Deck 5: Weapons Trafficking

Question 1

What is the definition of the following word:
-Small arms.

Answer 1

Sturdy, have minimal maintenance requirements, and can be used for up to 20 years.

Question 2

What is the definition of the following word:
-Antipersonnel land mines.

Answer 2

Only used once as they are destroyed once triggered.

Question 3

What is the definition of the following word:

-Legal markets.

Answer 3

These are legitimate sales between and among states and companies.

Question 4

What is the definition of the following word:

-Black markets.

Question 5

What is the definition of the following word:

-Gray markets.

Question 6

What is the definition of the following word:
-One-time deals.

Question 7

What is the definition of the following word:
-Repeat deals.

Question 8

What is the definition of the following word:

-Marketplace deals.

Question 9

What is the definition of the following word:
-Cold War.

Question 10

How many of the 49 major conflicts in the 1990s were fought with small arms as the primary form of weaponry?

A) 20
B) 30
C) 47
D) 49

Question 11

In 2014, what nation was the top exporter of arms?

A) United States
B) United Kingdom
C) Spain
D) Italy

Question 12

In 2014, what nation was the top importer of arms?

A) UAE
B) Indonesia
C) Australia
D) India

Question 13

How many US procured rifles shipped to Afghanistan for ANSF?

A) 80,000
B) 10,000
C) 117,163
D) 200,000

Question 14

Which of the following countries abstained from the Arms Trade Treaty?

A) Bahrain
B) China
C) India
D) Iran
E) All of the above countries abstained from voting from the Arms Trade Treaty

Question 15

What weapons are sturdy, have minimal maintenance requirements, and can be used for up to 20 years?

A) Small arms
B) Antipersonnel land mines
C) Chemical weapons
D) Nuclear weapons

Question 16

What weapon can be used only once as they are destroyed once triggered?

A) Small arms
B) Antipersonnel land mines
C) Chemical Weapons
D) Nuclear weapons

Question 17

Which of the following countries are not a party to the Ottawa Treaty (Mine Ban Treaty)?

A) United States
B) Brazil
C) Mexico
D) Canada

Question 18

Which is NOT a type of international arms markets?

A) Legal Markets
B) Black Markets
C) Green Markets
D) Gray Markets

Question 19

What are legitimate sales between and among states and companies?

A) Legal Markets
B) Black Markets
C) Green Markets
D) Gray Markets

Question 20

These markets are clearly illegal sales of weapons that neither the seller nor the buyer should possess.

A) Legal Markets
B) Black Markets
C) Green Markets
D) Gray Markets

Question 21

These markets exploit weak spots in international arms laws by creating chains of legitimate and illegitimate buyers and sellers.

A) Legal Markets
B) Black Markets
C) Green Markets
D) Gray Markets

Question 22

Within these markets, legal arms are sold legally by one party to another, but the buyer then re-sells those weapons to illegitimate third parties.

A) Black Market
B) Gray Market
C) One-time deals
D) Legal Markets

Question 23

These are single shipments that are sold by a single buyer to a single seller which are sometimes directed by a broker.

A) Gray Market
B) Black Market
C) One-time deals
D) Green Market

Question 24

These are deals that take place within organized networks between two or more parties.

A) Black Market
B) Gray Market
C) One-time Deals
D) Repeat deals

Question 25

These are the most open type of international transaction and occurs in transparent conditions.

A) One-time deals
B) Black Market
C) Repeat Deals
D) Marketplace Deals

Question 26

Which of the following influence arm prices?

A) Strict arms regulations within a country increases the price of weapons.
B) Countries with insecure borders tend to have lower arms prices.
C) A surplus of arms in post-conflict regions depresses prices and contributes to the risk of conflict after the conflict has ended.
D) All of the above are influences to arm prices.

Question 27

Which of the following is not an influence of arms prices?

A) Inexpensive weapons increase the risk of civil war.
B) Weapons prices usually increase greatly during a war's early stages.
C) Strict arms regulations within a country increases the price of weapons.
D) All are influences of arms prices.

Question 28

Which of the following are groups that buy black market weapons?

A) Armed rebel groups
B) Insurgents
C) Paramilitaries
D) Warlords
E) All of the above

Question 29

Which of the following do NOT buy weapons from the black market?

A) Political parties
B) Private military companies
C) State militaries
D) Individual citizens

Question 30

Russia is not a party to the Arms Trade Treaty.

Question 31

UN Resolution 61/89 (the Arms Trade Treaty) was introduced by the United States Ambassador.

Question 32

For the majority of the 20th century most international regulation of weapons dealt with nuclear or chemical weapons.

Question 33

Many serviceable small arms date from World War II or earlier.

Question 34

Because of the durability of small-arms, users are less likely to trade old weapons for newer weapons than they are to discard or destroy them.

Question 35

The sales of SALW are valued at billions of dollars (USD) per year.

Question 36

Most SALW sales occur within the legitimate sphere of business.

Question 37

Many weapons are sold and resold through "gray" and "black" markets that are difficult to detect.

Question 38

Black markets are the most difficult market to control.

Question 39

One time deals compose much of the legal arms trade and include many country-to-country sales.

Question 40

One-time deals feed ongoing criminal operations, military alliances, and conflicts.

Question 41

Marketplaces are used by large numbers of people who want to buy a few weapons from illicit or illegal sources.

Question 42

Large-scale sellers generally do not sell large amounts of arms over the open market.

Question 43

Arms prices in a given country are reduced with higher military spending in neighboring countries.

Question 44

Non-state actors closely associated with state agencies buy black market weapons.

Question 45

Terrorist organizations do not acquire weapons through the black market.

Question 46

The sale of weapons, particularly SALWs, by established military powers to nations that are historically stable.

Question 47

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) the United States and Russia accounted for 10% of all arms exports.

Question 48

From 2002 to 2008, the United States spent an estimated $16.5 million to train and equip Afghan forces to stabilize the country.

Question 49

What role did weapons trafficking play in the Cold War?

Question 50

List the countries that top the world in weapons trafficking.

Question 51

Who are groups that would use the black market to seek out the purchase of weapons?

Question 52

Identify the factors that influence and are influenced by arms sales.