- 1. When did the Vietnam War begin?
A) 1945
B) 1965
C) 1975
D) 1955
- 2. Who was the leader of North Vietnam during the war?
A) Kim Il-sung
B) Mao Zedong
C) Ho Chi Minh
D) Pol Pot
- 3. Which event escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War?
A) Paris Peace Accords
B) Gulf of Tonkin Incident
C) Tet Offensive
D) My Lai Massacre
- 4. Which U.S. president ordered a major escalation of troops in Vietnam?
A) Lyndon B. Johnson
B) Dwight D. Eisenhower
C) Richard Nixon
D) John F. Kennedy
- 5. Which country financially supported North Vietnam during the war?
A) Germany
B) Soviet Union
C) United Kingdom
D) Japan
- 6. What was the counterinsurgency strategy implemented by the U.S. in Vietnam?
A) Operation Cedar Falls
B) Pacification Program
C) Strategic Hamlet Program
D) Phoenix Program
- 7. Which U.S. general commanded American forces in Vietnam?
A) William Westmoreland
B) George Patton
C) Douglas MacArthur
D) Norman Schwarzkopf
- 8. Where was the peace treaty signed that ended the Vietnam War?
A) Geneva
B) Hanoi
C) Saigon
D) Paris
- 9. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating a ceasefire in Vietnam?
A) Lyndon B. Johnson
B) Richard Nixon
C) Henry Kissinger
D) Ho Chi Minh
- 10. Which city in Vietnam was formerly known as Saigon?
A) Da Nang
B) Hanoi
C) Hue
D) Ho Chi Minh City
- 11. What was the name of the military operations carried out by the US in Cambodia during the Vietnam War?
A) Operation Rolling Thunder
B) Operation Linebacker
C) Operation Desert Storm
D) Operation Menu
- 12. What was the code name for the bombing campaign against North Vietnam launched by the US in 1965?
A) Operation Linebacker
B) Operation Menu
C) Operation Arc Light
D) Operation Rolling Thunder
- 13. Which country controlled Vietnam as a colony before the Vietnam War?
A) France
B) Spain
C) Great Britain
D) Portugal
- 14. Which US president announced a policy of 'Vietnamization' in 1969?
A) John F. Kennedy
B) Lyndon B. Johnson
C) Richard Nixon
D) Gerald Ford
- 15. Which Southeast Asian country withdrew its troops from Vietnam three years before the fall of Saigon in 1975?
A) Laos
B) Malaysia
C) Indonesia
D) Thailand
- 16. Which US senator played a key role in exposing the Watergate scandal during the Vietnam War era?
A) Sam Ervin
B) Ted Kennedy
C) Barry Goldwater
D) John McCain
- 17. Which US military operation captured the attention of the public due to the high civilian casualties in Vietnam?
A) My Lai Massacre
B) Operation Hamburger Hill
C) Tet Offensive
D) Fall of Saigon
- 18. Which South Vietnamese city was the last to fall to North Vietnamese forces in April 1975?
A) Danang
B) Hanoi
C) Saigon
D) Hue
- 19. What was the name of the agreement that divided Vietnam into North and South at the end of the First Indochina War in 1954?
A) Saigon Declaration
B) Paris Peace Accords
C) Hanoi Agreement
D) Geneva Accords
- 20. What was the duration of the Vietnam War?
A) 20 years
B) 10 years
C) 25 years
D) 15 years
- 21. What was the capital of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?
A) Danang
B) Hue
C) Hanoi
D) Ho Chi Minh City
- 22. Which valuable resource was found in abundance in Vietnam and was a reason for French colonization?
A) Diamonds
B) Gold
C) Oil
D) Rubber
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