Vietnam War Era Study Guide
Chapter 5: French Colonization
1. Identify the economic, political, and social changes that occurred in Vietnam as a result of
French colonization.
Economic
2.
Political
Social
Explain how life improved for Vietnamese Catholic villagers. How was it later made more
difficult?
3. Describe the ways in which the Vietnamese were exploited by the French.
4. Identify incidents of aggression by both the Vietnamese and the French.
Vietnamese
French
5. Identify each of the motives for French colonization of Vietnam.
6. Discuss the era known as the “Pacification Period”.
7. Describe the colonial government and economy of Vietnam. Explain how both systems
disproportionately benefitted the French.
8. Provide 3 detailed examples of “modernization” in Vietnam during the rule of Governor General
Paul Doumer.
9. List the export crops that the French used to profit from Vietnam.
10. List 3 ways the Vietnamese were used as cheap labor for the French.
11. Discuss the growth of Vietnamese nationalism that took place during the early to mid 20th
century.
12. Discuss the Vietnamese role in WWI.
13. Explain the relationship between economic interests and the need for colonies.
14. Explain how the French changed Vietnamese culture to fit their ideals.
15. Explain how the idea of Communism/ Marxism was introduced to the people of Vietnam.
16. Discuss the changes in Vietnam as a result of WWII.
17. Explain how the Vietnamese were able to eventually wih the French-Indochina War.
18. Provide detailed notes on the following people.
Father Alexander de Rhodes
Gia Long
Minh Mang
Tu Duc
Paul Doumer
Jean Baptiste Paul Beau
Phan Boi Chau
Phan Chi Trinh
Ho Chi Minh
Vo Nguyen Giap
19. Terms to define. Be sure to explain how they relate to the colonization of Vietnam by the
French.
a. Patenotre Treaty
b. Protectorate
c. Monoculture
d. Free Schools
e. Law of Separation
f. Existentialism