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Vietnam War
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  • 1. When did the Vietnam War begin?
A) 1945
B) 1955
C) 1975
D) 1965
  • 2. Who was the leader of North Vietnam during the war?
A) Ho Chi Minh
B) Pol Pot
C) Kim Il-sung
D) Mao Zedong
  • 3. Which event escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War?
A) Paris Peace Accords
B) Tet Offensive
C) Gulf of Tonkin Incident
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) Japan
B) Soviet Union
C) Germany
D) United Kingdom
  • 6. What was the counterinsurgency strategy implemented by the U.S. in Vietnam?
A) Phoenix Program
B) Pacification Program
C) Operation Cedar Falls
D) Strategic Hamlet Program
  • 7. Which U.S. general commanded American forces in Vietnam?
A) George Patton
B) Norman Schwarzkopf
C) William Westmoreland
D) Douglas MacArthur
  • 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) Richard Nixon
B) Henry Kissinger
C) Lyndon B. Johnson
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 Menu
C) Operation Linebacker
D) Operation Desert Storm
  • 12. What was the code name for the bombing campaign against North Vietnam launched by the US in 1965?
A) Operation Menu
B) Operation Linebacker
C) Operation Arc Light
D) Operation Rolling Thunder
  • 13. Which country controlled Vietnam as a colony before the Vietnam War?
A) Spain
B) Great Britain
C) France
D) Portugal
  • 14. Which US president announced a policy of 'Vietnamization' in 1969?
A) Gerald Ford
B) Lyndon B. Johnson
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Richard Nixon
  • 15. Which Southeast Asian country withdrew its troops from Vietnam three years before the fall of Saigon in 1975?
A) Thailand
B) Laos
C) Malaysia
D) Indonesia
  • 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) Saigon
B) Danang
C) Hue
D) Hanoi
  • 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) Paris Peace Accords
B) Hanoi Agreement
C) Saigon Declaration
D) Geneva Accords
  • 20. What was the duration of the Vietnam War?
A) 10 years
B) 25 years
C) 15 years
D) 20 years
  • 21. What was the capital of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?
A) Hanoi
B) Danang
C) Hue
D) Ho Chi Minh City
  • 22. Which valuable resource was found in abundance in Vietnam and was a reason for French colonization?
A) Rubber
B) Diamonds
C) Gold
D) Oil
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