Ho Chi Minh
What is Ho Chi Minh famous for?
Key communist independence leader, founder of North Vietnam.
What 3 modern day countries made up French Indochina?
Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia.
What way did the Viet Cong fight?
Guerilla Warfare.
What religion was Ngo Dinh Diem?
Catholic.
What is the capital of North vietnam
Saigon
What does the name Ho Chi Minh mean?
Bringer of the light
Why was only a small portion of the country educated what advantage did this provide the colonizers?
Reduces opportunities available to the population, keep in uneducated jobs and unable to make societal change hold power easier.
Where in the country did the Viet Cong have the majority of theri support?
Rural areas
Why did the Us decide to support Diem
Domino theory
What was the significant battle that vietnam won against france?
Dien Bien Phu
Where did Ho Chi Minh get training to spread communist revolution in Vietnam
Russia at cominterm
What was the name of the Nationalist military force that formed to fight the Japanese occupation?
Viet Minh
How did the Viet cong enter South vietnam
Ho Chi Minh trail
what does self-immolation mean?
Suicide by burning to protest
What was the nationalist organization that Ho Chi Minh founded?
Indo-chinese communist party.
What policies did Ho place in Vietnam?
Land redistribution and collectivization
End of WW1 what US president did Ho chi Minh petition to for Vietnam's independence?
Woodrow Wilson
What is a force that attacks behind enemy lines called?
Partisan force
Who assassinated Diem?
Us backed coup by his generals.
What weapons did the US use against the Viet cong during teh conflict
Agent Orange and Napalm
What was the name given to the peace signed that ended the war with France
Geneva Accords
What was the name of the American agency that supported the Vietnamese forces against the Japanese?
OSS
Why did the Viet cong gain support in south Vietnam?
Due to diem unpopularity and reprisal attacks against budhists.
Can you spell the name of the south Vietnamese president
NGO DINH DIEM
What was the special forces organization that trained Vietnamese soldiers?
Green Barrette's