The
Vietnam
/Cold War
Jeopardy
Game
100

When was Vietnam divided into north and south Vietnam?

1954

100

The Geneva Accords divided North and South Vietnam along this parallel line of latitude in 1954

17th Parallel

100

 Type of government Cuba became after Castro gained power in a revolution

Communist

100

 The theory the USA used to support fighting in Vietnam. It said that when one country fell to Communism that others would soon follow

Domino Theory

100

This side won the Vietnam War

Communist North

200
Who was leading North Vietnam when the war started?
Ho Chi Minh
200

This President who came to power after Kennedy was killed increased the number of troops in Vietnam

Lyndon Johnson

200

What did the Hungarian revolt and the Prague Spring revolt against the Soviet Union have in common?

They both failed

200

The Country that controlled Vietnam up until 1954

France
200

What Country did North Vietnam get aid from that lead to killing of landlords?

China

300

 The resolution that was passed in response to the attack of US ships off the coast of North Vietnam to get the USA involved

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

300

The side that had the most people killed in the war

North Vietnam

300

Meaning "little war" in Spanish and includes tactics such as setting traps and ambush attacks

Guerrilla

300

Who was the President of the United States that did not seek reelection b/c of all the protests against the war

Lyndon Johnson

300
Who was elected president towards the middle of US involvement in the war?
Richard Nixon
400

Where did most fighting take place in Vietnam?

The south and in the jungle

400

What was one reason that more people protested Vietnam than more recent war such as Iraq?

The military draft
400

What year did the US involvement in Vietnam war end?

1975

400

The Secretary of State during Vietnam who helped develop the policy of Vietnamization 

Henry Kissinger

400

 The main the USA sent troops to Vietnam

 To stop the spread of Communism

500

The bombing campaign of the USA against North Vietnam's communists

Operation Rolling Thunder

500

Who was the United States Secretary of Defense during the war who later expressed regret about his role in the war?

Robert Mc Namara

500

This war in the middle east has been called the USSR's Vietnam?

Afghanistan

500

The two new USSR policies in the 1980's to reform Communism

Glasnost and Perestroika
500

The USA did not send troops in into North Vietnam in in order to not anger this country

What is China

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