Nam Baby

Question 1

The French would take over Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia during WWII and the region became known as ________________

Answer 1

French Indochina

Question 2

Ho Chi Minh helped found the Indochinese Communist Party and would organize a nationalist group called the _________ , which united communist and non-Communists in the effort to expel the Japanese

Answer 2

Vietminh

Question 3

The US pressured the ______ to give up their empire to Indonesia

Answer 3

Dutch

Question 4

President Eisenhower’s continuance of the Truman’s Policy of containment and defended his position which would be known as the _______________ _________

Answer 4

Domino Theory

Question 5

The belief that if one nation in Asia fell to communists, neighboring countries would follow

Answer 5

Domino Theory

Question 6

a member of an armed band that carries out surprise attacks and sabotage rather than open fire

Answer 6

Guerilla Warfare

Question 7

The turning point of the war with the French was

Answer 7

as Dien Bien Phu

Question 8

Negotiations to end the conflict were held in

Answer 8

Geneva, Switzerland

Question 9

Provided a temporary division of Vietnam along the 17th parallel

Answer 9

Geneva Accords

Question 10

Minh organized a new guerrilla army of S. Vietnamese Communists, AKA _____________

Answer 10

Vietcong (VC)

Question 11

Vietnams most widely practiced religions

Answer 11

Buddhism

Question 12

When you set yourself on fire in protest

Answer 12

Immolation

Question 13

Arrived in Vietnam where he would learn of Vietnamese generals plotting to overthrow Diem

Answer 13

Henry Cabot Lodge

Question 14

Johnson announced that N. Vietnamese torpedo boats had fired on the ___________

Answer 14

USS Maddox

Question 15

Authorized the president to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the U.S. and to prevent further aggression”

Answer 15

Gulf of Tonkin resolution