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  1. 1When did the Vietnam War begin?
    1. A1955
    2. B1959
    3. C1955 but full-scale war underway in 1959
    4. D1975
  2. 2The Vietnam War was fought between North Vietnam (backed by Soviet Union, China, other communist allies) and South Vietnam (backed by United States, other anti-communist allies)
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  3. 3Why did Australia take part in the Vietnam War?
    1. AThey were forced to join by the US.
    2. BThey feared the spread of communism, participation in treaties such as ANZUS and SEATO, formal request from the South Vietnamese government to become involved
  4. 4Australia originally sent in [blank_start]30 military advisers[blank_end] to South Vietnam in [blank_start]July 1962[blank_end]. An [blank_start]ambassador[blank_end] was sent to South Vietnam to give our offer to send our troops to help them. Australian troops were [blank_start]requested and deployed[blank_end] to South Vietnam in [blank_start]April 1965[blank_end].
    1. A30 military advisers
    2. Bambassador
    3. Crequested and deployed
    4. DApril 1965
    5. EJuly 1962
  5. 51963 - American President Kennedy began to rethink US' involvement in the Vietnam War as it appeared to be ineffective. He wanted to scale back American help and possibly withdraw completely. This worried the Australian government as they wanted US involvement to continue to prevent another 'domino' from falling to communism.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  6. 6THE NATURE OF THE VIETNAM WAR
    - role of the western armies: to work with the [blank_start]South Vietnamese Army[blank_end] to defeat the [blank_start]Viet Cong[blank_end]
    - different to [blank_start]previous wars[blank_end] - enemy was a [blank_start]guerrilla force.[blank_end]
    - Vietcong fighters did not [blank_start]wear uniforms[blank_end] - blended in with [blank_start]peasants.[blank_end]
    - no [blank_start]front-line[blank_end] - western soldiers [blank_start]struggled to find and engage the enemy[blank_end].
    - Vietcong highly skilled in the use of [blank_start]guerrilla tactics[blank_end] - able to wage an [blank_start]effective psychological war[blank_end] against western soldiers through the use of booby traps.
    1. ASouth Vietnamese Army
    2. BVietcong
    3. Cprevious wars
    4. Dguerrilla force.
    5. Ewear uniforms
    6. Fpeasants.
    7. Gfront-line
    8. Hstruggled to find and engage the enemy
    9. Iguerrilla tactics
    10. Jeffective psychological war
  7. 7SEARCH AND DESTROY MISSIONS
    - main combat strategy used by [blank_start]western ground troops.[blank_end]
    - job of [blank_start]western soldiers[blank_end] to [blank_start]find enemy, engage in a fight[blank_end], in order to destroy their ability to wage war.
    - western troops targeted villages [blank_start]believed to be Vietcong strongholds[blank_end]. Village would be [blank_start]surrounded, searched and destroyed[blank_end]. Villagers would be relocated to [blank_start]'safe' areas[blank_end] where they would be [blank_start]'protected'[blank_end] from the Vietcong
    1. Awestern ground troops.
    2. Bwestern soldiers
    3. Cfind enemy, engage in a fight
    4. Dbelieved to be Vietcong strongholds
    5. Esurrounded, searched and destroyed
    6. F'safe' areas
    7. G'protected'
  8. 8CHEMICAL WARFARE
    - used a variety of chemicals to [blank_start]defoliate the forest[blank_end] in order to [blank_start]better see the enemy[blank_end].
    - chemicals sprayed by [blank_start]planes and soldiers.[blank_end]
    - best known defoliant was [blank_start]Agent Orange[blank_end] - very [blank_start]effective[blank_end] in killing forests, but spread to cover villages and farms by the wind.
    - chemicals destroyed crops and caused injury to humans who came into contact with it.
    1. Adefoliate the forest
    2. Bbetter see the enemy
    3. CAgent Orange
    4. Deffective
    5. Eplanes and soldiers.
  9. 9How many tons of bombs were dropped by the US?
    1. AOver 7 billion tons
    2. BOver 7 million tons
    3. CExactly 598095372728 tons
  10. 10When did the Vietnam War end?
    1. A1973
    2. B1975 but western troops were withdrawn in 1973
    3. C1958
    4. D1967

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Year 10 History Quiz on Vietnam War, created by annabel s on 02/05/2016.
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