| Answers
for the blanks:
(See the word bank at the bottom of 8 -19.)
The Picture:
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Tips
for completing the map:
Students should work from the finished map shown on the Internet support site or from our overhead transparency map collection. Emphasize neatness from the beginning! Ask students to color and label the Mekong River first. (Color the river blue, but remember that color pencils aren't very good for small letters. Use a #2 pencil or a blue ball point pen for labeling water.) The fertile region around the mouth of the river is known as the Mekong Delta. Next, ask students to draw the Ho Chi Minh Trail in red. Communist forces used this trail - actually a network of trails - to move soldiers and weapons into South Vietnam. Students should color North and South Vietnam very lightly, so the labels are not obscured. The DMZ line should be in red or orange. Today, of course, there is only one Vietnam, and it is under the control of the Communist Party. Finally, students should label and lightly shade the water areas in light blue. |
A helicopter like those used to support American troops in Vietnam.
The geography of Vietnam made the helicopter vital for moving soldiers
quickly to and from battle areas.