GCSE Vietnam

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 ____?

Answer 3

1954 Dien Bien Phu

Question 4

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

Answer 4

1954 The Geneva Agreement

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Ngo Dinh Diem

Question 6

What three reasons were there for why Ngo Dinh Diem 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 ____ to fight against the corrupt government of the south?

Answer 9

1960 Viet Cong

Question 10

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

Answer 10

1962 The Strategic Hamlet Relocation Programme

Question 11

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

Answer 11

1962 11,500 and 1964 23,000

Question 12

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

Answer 12

1964 The Gulf of Tonkin

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Domino Theory

Question 14

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

Answer 14

1965 170,000

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Hanging on to American belts

Question 16

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

Answer 16

11%

Question 17

How long were the tunnel complexes used by the VC?

Answer 17

240km

Question 18

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

Answer 18

$2 billion

Question 19

What was the name of the bombing campaign that started in __________ ____?

Answer 19

February 1965 Operation Rolling Thunder

Question 20

How many US helicopters were destroyed during Operation Rolling Thunder?

Answer 20

5000

Question 21

How much did it cost to kill one Viet Cong soldier?

Answer 21

$400,000

Question 22

How many tonnes of Napalm were dropped between ____-__?

Answer 22

1965-73 20,000

Question 23

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

Answer 23

82 million litres

Question 24

What were search and destroy missions informally known as?

Answer 24

Zippo raids

Question 25

What was the name of the village which saw the massacre of ___ people in ______ ____?

Answer 25

400 people, March 1968, My Lai

Question 26

Who was put in prison as a result of the My Lai Massacre?

Answer 26

Lt Calley

Question 27

How many people protested against the My Lai Massacre, in Washington, in __________ ____?

Answer 27

November 1969, 700,000

Question 28

What was the name of the Viet Cong attack on 100 Cities in _______ ____?

Answer 28

January 1968, Tet Offensive

Question 29

How many Viet Cong died in the Tet Offensive?

Answer 29

10,000

Question 30

Following the Tet Offensive, which CBS journalist reported that “Vietnam is an unwinnable war”?

Answer 30

Walter Cronkite

Question 31

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

Answer 31

1968, 300,000

Question 32

When did Nixon become president

Answer 32

January, 1969

Question 33

What is Vietnamisation

Answer 33

Nixon’s policy of removing US troops and replacing them with South Vietnamese troops

Question 34

How big was the South Vietnamese army by ____?

Answer 34

1970, 1 million

Question 35

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

Answer 35

1972 USSR and China

Question 36

What percentage of TV reports showed dead or wounded people?

Answer 36

25%

Question 37

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

Answer 37

20 million

Question 38

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

Answer 38

1968, 40,000

Question 39

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

Answer 39

4 million

Question 40

How many fragging were there in ____?

Answer 40

In 1970 there were 209 fraggings

Question 41

What did the VVAW stand for?

Answer 41

Vietnam Veterans Against the War

Question 42

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

Answer 42

1971, Fulbright Hearings

Question 43

Where did peace talks start in _____ ____ and lasted until ________ ____?

Answer 43

May 1968 and lasted until January 1973, Paris

Question 44

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

Answer 44

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

Question 45

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

Answer 45

Operation Frequent Wind

Question 46

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

Answer 46

April 30th 1975