Deck 6: Weapons Proliferation

Question 1

What country adopted a "policy of pacifism," prohibiting owning, producing, or allowing nuclear weapons on its territory?

A) Brazil
B) Japan
C) Pakistan
D) India

Answer 1

B

Question 2

_____________, the world's first artificial satellite, was launched by the Soviet Union.

A) Orbit
B) Challenger
C) Sputnik
D) Avenger

Answer 2

C

Question 3

No countries have yet abandoned their nuclear weapons programs.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of why small arms and light weapons are attractive?

A) Easy availability
B) Single usage
C) Portability
D) Low cost

Question 5

_____________ weapons are made of living microorganisms and toxins that are capable of causing fatal diseases.

A) Chemical
B) Biological
C) Nuclear
D) Conventional

Question 6

The idea of _____________ destruction originated from the reality that a nuclear exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union would be suicidal.

A) ultimate
B) mutual assured
C) balanced
D) mutual balanced

Question 7

Much of the global weapons trade is not motivated by financial considerations.

Question 8

The 1996 _______________ limits the right of countries to conduct nuclear weapons tests.

A) Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
B) Proliferation Restraint Treaty
C) Nuclear Lockdown Treaty
D) New START Treaty

Question 9

_____________ weapons are extremely toxic and can be dispersed in many different ways including gas, vapor, and liquid.

A) Chemical
B) Nuclear
C) Biological
D) Cluster bomb

Question 10

The prevention of hair-trigger alert postures and the securement of weapons is concentrated in

A) defusing.
B) disarmament.
C) defenses.
D) deterrence.

Question 11

North Korea is known as the _____________ because of its imposed isolation from the global community.

A) Island State
B) isolated regions
C) Hermit Kingdom
D) Hermit State

Question 12

The Chemical Weapons Convention prohibits the development and acquisition of chemical weapons, but still allows their use.

Question 13

One reason small arms and light weapons are attractive is that they are expensive and not readily available, making them rare finds.

Question 14

The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

A) was a major reason AK-47s ended up in the hands of terrorists in Afghanistan.
B) was an exception to nuclear weapon restraint shown by superpowers during the Cold War.
C) directly resulted in the New START treaty between Russia and the United States.
D) was a major reason for the development of Agent Orange.

Question 15

A nonproliferation regime is an interlocking network of treaties, agreements, and organizations designed to prevent the spread or use of weapons of mass destruction.

Question 16

The United States used _____________ to defoliate forests in Vietnam in its war against the Vietcong forces.

A) nuclear weapons
B) anthrax
C) Agent Orange
D) mustard gas

Question 17

One reason for the proliferation of weapons is that the transfer of arms contributes to regional stability and diminishes the likelihood of war (Regional Balance of Power).

Question 18

The _____________ worldview places the constant struggle for power and dominance at the center of international relations.

A) Khanian
B) Lockian
C) Hobbesian
D) Burkian

Question 19

_____________ are attachments to treaties that allow states to be excluded from the legal effects of certain provisions of the 1925 Geneva Protocol.

A) Reservations
B) Provisions
C) Exceptions
D) Conditions

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT one of the advised actions for nuclear weapons possessors in order to promote nuclear nonproliferation in other countries?

A) Pledge to not use their weapons to threaten countries without nuclear weapons
B) Maintain their nuclear weapons
C) Ensure nonnuclear states that their neighbors would be prevented from becoming nuclear powers
D) Help countries that have renounced nuclear weapons and accepted international monitoring to acquire nuclear technology for civilian purposes

Question 21

The ___________ is a nuclear weapon capable of hitting reinforced concrete bunkers as deep as 40 feet underground.

Question 22

Discuss the dangers of small arms proliferation. Give examples.

Question 23

The Non-Proliferation Treaty does not allow the International Atomic Energy Agency of the United Nations to monitor nuclear weapons activities.

Question 24

In light of America's declining power and the need to cooperate with other nations, how should it deal with Iran and North Korea?

Question 25

Discuss the logic behind developing national missile defense systems. Do you think such efforts will help increase or decrease the level of nuclear proliferation? Why or why not?

Question 26

Do you think the world would be a safer place without nuclear weapons? Why or why not?

Question 27

During the Cold War, the concept of ________________________ refers to the idea that neither the United States nor the Soviet Union could launch nuclear weapons against the other without suffering catastrophic consequences itself.

Question 28

Prohibiting the use of biological and chemical weapons is the ___________.

Question 29

Governments transferring weapons to other governments is one way in which small arms and light weapons are transferred.

Question 30

The ____________ limits the right of countries to conduct nuclear weapons tests.

Question 31

_____________ was the name of the world's first artificial satellite.

Question 32

______________ is the reality that a nuclear exchange between two superpowers would be suicidal.

Question 33

_______________, which killed around 130,000 North Americans, was deliberately spread by British forces during the Revolutionary War.

Question 34

The agreement prohibiting the development, manufacture, and stockpiling of biological weapons is called the _____________.

Question 35

Discuss global efforts to control chemical and biological weapons.

Question 36

Weapons that can be dispersed as a gas, vapor, or liquid, and are extremely toxic, are considered ___________ weapons.

Question 37

Missiles, tanks, and heavy artillery are all types of _____________ weapons.