Vietcong Advantage
There were several hidden systems of ____ stretching over 200 miles. Hospitals, armories, sleeping quarters, kitchens, and wells were located here.(BBC)
tunnels
"Wet Heat". Consistently found in the forests of Vietnam.
Humidity
These people were actually on the battlefield recording the harshness of the Jungle(Princeton).
Reporters
The NLF and NLA knew the U.S. troops loved to capture enemy flags. So when they were forced to leave a base or location, they often rigged the flags with an explosive of some kind, so when US troops started to take down the flag, it would set off the charge(WATM).
Flag Bomb
An adjective used to describe Vietnam wildlife(Princeton).
Exotic
A military strategy involving using the environment and cover for an ambush.
Guerrilla Warfare
The ____ meant uniformed GIs were almost constantly drenched with water or sweat(Alpha)
Climate
How did the media portray the Jungle of Vietnam(Princeton)?
(Violent, deadly, or ambush prone)(Any of these work)
A round of ammunition would be set into a piece of bamboo and lowered into a shallow hole in the ground. At the bottom of the bamboo were a board and a nail. The weight of someone walking on the cartridge would drive the nail into the primer, turning the nail into a firing pin and firing the bullet(WATM).
Cartridge Trap
Commonly carrying malaria. Inhabiting much of the forest(Alpha).
Mosquitos
An often used term to refer to the wild and exotic environment or terrain of Vietnam.
The Jungle(Princeton)
It would be the job of US ______ to search these tunnels. However, they were often booby-trapped with spikes and grenades
tunnel rats
Most reports detailed the terrain of the war in a trendy fashion(Princeton).
"New School"
A bamboo pole was pulled back into an arc using a catch attached to a tripwire. When the wire is tripped, the catch gives out and sent foot-long spikes into a trooper’s chest at a hundred miles an hour(WATM).
Bamboo Whip
Number of different kinds of venomous snakes. (Closest number wins).
30(Alpha)
The _____ and _____ adapted the jungle’s thick foliage, rugged terrain, and disorienting conditions to launch ambushes and avoid detection(Princeton). (Only need to pick one of these answers for points)
"National Liberation Front" or "North Vietnam Army"
Patrols into the_____ (rural or remote areas) often had to traipse through thick jungle, sharp vines and foliage, up and down steep rises and ditches, through swamps, and across flooded rice paddies(Alpha).
Boonies
The Vietnam War was commonly referred to as the ____ because people could watch from their homes.
Living Room War
When a tripwire is tripped a man-sized plank weighted with bricks and full of barbed metal spikes quickly falls to earth on someone’s forehead(WATM).
Tiger Trap
Found in the swamps of Vietnam. A parasite that drains blood from the host.
Leeches
The biggest tunnel system that was used in the Vietnam War is located in ____.
the Cu Chi District(PBS)
An advantage the US thought they had, but couldn't use due to terrain.
Superior Firepower
____ illustrates that in many instances, landscapes, terrain, and everyday weather play a crucial role in helping or hindering military campaigns
Lisa M. Brady
These are traps made with sharpened bamboo stakes, often smeared with urine, feces, or another substance that would cause infection in the victim(WATM).
Punji Sticks
150 and 300 US personnel died in Vietnam from the effects of _____(Alpha).
Snakebite