Glossary (for the frisk really)

Question 1

Indo-china

Answer 1

little china/below china, previously ruled by china

Question 2

Vietminh

Answer 2

1942-founded by Ho Chi Minh to fight for Vietnamese independence

Question 3

Vietcong (VC)

Answer 3

US nickname for the National Liberation Front (NLF)

Question 4

National Liberation Front (NLF)

Answer 4

a group of freedom fighters who wanted independence for Vietnam

Question 5

Ngo Dinh Diem

Answer 5

a corrupt government leader, backed by US

Question 6

Guerrilla tactics

Answer 6

small scale fighting relying on ambushes and booby traps

Question 7

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 7

fought for Vietnamese independence

Question 8

Domino Theory

Answer 8

the idea that if Americans didn’t stop communism, it would spread to the world

Question 9

Strategic Hamltes

Answer 9

small man made villages for peasants to live in to keep away from the VC

Question 10

Saturation bombing

Answer 10

covering a whole area with as many bombs as possible

Question 11

Draft

Answer 11

an american word for when young men were conscripted (forced) to join the army