TRACE THE UPS AND DOWNS OF A NATION: VIETNAM.

INFORMATION BANK

Before 300 B.C.: Civilization of Aug Lac develops in area of Southeast Asia that in now Vietnam.

208 B.C.: A Chinese general conquers Au Lac and names it Nam Viet. Later, it becomes a province of China.

A.D. 939: Vietnamese revolt, defeat the Chinese, and set up the independent nation of Dai Viet (Vietnam).

1407: China conquers Vietnam and makes it a province.

1428: Vietnam regains independence.

1858: France demands that the emperor of Vietnam reverse anti-christian policies against missionaries.

1858-1885: France takes control of Vietnam and makes it part of French Indochina, which includes Laos and Cambodia.

1940-1945: Japanese occupy Vietnam during World War II. Vietnamese wage guerrilla war against Japan.

1945: Led by Communist leader Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam declares independence. The french return and take over.

1954: The French are defeated. Vietnam is split in two. Communists rule North Vietnam; anti-Communists control South Vietnam.

1957: Communist Viet Cong guerrillas begin attacks on South Vietnam.

1964: U.S. comba troops enter the war on the side of South Vietnam; U.S. begins bombing of North Vietnam.

1973: A peace agreement is signed in Paris. U.S. troops pull out of Vietnam. Fighting continues in the South.

1975: South Vietnam falls to the Communists and the country is reunitd with Hanoi as its capital.

1995: Diplomatic relations between U.S. and Vietnam are normalized.

2000: Bill clinton becomes the first U.S. President to vist unified Vietnam.

Questions

1. In What part of the world is Vietnam located (A) Central Asia; (B) Oceania; (C) Southeast Asia.

2. What northern neighbor frequently interfered in the affairs of ancient Vietnam? (A) Russia; (B) China; (C) Mongolia.

3. In addition to Vietnam, what countries formed French Indochina? (A) China and India; (B) Burma and Thailand; (C) Cambodia and Laos.

4. Whose troops occupied Vietnam in 1940? (A) Japan; (B) China; (C) United States.

5. Vietnamese Communists defeated what colonial power in 1954? (A) China; (B) Japan; (C) France.

6. What type of government did North Vietnam have after 1954? (A) Communist; (B) democratic; (C) military dictatorship.

7. Troops of what foreign country became actively involved in the Vietnam War in 1964? (A) France; (B) U.S.; (C) Soviet Union.

8. What happened in Vietnam two years after U.S. combat troops pulled out? (A) the South Vietnamese army and government collapsed; (B) the French returned; (C) South Vietnam captured North Vietnam.

9. In what year did the U.S., and Vietnam normalize diplomatic relations? (A) 1975; (B) 1995; (C) 2000.

10. Which U.S. President was the first to visit Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam war? (A) Richard Nixon; (B) Bill Clinton; (C) Jimmy Carter.

ANSWERS

1. C

2. B

3. C

4. A

5. C

6. A

7. B

8. A

9. B

10. B