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This '68 pop festival on a farm in New York was billed as "three days of music and peace."
Woodstock
Burning Man
Monterey Pop
Lalapolooza
2
Republican nominee for president in 1968:
Richard M. Nixon
Robert Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
3
The _________ river is the "Mother River" of Indochina:
Mekong
Huang
Nile
Benghazi
4
This military force opposed the French in the first Indochina War:
SAS
Wermacht
Vietminh
Spetsnaz
5
This naval confrontation sparked US deployment of combat forces in Vietnam:
Mayaguez Incident
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Trent Affair
Suez Incident
6
"Guerrillas must move among people like fish in the water."
Chiang Kai-Sheck
Kim Jong Il
Mao Zedong
Che Guevara
7
What is the main crop of Vietnam?
Corn
Beans
Rice
Barley
8
The standard unit of currency is Vietnam is the:
Dong
Yen
Rmb
Rand
9
Identify this country:
Thailand
China
Vietnam
Cambodia
10
Identify this country:
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Indonesia
11
Identify this country:
Vietnam
Thailand
Laos
Cambodia
12
POTUS who promised a "great society" and did not run for re-election in 1968:
Richard M. Nixon
Robert McNamara
Gerald Ford
Lyndon B. Johnson
13
What revolutionary group seized Kabul, Afghanistan in 1978?
Al-Qaeda
Maoists
Communists
Fascists
14
Identify this country:
Thailand
China
Vietnam
Taiwan
15
Vietnam was dominated by this Axis nation during WWII:
Romania
Germany
Italy
Japan
16
Which on of these is NOT one of the 3 modern nations to emerge out of French Indochina?
Vietnam
Thailand
Laos
Cambodia
17
The "__________ Theory" stated that if one nation fell to communism, so would others in turn.
Conspiracy
Equilibrium
Domino
Quantum
18
This route was the main source of supplies to communist forces in South Vietnam:
Chisum Trail
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Autobahn
Hanoi Trail
19
What secret structures did the Viet Cong construct at Cu Chi?
Bridges
Tunnels
Pagodas
Dams
20
Vietnam was colonized by this European nation in the 1800's:
Spain
Argentina
England
France
21
The largest city in modern Vietnam is:
Da Nang
Ho Chi Minh City
Hue
Hanoi
22
This Democratic senator ran for POTUS on an anti-war platform in the 1968 primaries:
Wallace
Helms
McCarthy
Kerry
23
This San Francisco intersection was "the world capital of counter-culture" in the 60s.
Oak-Maple
Glenwood-Salisbury
Haight-Ashbury
Hollywood-Vine
24
What was "Agent Orange" used for in the Vietnam War?
To kill vegetation
To kill pests
A form of tear gas
To start fires
25
According to Vietnamese Gen. Giap. this factor determines the outcome of war: The ____ Factor
Industrial
Technologicals
Strategic
Human
26
US General in charge of Vietnam at the beginning of the war:
Richard Nixon
William Westmoreland
Robert McNamara
Lyndon B. Johnson
27
The US suffered approximately ___________ casualties in Vietnam.
180,000
15,000
58,000
250,000