| A | B |
| Can Lao | Anti-Communist Labour party led by Ngo Dinh Nhu |
| Domino Theory | US idea that one by one Asian countries would fall to Communism |
| Strategic Hamlets | Fortified villages established by Diem throughout South Vietnam in 1962 |
| Geneva Accords | 1954 agreement to divide Vietnam along the 17th Parallel |
| Lao Dong | North Vietnamese Communist Party formed in 1950 |
| Mandarin | High-ranking Vietnamese bureaucrat under the Veitnamese emperors |
| Napalm | Highly inflammable petroleum gel used in US bombs |
| Nixon Doctrine | Idea of handing anti-communist activity over to the people of the country under threat |
| Pacification | US policy of winning good will of Vietnamese people by projects and teams of advisors |
| Pheonix Programme | CIA project to flush out communists in South Vietnam |
| Operation Rolling Thunder | Large scale US bombing campaign over North Vietnam |
| Viet Cong | Vietnamese communists, anti-Diem forces eho were part of the National Liberation Front |
| Viet Minh | Vietnamese Communist force who led the military campaign against the French |
| Nationalism | aaaaaa |
| Colonialism | bbbbbbbb |
| Communists | ccccccccc |
| Guerrilla warfare | dddddd |
| Protectorate | eeeee |
| Ideology | fffff |
| Dirty War | ggggg |
| Jaunissement | hhhhhhhh |
| Infiltrate | iiiiiii |
| National Liberation | jjjjjj |
| Monsoons | kkkkkkk |
| Plebiscite | lllllll |
| Partition | mmmmmmm |
| Bulwark | nnnnn |
| Religious sects | ooooo |
| Referendum | pppppp |
| Monarchy | qqqqqqqqq |
| Nepotism | rrrrrrrr |
| Political repression | sssssss |
| Criminal syndicate | tttttt |
| Dissidents | uuuuuuu |