vhc quiz

Question 1

___ forces landed in vietnam in 1858. Their control increased until Vietnam became part of ___ in 1877

Answer 1

French, French Indochina

Question 2

Vietnam borders ___ to the north, ___ to the west, and ___ to the south west

Answer 2

China, Laos Cambodia

Question 3

The ___ victory at the battle of ___ in ___ ended nearly a century of ___ colonial rule

Answer 3

Vietnamese, Dien Bien Phu, 1954, French

Question 4

At the height of its support of ___ in the French-Indochina war, the US was footing ___ of the cost of the war

Answer 4

France, 80%

Question 5

The Geneva Accords in ___ split Vietnam into two separate countries along the ___ parallel

Answer 5

1954, 17th

Question 6

American Involvement in the Vietnam War began in ___ when president ___ sent advisors to Vietnam to equip forces

Answer 6

1955, Eisenhower

Question 7

An incident in the ___ between North Vietnamese patrol boats and an American battleship in ___ led Congress to pass the ___ which gave President ___ broad powers.

Answer 7

Gulf of Tonkin, 1964, Johnson

Question 8

Communist sympathizers in the South who fought for a unified communist Vietnam were called the ___. The joined others in South Vietnam who wanted to end___ regime and formed the ___

Answer 8

Viet Cong, Diem, National Liberation Front

Question 9

The ___ forces launched a massive operation in 1968 called the ___. It lasted ___ months.

Answer 9

North Vietmanese and Viet Cong, Tet Offensive, 2

Question 10

Napalm is an ___. Agent orange is a ___. The US dropped ___ pounds of napalm bombs and spread ___ million gallons of agent orange

Answer 10

Indendiary, Defoilant, 400,000, 11.4

Question 11

Although a peace treaty between the US and North Vietnam was reached in ___, fighting continued until ___ was captured on April 30, ___

Answer 11

1973, Saigon, 1975

Question 12

The two countires that helped minimally were

Answer 12

Thailand and Austrailia

Question 13

In ___ Vietnam was unified as Communist

Answer 13

1976