Vietnam War
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. lbj
A. A city in South Vietnam
2. buddhist
B. A herbicide used in the Vietnam War to defoliate forest areas
3. vietnam
C. Vietnamese communist statesman who fought the Japanese in World War II and the French until 1954
4. conscription
D. A nation in southeastern Asia
5. ho chi minh
E. The end of life
6. cold war
F. Compulsory ___ in the military during peacetime
7. agent orange
G. An organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
8. richard nixon
H. One who follows the teachings of ___
9. chopper
I. Country in Asia with the Great Wall
10. moratorium
J. A member of a Buddhist people inhabiting the area of the Mekong River in ___ and Thailand (plural)
11. national service
K. Gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps
12. pacifist
L. A document ordering the payment of money
13. domino theory
M. A state of political hostility that existed from 1945 until 1990 between countries led by
14. saigon
N. Calm time without war or fighting
15. united nations
O. A legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged
16. napalm
P. The political ___ that if one nation comes under communist control then neighboring nations will
17. china
Q. A grounder that bounces high in the air
18. draft
R. Vice president under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States
19. cambodia
S. Someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
20. death
T. Country and continent known for kangaroos
21. australia
U. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea
22. laos
V. Compulsory military service
23. peace
W. 36th President of the United States