- 1. Who was the first president of North Vietnam?
A) Ho Chi Minh
B) Vo Nguyen Giap
C) Ngo Dinh Diem
D) Tran Dai Quang
- 2. Which country colonized Vietnam in the 19th century?
A) Japan
B) United States
C) France
D) China
- 3. Which year did the Vietnam War officially end?
A) 1995
B) 1965
C) 1975
D) 1985
- 4. What was the capital of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War?
A) Hue
B) Hanoi
C) Saigon
D) Da Nang
- 5. The Ho Chi Minh trail was used by North Vietnam to supply troops during the war. What was the trail's destination?
A) China
B) Cambodia
C) South Vietnam
D) Laos
- 6. Which U.S. president escalated American involvement in Vietnam by sending troops in 1965?
A) John F. Kennedy
B) Richard Nixon
C) Dwight D. Eisenhower
D) Lyndon B. Johnson
- 7. Who was the South Vietnamese president overthrown in a coup and assassinated in 1963?
A) Nguyen Van Thieu
B) Ngo Dinh Diem
C) Ho Chi Minh
D) Le Duc Tho
- 8. What was the code name for the United States bombing campaign during the Vietnam War?
A) Operation Freedom Deal
B) Operation Hanoi Hilton
C) Operation Ranch Hand
D) Operation Rolling Thunder
- 9. Who was the U.S. Secretary of Defense infamous for his role in the Vietnam War?
A) Robert McNamara
B) William Westmoreland
C) Henry Kissinger
D) Creighton Abrams
- 10. What was the name of the American whistleblower who released the Pentagon Papers about the Vietnam War?
A) Chelsea Manning
B) Daniel Ellsberg
C) Julian Assange
D) Edward Snowden
- 11. Which Vietnamese emperor abdicated in 1945, officially ending the Nguyen dynasty rule?
A) Bao Dai
B) Thieu Tri
C) Tu Duc
D) Minh Mang
- 12. What was the term used to describe the U.S. military strategy of forced removal of civilians from rural villages in South Vietnam?
A) Agent Orange Campaign
B) Phoenix Program
C) Operation Ranch Hand
D) Strategic Hamlet Program
- 13. Which U.S. military unit was involved in the notorious My Lai Massacre?
A) Alpha Company
B) Bravo Company
C) Charlie Company
D) Delta Company
- 14. Which country provided significant military aid to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War?
A) United States
B) Soviet Union
C) France
D) China
- 15. What was the name of the Buddhist monk who set himself on fire in protest of South Vietnam's policies in 1963?
A) Ho Chi Minh
B) Thich Quang Duc
C) Thich Nhat Hanh
D) Ngo Dinh Diem
- 16. What was the name of the agreement signed in 1973 that officially ended direct U.S. military involvement in Vietnam?
A) Geneva Convention
B) Treaty of Saigon
C) Hanoi Agreement
D) Paris Peace Accords
- 17. Which superpower backed North Vietnam during the war?
A) France
B) Soviet Union
C) China
D) United States
- 18. Where did the first major engagement between French forces and Viet Minh take place in 1946?
A) Dalat
B) Haiphong
C) Hue
D) My Tho
- 19. Which U.S. president announced a policy of Vietnamization to gradually withdraw American troops from Vietnam?
A) Richard Nixon
B) Gerald Ford
C) Lyndon B. Johnson
D) John F. Kennedy
- 20. Which country does Vietnam share its northern border with?
A) Laos
B) Cambodia
C) China
D) Thailand
- 21. What is the capital city of Vietnam?
A) Ho Chi Minh City
B) Hue
C) Hanoi
D) Da Nang
- 22. What is the currency used in Vietnam?
A) Vietnamese dong
B) Won
C) Baht
D) Yen
- 23. Which famous river flows through Vietnam?
A) Nile River
B) Amazon River
C) Danube River
D) Mekong River
- 24. Which American war is also known as the Vietnam War?
A) Gulf War
B) Second Indochina War
C) Korean War
D) World War II
- 25. What is the most popular Vietnamese noodle soup dish?
A) Pho
B) Udon
C) Ramen
D) Spaghetti
- 26. Which famous limestone karst landscape is located in Vietnam?
A) Grand Canyon
B) Great Barrier Reef
C) Halong Bay
D) Mount Everest
- 27. What is the most common religion practiced in Vietnam?
A) Hinduism
B) Buddhism
C) Christianity
D) Islam
- 28. What is the traditional Vietnamese coffee filter called?
A) Espresso machine
B) Phin
C) Percolator
D) French press
- 29. What is the official language of Vietnam?
A) Mandarin
B) English
C) Vietnamese
D) French
- 30. What is the famous Vietnamese sandwich made with French baguette called?
A) Croissant
B) Banh mi
C) Gyros
D) Doner kebab
- 31. Which ancient Vietnamese capital city is famous for its citadel and imperial city?
A) Ayutthaya
B) Hue
C) Bagan
D) Luang Prabang
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