Cloze Exercise On Early Vietnamese History

Cloze exercise on early Vietnamese History

Vietnam is a nation in the region called Indochina. Indochina is part of a larger region called ______. Indochina is dominated by two river deltas, the ______bowls of Indochina. The ______Mountains run the length of the Vietnamese-______-______borders. The mountains effectively cut Vietnam in two. North and South Vietnam have seen very different ______, ______and ______development.

The Vietnamese migrated into the ______delta from ______in the 3rd century BC. The Vietnamese brought ______farming from ______. ______farming is hard physical work and requires cooperation and a close-knit community. For this reason the ______became the basis of Vietnamese society. The identity of Vietnamese peasant villagers was developed as they linked with other ______to ______foreign ______.

China dominated Vietnam for nearly ______years. The Chinese name for Vietnam was ______, meaning ______. The Chinese introduced the philosophy of Confucianism to the Vietnamese. Confucianism stressed ______for authority, ______to the family, government with a complex ______and a desire for learning. The Chinese also introduced the religion of ______. Buddhism emphasised ______from the pain of the material world and was popular with peasants seeking release from a life of ______and ______.

The Vietnamese were thoroughly dominated by China. Annam was a______of China and paid ______to the Emperor. Vietnamese competed in ______state examinations and worked for the ______of the Chinese emperor. The Vietnamese frequently ______against Chinese rule. Although their rebellions were ______they helped develop a sense of ______.

The Vietnamese achieved independence from China in ___AD. Emperor Dinh Bo Linh established the ______of the ______Hawk in 967AD and set in place a system of government similar to China. In 1407 the Chinese Ming emperor invaded and ruled Vietnam ruthlessly until ______. He banned the Vietnamese way of _____, ______and ______. Le Loi led a ______resistance movement and expelled the Chinese. Le Loi forced the Chinese to accept Vietnamese ______and established his capital at ______. Europeans began visiting Vietnam in the ______century. The Vietnamese hated ______and attempts to establish any permanent control. Although many Vietnamese adopted ______from the 17th Century some Emperors ______and harassed missionaries because they undermined Vietnamese beliefs in ______worship and the ______of land.

In the 17th and 18th centuries Vietnam was divided by the ______Lords who controlled the north (with ______assistance) and the ______Lords who controlled the south (with ______assistance). The Nguyen clan was defeated by a popular uprising. A prince of the clan turned to the ______for help. The French king helped Nguyen Anh reclaim the throne in ______. The Nguyen dynasty lasted until 1955 when the last Vietnamese emperor (______) was overthrown. The Nguyen divided Vietnam into three regions: ______, ______and ______. The Tonkinese in the north resisted Nguyen rule and ______and ______were frequent. Vietnamese Nationalist Heroes

Use the text to describe how nationalism was developed and expressed by an early Vietnamese leader.

Le Loi Nguyen Quyen

Methods Methods Guerilla Warfare Guerilla Warfare (using ambushes, raids, strategic (using ambushes, raids, strategic retreats, booby traps and retreats, booby traps and deception to defeat much larfer deception to defeat much larfer enemy forces) enemy forces) Example Example Faked a defeat to lure a Chinese Iron tipped spikes mentioned in General into a trap. Beheaded the the text. general and destroyed his forces in a mountain valley. .