Chapter 18, Section 4 War in Southeast Asia - LPS

1 Chapter 18, Section 4 War in Southeast Asia Pages 630 635 Indochina After World War 2: (pgs. 630 631) 1. What European country controlled Vietnam until 1954? 2. Define: Guerrillas 3. Define: Ho Chi Minh 4. What decisive battle caused the French to finally leave Vietnam in 1954? 5. Read the biography of Ho Chi Minh on page 631. How did his approach to communism differ from the Soviet model? America Enters the Vietnam War: (pgs. 631 634) 6. Define: Domino Theory 7. Define: Viet Cong 8. What was passed on August 7, 1964 in the Congress? What did it authorize the President to do? 9. How many troops did the soon commit to Vietnam? 10. What was the Tet Offensive?

2 How did affect public opinion in United States? The Vietnam War Ends: (p. 634) 11. Why did the withdraw its troops from Vietnam? 12. What did the North Vietnamese conquerors rename Saigon? Southeast Asia After the War: (pgs. 634 635) 13. Define: Khmer Rouge 14. Define: Pol Pot 15. What tactics did the Khmer Rouge do to get rid of Western influence in Cambodia? What percent of Cambodia s population died? 16. Who eventually drove out the Khmer out of Cambodia? Map Activity: Directions: Use the map on page 633 to complete the directions below. 1. Label and shade the countries of North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos with colored pencils. 2. Label the Capital Cities of Saigon & Hanoi.

3 3. Label the Mekong River. 4. Label the Gulf of Tonkin, South China Sea, and the Gulf of Thailand. 5. Sketch in the Ho Chi Minh Trail