Vietnam (sort of) Pictorial Quiz

How Large is Vietnam?

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New Mexico

Answer:

At what parallel was Vietnam divided after 1954?

A) 38th parallel B) 20th parallel

C) 42nd parallel D) 17th parallel

Answer: D) 17th parallel

What are the two major rivers in Vietnam?

A. Mekong and Red River

B. Yangtze and Yellow River

C. Indus and the Ganges

Answer: A) Mekong River and Red River

The currency of Vietnam is …

Yen Yuan Dong Won

Baht Kip

Answer:

Vietnamese dong or VND

When is the Tet Festival?

A. December

B. Mid-August

C. May/June

D. January/February

Answer: D) January/February

By what name do the Vietnamese refer to the Vietnam War?

A. The Second Indochina WarB. The Colonial WarC. The American WarD. The War of AggressionE. The First Indochina War

Answer: C) The American War

When does the school year in Vietnam begin and end?

A.Starts August 31st and ends May 31st

B.Starts week after September 2 and ends May 19th

C.Starts one week before September 2 and ends on May 31st

D.Starts on September 2nd and ends on June 1st

Answer: B) Starts week after September 2 and ends May 19th

How many times has Vietnam been divided?

A) Vietnam has never been divided

B) Only once

C) Twice

D) Three times

Answer: D) three times

17th c. : fighting between Nguyen family in South and Trinh family in North. Ended in stalemate – wall built to split country near 18th parallel.

1946 : split at 16th parallel after WW II. British controlled South and China controlled North

1954: Geneva Agreements split country along 17th parallel

Which religious building would you most likely find in Vietnam?

Po Klong Garai

Perfume Pagoda

Cao Dai TempleNotre Dame Cathedral

St. Joseph Cathedral

One Pillar Pagoda

Which of the following would you most likely find in Vietnam?

Po Klong Garai, VietnamPerfume Pagoda, Vietnam

Cao Dai Temple, VietnamNotre Dame Cathedral, Vietnam

St. Joseph Cathedral, Vietnam

One Pillar Pagoda, Vietnam

Which is the traditional Vietnamese costume?

Which is the traditional Vietnamese costume?

Korean Japanese Vietnamese Chinese

Thai Laos

History• Viet = Chinese cognate

of Yue ; Nam = south • With reliable sources:

2000 + years• Early Vietnamese line of

kings, collectively known as Hùng Vuong, ‘Brave King’.– 2880 BC to 258 BC: Hong

Bàng Dynasty

History continued…• 208 BC : Vietnam identified as a

country• 111BC – 938AD: Vietnam came under

Chinese rule.– Vietnam known as An Nam (‘Pacified

South’).• 220 AD – 542 AD: Vietnamese began

building an autonomous culture and society

• 939AD – 1945: period of dynastic rule• 1802: country unified under King Gia

Long

History continue…• French missionaries have been in Vietnam since

1600s.– 1611: introduction of Christianity

• Vietnam part of French Indochina from 1887-1954– N. Vietnam, S. Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos

• First Indochina War: 1945-1954• Ended French imperialism with Battle of Dien Biên

Phu in 1954– Geneva Agreement of 1954

• Divided Vietnam into North and South along 17th parallel• Called for general elections (between Ho Chi Minh and Ngo Dinh

Diem) in July 1956

U.S. – Vietnam Relation

http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=f061977fb2f7ba36d74d

As you’re watching the video clip, what events or people are related to the Vietnam War?

Vietnam and Wilson• End of WWI at Treaty of Versailles

– Creation of new nations in Eastern Europe– Self-determination & sovereignty

• Ho Chi Minh & Woodrow Wilson– Appealed for the independence of Vietnam (1919)– Rejected

Vietnam and FDR

• First U.S. soldiers in Vietnam during WW II• FDR wanted decolonization at the end of WW II

– Great Britain and France didn’t – Trusteeship

Vietnam and Truman• After WW II, focus shifted to Soviet Union influence

and spread of communism in EUROPE– Containment Policy (1947)

• Truman saw more need for Franco-American alliance and NATO– Supported French claim on Indochina– US Military Assistance Advisory Group-Indochina

(Sept. 1950)• First US military force in Vietnam

• Korean War (1950-53)

Vietnam and Eisenhower• End of Korean War

– Reluctance to enter another war

• Domino Theory– increased military aid and advisors to S. Vietnam and

Laos

• After Geneva Conference, U.S. policy in Vietnam:– No more land war in Asia– support South Vietnam with opportunity to establish

democratic government• Supported Ngo Dinh Diem

– Nation building

Vietnam and JFK• JFK and Cuba

– Bay of Pigs Invasion and Cuban Missile Crisis

• More decisive action in Vietnam– Better to fight communism near its source (Soviet Union)

than 90 miles off the coast of U.S.– Increase involvement

• Sent more military aid, but held off sending ground troops

– Counterinsurgency (COIN)

• Export democracy and capitalism to stop spread of communism

• Domino Theory

Vietnam and L.B. Johnson• Johnson inherited JFK’s policies:

– Expanding U.S. presence and role in Vietnam– Domino Theory– Link of U.S. interest and prestige to success of a free South

Vietnam– Instability after assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem– Insurgency problem– “soft” on communism– Gulf of Tonkin Resolution– Election of 1968

• Americanization of the war in Vietnam– Introduction of regular ground combat forces in Southeast

Asia in Dalat 1965

Definition: The more developed countries (France) would oversee and assist in the

development of former colonies (Vietnam) into independent nations

• Sovereignty = the right of a nation/people to exist independently within its boundaries/borders– Treaty of Westphalia (1648)

• Self-determination = all peoples have the right [to] freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development [International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 1 ]

– Surfaced during end of WW I, but was related to Napoleon's march across Europe in early 1800s

– Anti-imperialistic idea

Definition: If South Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of Southeast Asia would follow.

Basis: Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, China, Korea

Definition: Improve South Vietnam’s political, social, and economic conditions

partially successful in training army and setting basis for democratic government

South Vietnamese were in state of insurgency, not because they were communist infiltrators, but because they hated Diem’s policies. Therefore, …there was a need to make life better for the South Vietnamese

NOTE: “better” was to be determined by S. Vietnamese

Autonomous = independent

Taking from other countries what it saw as the best characteristics