- 1. Who was the President of the United States at the time of the Vietnam War's end?
A) Jimmy Carter
B) Richard Nixon
C) Gerald Ford
D) Lyndon B. Johnson
- 2. What was the name of the operation that evacuated Americans and at-risk Vietnamese from Saigon in 1975?
A) Operation Enduring Freedom
B) Operation Frequent Wind
C) Operation Hanoi Hilton
D) Operation Rolling Thunder
- 3. Which city was the capital of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War?
A) Hue
B) Hanoi
C) Saigon
D) Danang
- 4. What was the nickname for the complex of tunnels used by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War?
A) Hanoi Hilton
B) DMZ Tunnels
C) Cu Chi Tunnels
D) Saigon Network
- 5. Which country did Vietnam officially unify with after the war ended?
A) Thailand
B) North Vietnam
C) South Vietnam
D) Cambodia
- 6. What international organization was established to work towards peace and cooperation in Southeast Asia following the Vietnam War?
A) NATO
B) UNESCO
C) OPEC
D) ASEAN
- 7. Which neighboring country provided sanctuary and support to the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War?
A) Laos
B) Cambodia
C) Thailand
D) Myanmar
- 8. Which US President first escalated American involvement in Vietnam?
A) Richard Nixon
B) Dwight D. Eisenhower
C) Lyndon B. Johnson
D) John F. Kennedy
- 9. In what year did the United States withdraw its combat troops from Vietnam?
A) 1968
B) 1979
C) 1985
D) 1973
- 10. Which country provided significant military and financial aid to South Vietnam during the war?
A) China
B) France
C) Soviet Union
D) United States
- 11. Who was the Vietnamese military commander who led the North Vietnamese forces against the US and South Vietnam?
A) Vo Nguyen Giap
B) Ngo Dinh Diem
C) Le Duan
D) Ho Chi Minh
- 12. Which treaty officially recognized Vietnam's independence from France in 1954?
A) Paris Peace Accords
B) Geneva Accords
C) Versailles Treaty
D) Helsinki Accords
- 13. Which US General was in charge of the military efforts in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968?
A) Harold K. Johnson
B) William Westmoreland
C) Douglas MacArthur
D) Creighton Abrams
- 14. What was the name of the radio navigation system used by US aircraft during the Vietnam War?
A) LORAN
B) GPS
C) TACAN
D) VOR/DME
- 15. Which American actor famously visited North Vietnam during the war?
A) John Wayne
B) Marlon Brando
C) Al Pacino
D) Jane Fonda
- 16. Which country invaded Cambodia in 1978, leading to the end of the Khmer Rouge regime?
A) China
B) Thailand
C) Laos
D) Vietnam
- 17. Who coined the term 'domino theory' to justify US involvement in Vietnam?
A) John F. Kennedy
B) Dwight D. Eisenhower
C) Richard Nixon
D) Harry S. Truman
- 18. Which US president first escalated US involvement in Vietnam by sending military advisors?
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) Lyndon B. Johnson
C) Richard Nixon
D) John F. Kennedy
- 19. What was the civilian death toll in Vietnam during the war according to estimates?
A) 5 million
B) 1 million
C) 2 million
D) 500,000
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