The Vietnam War Causes of the Vietnam War

1. Indochina was controlled by the ____________________ before World War II.
a) Soviets
b) French
c) Americans
d) Vietnamese

2. Check all that apply.

Indochina consists of the countries of ______________________.
a) Cambodia
b) India
c) China
d) Laos
e) Korea
f) Vietnam
g) Nepal

3. The leader of the Communist guerrillas was ________________.
a) Bao Dai
b) Dien Bien Phu
c) Ho Chi Minh
d) Jacques Philippe Leclerc

4. President Eisenhower wanted to help the French because he saw the Southeast Asian countries as ______________.
a) a target
b) Humpty Dumpty waiting to fall
c) sitting ducks
d) a row of dominoes

5. The French left Vietnam after the battle of ____________________.
a) Dien Bien Phu
b) Hanoi
c) Tokyo Bay
d) Saigon

6. Eisenhower did not send help to the French because ______________ and _____________ were against it. (Select 2.)
a) other nations
b) the United Nations
c) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
d) the U.S. Congress
e) the World Peace Foundation
f) Council of Europe
g) International Peace Bureau



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1. (b) 
2. (a) (d) (f) 
3. (c) 
4. (d) 
5. (a) 
6. (a) (d)