Vietnam WarJeopardyReview

Chapter 22 Concepts

The Vietnam WarImportant

PeoplePlaces on the

MapTerms of War Items in the

News

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Important People - 100• Vietnamese leader who was backed by Chinese

communists.

Important People - 200• U.S. president who said that U.S. military advisors

would fire if they were fired upon.

Important People - 300• U.S. president who ordered continuous bombing

of North Vietnam below the 20th parallel in 1965.

Important People - 400• People who did not want war.

Important People - 500• People who supported the war in Vietnam.

Important People - 600• President of the United States when it pulled out

of Vietnam.

Important People - 700• Commander of American forces in Vietnam during

the Tet Offensive.

Important People - 800• Man who became president of South Vietnam in

1955 who was assassinated in 1963 (against Kennedy’s wishes).

Places on the Map - 100

• Country into which U.S. forces began firing in 1966.

Places on the Map - 200

• City attacked by communist troops during the Tet Offensive.

Places on the Map - 300

• Place in which hundreds of civilians were massacred in 1968.

Places on the Map - 400

• European nation that controlled Vietnam before World War II.

Places on the Map - 500

• Two communist nations that sent supplies and help to North Vietnam.

Places on the Map - 600

• European city where a cease-fire accord was signed between the French and North Vietnam.

Places on the Map - 700

• Area that included Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.

Places on the Map - 800

• Gulf that lies off the east coast of Vietnam (essentially began U.S. involvement under Lyndon B. Johnson)

Terms of War - 100• Policy preventing the expansion of a hostile

power or ideology.

Terms of War - 200• Irregular warfare by independent bands of

military (surprise attacks).

Terms of War - 300• U.S. troops sent to help train South Vietnamese

soldiers.

Terms of War - 400• President Eisenhower’s theory about the spread

of communism in Southeast Asia.

Terms of War - 500• Official postponement of military service –

medical and schooling were the two most common means.

Terms of War - 600• Increasing the size and scope of war – increasing

the amount of troops.

Terms of War - 700• Area prohibited from being used for military

purposes.

Terms of War - 800• Person who flees to a foreign country to escape

danger.

Items in the News - 100

• North Vietnamese communists who worked their way into South Vietnamese society.

Items in the News - 200

• Trail used by North Vietnamese soldiers to move supplies and to make attacks on South Vietnam – through Laos and Cambodia.

Items in the News - 300

• Term coined under Nixon’s presidency meaning the gradual withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam.

Items in the News - 400

• Parallel at which Vietnam was divided in 1954, giving the communists control of North Vietnam.

Items in the News - 500

• Religious group that denounced the government of South Vietnam in 1963, as its leader was strongly Catholic.

Items in the News - 600

• Chemical agent used by the United States to destroy the vegetation in Vietnam, exposing the Vietcong and North Vietnamese.

Items in the News - 700

• Resolution that authorized presidential action in Vietnam.

Items in the News - 800

• Classified documents on U.S. involvement in Vietnam published by the New York Times – pre-planned to enter with not plan of withdrawing under Johnson.

The Vietnam War - Answers

Important People

Places on the Map

Terms of War Items in the News

Ho Chi Minh Cambodia Containment Vietcong

John F. Kennedy Saigon Guerilla Warfare

Ho Chi Minh Trail

Lyndon Johnson My Lai Military Advisors

Vietnamization

Doves France Domino Theory 17th Parallel

Hawks China & Soviet Union

Deferment Buddhists

Richard Nixon Geneva Escalation Agent Orange

Westmoreland Indochina Demilitarized Zone

Tonkin Resolution

Ngo Dinh Diem Gulf of Tonkin Refugee Pentagon Papers