the features of an area of land, for example, its hills or forest, are known as the terrain of that area

experience refers to the development of knowledge or skills in a particular activity due to sustained involvement

support means to provide assistance or encouragement in order to help someone succeed

North Vietnamese strengths in the Vietnam War

History

Segregation and discrimination in the USA

Civil rights organisations in the 20th century

Progress in education, 1954-60

The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-6)

Martin Luther King Jr and the early civil rights movement

Early opposition to the civil rights movement

The changing position of black Americans by 1960

Greensboro and the sit-in movement

Freedom rides: protests and progress for civil rights (1961)

The James Meredith case (1962)

The peace marches (1963) and Freedom Summer (1964)

The Civil Rights Act (1964) and Voting Rights Act (1965)

Reasons why the civil rights movement was more successful from 1960 to 1965

The role of Malcolm X in the civil rights movement

The emergence of the Black Power movement

The Black Panther Party

The riots of 1965-67 and the Kerner Report (1968)

King's campaign in the North

How successful was the civil rights movement by 1975?

French Indochina

Containment and the Domino Theory

Vietcong resistance

Gulf of Tonkin incident

The Tet Offensive

US involvement in Vietnam

The effect of Vietnamisation on US policy in Vietnam

The expansion of the war into Cambodia, Laos and North Vietnam, 1969-1972

Opposition to the Vietnam War in the US

Support for the Vietnam War in the US

Changing US policy in Vietnam, 1969-1972

Peace negotiations to end the Vietnam War, 1968-1972

The Paris Peace agreement, 1973

US weaknesses in the Vietnam War

Impact of the Vietnam War

In this unit, pupils study a modern society and the issues that affected it in great depth over a shorter period. They learn about the key events, developments, people and stories that shaped this modern society over a period of around twenty to thirty years.

Modern depth studies

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

The keyword that refers to features of an area of land, for example, its hills or forest is the...

Starting with the first, order the countries with which the North Vietnamese had fought since 1940.

The North Vietnamese previously faced the military forces of Japan and France

They knew how to use jungle cover to hide 12 000 miles of the Ho Chi Minh Trail

They were motivated by Ho Chi Minh's support of land reforms

Which of the following statements explain why the North Vietnamese were so strong? 

Many Southern Vietnamese were active members of the Vietcong

Many Southern Vietnamese supported the Vietcong by feeding or hiding them

The Southern Vietnamese fought against the Vietcong

Which of the following statements describes the support of the South for North Vietnam?

Which of these communist countries provided the most economic and military support for North Vietnam? 

By the late 1960s, how much of the military and technical equipment supplied to North Vietnam came from the USSR?

a plan for directing overall military operations and movements.

 actions employed by armed forces during contact with the enemy.

a member of a group that takes possession of a country by force.

The use of napalm and Agent Orange to remove the jungle vegetation and crops used by the Vietcong are both examples of which operation?

How were the US troops portrayed in communist propaganda?

Operation Rolling Thunder did relatively little damage to the North’s military

Chemical agents caused terrible injuries to civilians and destroyed crops

Communist propaganda emphasised Americans as occupiers to increase their support

US bombing in South Vietnam killed an estimated two million civilians

The US tried to win over the ‘hearts and minds’ of the South Vietnamese people

Which of the following statements explain why the US strategy and tactics failed?

500 unarmed villagers were murdered by US soldiers at the...

 The deliberate wounding or killing of commanding officers is known as...

Starter Quiz

Match the words with their definitions.