Korea/Vietnam Vocabulary

38th Parallel

• Circle of latitude that is 38 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.

Douglas MacArthur

• An american five-star general and field marshal of the Philippine Army.

Ho Chi Minh

• Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Domino theory

• The theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries.

Ngo Dinh Diem

• South Vietnamese politician

Vietcong

• Name given by Western sources to the national liberation front during the Vietnam War.

Vietnamization

• Policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces.

Khmer Rouge

• The name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea in Cambodia.