Vietnam Vocab

Question 1

Geneva Accords

Answer 1

Divided Indochina into 3 parts- Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Divided Vietnam in halfa t the 17th parallel

Question 2

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 2

Communist leader of North Vietnam

Question 3

Ngo Dinh Diem

Answer 3

corrupt democratic leader of South Vietnam

Question 4

Military Advisor

Answer 4

US military personnel who trained SV miltary

Question 5

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Answer 5

Gave LBJ the power to use all necessary measures to protect Amercan interest in Vietnam

Question 6

Draft

Answer 6

required military service

Question 7

Conscientoius objectors

Answer 7

refused to fight the war based on their religious beliefs

Question 8

Ho Chi Minhn trail

Answer 8

Supply route used by NV to bring supplies to the Vietcong in South Vietnam

Question 9

Vietcong(VC)

Answer 9

Lived in Sv and fought for NV

Question 10

Army of the republic of vietnam (ARVN)

Answer 10

Official military of South Vietman

Question 11

Drafted dodgers

Answer 11

Avoided military service- sometimes left the country to do so Canada

Question 12

Guerrilla War

Answer 12

unconvential warfare- hit and run attacks

Question 13

Tet

Answer 13

Vietnamese New Year

Question 14

Tet offensive

Answer 14

NV attack on major SV cities on teh tet holiday

Question 15

Agent orange

Answer 15

herbicide used to defoliate the jungles

Question 16

Napalm

Answer 16

jelly type gasoline used in bombs and flamethrowers

Question 17

1968 chicago democratic national convention

Answer 17

In chicago- voilent anti-war protesters- nominated by Hubert Humphry

Question 18

Vietnamization

Answer 18

US turning responsibility for fighting the war over to the SV ARVN

Question 19

Kent State

Answer 19

national Guard fires into crowd of protesters killing at kent state unviersity

Question 20

Paris Peace Talks

Answer 20

Secret negotiations to end the war between North Vietnam and the US

Question 21

Fall and Evacuation of Saigon

Answer 21

North Veitnamese take over South Vietnam’s capital. Helicopter evacuation of Americans and South vietnamese prior to the Fall of Saigon

Question 22

POW

Answer 22

Prisoner of War

Question 23

Boat people

Answer 23

SV civilaians who escaped from the major cities in SV prior to the NV takeover

Question 24

The Wall

Answer 24

Vietnam memorial in Washington DC dedicated to the 58,000 men and women who died in Vietnam

Question 25

Refugee

Answer 25

a person escaping a country because of war, poltical, or economic reasons