Vietnam key words

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Key Words.

Nationalist- a person who advocates political independence for a country.

Communism- a system of social organization where all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs.

Ammunition- a supply or quantity of bullets and shells.

Catholic- including a wide variety of things; all-embracing/of the Roman Catholic faith.

USS Maddox- A Sumner-class destroyer launched in March 1944 and commissioned in June that year.

Torpedoes vessels- is a relatively small boat with a fast naval vessel designed to carry torpedoes into battle.

Quang Ngai- is a 127.4-kilometre rampart extending from Vietnam's Quảng Ngãi Province in the north to Binh Dinh Province in the south. It is the longest monument in Southeast Asia.

Democratic- Control of an organization or group by the majority of its members who are normally elected by the population.

Dictatorship- Government controlled by a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force.

Vietnam Peoples Army- is the armed forces of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Socialist- a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

The Democratic Republic of Vietnam- The Democratic Republic of Vietnam, generally known as North Vietnam, was a communist government founded in 1945.

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