Vietnam Vocabulary

Question 1

divided Indochina into 3 parts - Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos - and divided Vietnam in half (North and South) at 17th Parallel

Answer 1

Geneva Accords

Question 2

communist leader of North Vietnam

Answer 2

Ho Chi Minh

Question 3

corrupt democratic leader of South Vietnam (later assassinated)

Answer 3

Ngo Dinh Diem

Question 4

US military personnel who trained SV military but did not actively fight

Answer 4

Military advisors

Question 5

gave LBJ the power to use all necessary measures to protect American interests in Vietnam

Answer 5

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Question 6

required military service

Answer 6

draft

Question 7

those who refused to fight the war based on religious beliefs

Answer 7

conscientious objectors

Question 8

supply route used by NV to bring supplies to the VC in SV

Answer 8

Ho Chi Minh trail

Question 9

lived in SV, fought for NV (nicknamed Charlie by the Americans)

Answer 9

Vietcong (VC)

Question 10

official military of SV

Answer 10

Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)

Question 11

avoided military service, sometimes moved to countries like Canada to do so. Considered felons

Answer 11

draft dodgers

Question 12

unconventional warfare - hit and run attacks

Answer 12

guerrilla warfare

Question 13

Vietnamese New Year

Answer 13

Tet

Question 14

NV attack on major SV cities on the Tet holiday

Answer 14

Tet Offensive

Question 15

herbicide used to defoliate jungles

Answer 15

agent orange

Question 16

jelly-like gasoline used in bombs and flamethrowers (note: naked girl - it burns through your clothes)

Answer 16

napalm

Question 17

democrats nominate candidates in Chicago, they nominated Hubert Humphrey - violent anti-war protesters

Answer 17

1968 Chicago Democratic National Convention

Question 18

US turning responsibility for fighting the war over to the ARVN

Answer 18

Vietnamization

Question 19

National Guard fires shots into crowd of protesters, killing 4 and injuring 12 at ___ ___ University

Answer 19

Kent State

Question 20

secret negotiations to end the war between NV and the US

Answer 20

Paris Peace Talks

Question 21

NV takes over SV’s capital, ____ - helicopter evacuation of Americans and SV prior to _______

Answer 21

fall and evacuation of Saigon

Question 22

abbreviation for “prisoner of war”

Answer 22

POW

Question 23

a perso escaping a country because of war, political, or economic reasons

Answer 23

refugee

Question 24

SV civilians who escaped from major cities in SV by boat prior to NV takeover

Answer 24

boat people