbright Hearings

Question 59

What was the name of the VVAW ex-soldier who gave the most famous evidence at these hearings?

Answer 59

John Kerry

Question 60

What was the name of the disabled ex-soldier who became a campaigner against war?

Answer 60

Ron Kovic

Question 61

What was the name of the scandal which ended in Nixon's resignation?

Answer 61

Watergate

Question 62

Where did peace talks start in May 1968 and lasted until January 1973?

Answer 62

Paris

Question 63

Which two men had secret meetings for three years between 1969 and 1972?

Answer 63

Kissinger and Tho

Question 64

Who was leader of South Vietnam, who was appalled by the Paris Peace Accords in 1973?

Answer 64

Thieu

Question 65

Why couldn't the USA keep up the promises made to protect South Vietnam at the Paris Peace Accords?

Answer 65

Stock market crash and world oil crisis meant less money for war.

Question 66

Why did the North feel confident enough to break the Paris Accords and attack the South in 1975?

Answer 66

US Congress wouldn't allow Ford to commit any more money to Vietnam.

Question 67

What was the codename of the US evacuation of South Vietnam?

Answer 67

Operation Frequent Wind

Question 68

On what date did the North defeat the South and reunite Vietnam?

Answer 68

April 30th 1975