Unit 6: 6.1 - 6.3 (Part I)

What European country established colonial rule over Indochina with an iron fist?

• Great Britain

• France

• Germany

• Belgium

An outspoken opponent of French colonial rule, who was communist and seen as the “father” of Vietnam independence.

• Joseph Stalin

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Ho Chi Minh

• Mao Zedong

Fill in the Blank - The ______in 1954 was the decisive battle in the war of Vietnamese independence that expelled the French out of Vietnam.

• Battle of Saigon

• Battle of the Bulge

• Battle of Dien Bien Phu

• Battle of Hamburger Hill

The name of the peace agreement that ended the war between the Viet Minh and French forces in 1954:

• Paris Peace Treaties

• Paris Peace Accords

• Treaty of Versailles

• Geneva Accords

The belief that if Vietnam fell to communism, its closest neighbors would also fall under communist control:

• Red Scare

• McCarthyism

• Credibility Gap

• Domino Theory

Communist group of guerilla fighters in South Vietnam.

• Vietcong

• Vietminh

• Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)

• People's Liberation Army (PLA)

Communist group of guerilla fighters in North Vietnam who defeated the French at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. 

• Vietcong

• Vietminh

• Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)

• People's Liberation Army (PLA)

Located throughout rugged mountain terrain and dense jungle, this was used by North Vietnam’s communist forces to move troops and supplies into South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.

• Indochina Trail

• Ho Chi Minh Trail

• South China Sea Trail

• Ngo Dinh Diem Trail

North Vietnamese torpedo boats allegedly fired on the American destroyer USS Maddox as it patrolled the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of North Vietnam:

• North Vietnam Incident

• Indochina Incident

• South China Sea Incident

• Gulf of Tonkin Incident

True or False - After the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, war would not be officially declared and never would be, but military action and acts of war would occur from this point on.

• True

• False