QUIZ 2.

• Position: Vietnam, etc.

Use with INTERNATIONAL, pages 15-19

FILL IN THE BLANK: Write the answer that best completes the statement.

1. -- City is named for Vietnam's revolutionary hero, who led wars against French colonial rule and the U.S. military.

2. The average Vietnamese worker earns only about -- per week.

3. Vietnamese leaders reminded President Clinton that, despite the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, the -- party remains firmly in control of their government.

4. A major concern of the U.S. is the search for -- in Vietnam.

5. Although its leaders speak proudly of Vietnam's independence, the country is increasingly in need of foreign --.

   SHORT ANSWER: Write the correct answer on the line provided.

6. Why do so many Vietnamese immigrants feel almost at home in New Orleans? --

7. Some 58,000 Americans died in the Vietnam War. How many Vietnamese died in the conflict? --

8. What alleged event (later disputed by many historians) precipitated the decision by the U.S. to send troops to Vietnam? --

9. Which U.S. President stepped up bombing attacks in Vietnam--after he was elected on a promise to end the war? --

10. About how many miles would you travel from the Vietnamese city of Nha Trang to the Cambodian border? --

    CRITICAL THINKING: Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

11. Before 1954, the U.S. contributed heavily to the cost of France's colonial war against Vietnam. How would you explain this U.S. policy?

12. Millions of opponents of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War protested in cities across the country. Is it right for Americans to protest against their government in time of war?

13. Study the photograph on page 19, in "The War We Share." Suppose this photo were exhibited in a museum of the Vietnam War. What title would you give this photo?

14. Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War, later wrote that U.S. leaders were "terribly wrong in their judgment" about the war. How could top government leaders have been so misguided?

15. The U.S. claimed it fought the war in Vietnam to prevent the spread of Communism. Yet the U.S. now trades and has diplomatic relations with Vietnam and China, the world's strongest Communist country. Did America abandon its principles?

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