Deck 10: The Military, War, and Terrorism

Question 1

The U.S. military consists of ______ branches of armed forces.

A) 3
B) 5
C) 7
D) 4

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What is the largest employer in the world?

A) U.S. government
B) U.S. Department of Defense
C) Wal-Mart
D) Apple

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following is true of U.S. military recruits?

A) Army recruits on average are older than Air Force recruits.
B) Half of all Marine Corps recruits are between the ages of 17 and 18.
C) Air Force recruits on average are older than army recruits.
D) both "Army recruits on average are older than Air Force recruits" and "Air Force recruits on average are older than army recruits"

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What region of the country provides the largest proportion of military recruits?

A) northeast
B) northwest
C) west coast
D) south

Question 5

Women comprise ______ of the armed forces in the United States.

A) 5%
B) 40%
C) 30%
D) 15%

Question 6

A ______ is an officer in the armed forces that holds the rank of second lieutenant or above in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps or an ensign or above in the U.S. Navy.

A) commissioned officer
B) general
C) commander
D) none of these

Question 7

This is the sociological analysis of armed forces and war.

A) critical perspective
B) functional theory
C) military sociology
D) political sociology

Question 8

This theory assumes that institutions come into being to meet specific and basic societal needs.

A) conflict
B) functional
C) rational choice
D) symbolic interaction

Question 9

This approach to studying the military argues that war and terrorism serve specific and important tasks, or functions, within society.

A) functionalist
B) symbolic interactionist
C) critical
D) feminist

Question 10

According to the functionalist perspective, which of the following is a function of war?

A) regulates conflict between states
B) extends social values of the victor
C) extends political values of the victor
D) all of these

Question 11

Functionalists view terrorism as ______.

A) essential
B) dysfunctional
C) functional
D) both essential and functional

Question 12

Which of the following is a way in which the military preserves social values?

A) encouraging patriotism
B) encouraging compliance to normative expectations
C) encouraging political dysfunction
D) both "encouraging patriotism" and "encouraging compliance to normative expectations"

Question 13

Which of the following statements is true about terrorism from a functionalist perspective?

A) Terrorism is in the eye of the beholder.
B) Terrorism may be functional as a form of resistance.
C) Terrorism is dysfunctional.
D) all of these

Question 14

This approach to studying the military investigates how we attach meanings to things, events, and other representations in support of war, terrorism, and the military.

A) functionalist
B) symbolic interactionist
C) feminist
D) conflict

Question 15

Which of the following military topics are studied by symbolic interactionists?

A) military life histories
B) the process of recruitment
C) how civilians are transformed into soldiers
D) all of these

Question 16

The symbolism associated with the military's use of the term "collateral damage" instead of "innocent victims" illustrates this approach to studying the military.

A) functionalist
B) symbolic interactionist
C) feminist
D) conflict

Question 17

This perspective to studying the military posits that military organizations must maintain a legitimate monopoly on the use of force, and the use of this force is uniquely tied to the material instruments of war.

A) functionalist
B) symbolic interactionist
C) feminist
D) materialist

Question 18

Which of the following is true about certain positions in the military?

A) Racial and ethnic minorities tend to be clustered in the enlisted ranks.
B) Women tend to be clustered in the support, clerical, and medical fields.
C) Minorities tend to be clustered in the officer ranks.
D) both "racial and ethnic minorities tend to be clustered in the enlisted ranks" and "women tend to be clustered in the support, clerical, and medical fields"

Question 19

This represents an informal alliance consisting of the nation's military and major industries producing arms or other military materials that seek to influence public policy.

A) Department of Defense
B) military-industrial alliance
C) functionalist approach to the military
D) critical approach to the military

Question 20

This war lasted from 1775 to 1783.

A) Civil War
B) Revolutionary War
C) Seminole War
D) The Battle of New Orleans

Question 21

Which of the following best describes the first patriots to give their lives in the Revolutionary War?

A) all Englishmen
B) a diverse group of an Irishman, two Englishmen, and a man of mixed African race
C) a diverse group of Native American and Irishmen
D) none of these

Question 22

What was the name of the mixed African race man that died at the beginning of the Revolutionary War?

A) Crispus Attucks
B) John Brown
C) Tony Kellog
D) Jeremiah Johns

Question 23

During the Revolutionary War, who was the first to tap the support of black slaves?

A) the patriots
B) the British
C) the allies
D) the confederates

Question 24

During the Revolutionary War, blacks who fought for the Continental Army ______.

A) received the same pay as white soldiers
B) were paid less than white soldiers
C) faced the same dangers as white soldiers
D) both "received the same pay as white soldiers" and "faced the same dangers as white soldiers"

Question 25

During the Revolutionary War, women ______.

A) boycotted British goods
B) committed acts of sabotage against the British
C) worked as spies
D) all of these

Question 26

This woman was a highly accomplished spy for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

A) Ann Simpson
B) Margaret Thatcher
C) Susan B. Anthony
D) bell hooks

Question 27

How many major wars have American military forces fought against Native Americans?

A) 10
B) 23
C) 29
D) 76

Question 28

Which U.S. president reactivated the Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces in 1962?

A) President Kennedy
B) President Ford
C) President Johnson
D) President Nixon

Question 29

Which of the following is a form of terrorism?

A) individual
B) group
C) state
D) all of these

Question 30

This terrorist action prompted the first use of the phrase "war on terrorism" in 1984.

A) the Beirut barracks bombing
B) Iran-Contra Affair
C) Cuban Missile Crisis
D) none of these

Question 31

Which U.S. president first used the phrase "war against terrorism"?

A) President Reagan
B) President George H. Bush
C) President Clinton
D) President Obama

Question 32

This is the intense fear and paranoia regarding Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim.

A) hate crime
B) islamophobia
C) xenophobia
D) ethnocentrism

Question 33

Since 2002 there has been an average of ______ annual hate crimes committed against Muslims in the United States.

A) 500-550
B) 100-150
C) 50-100
D) 250-300

Question 34

How do the authors suggest that war can be averted?

A) by increasing world security
B) by working toward sustainable jobs
C) by working toward sustainable economies
D) all of these

Question 35

Providing international funding for start-up businesses run by women in poverty stricken countries illustrates ______.

A) increasing world security
B) working toward sustainable jobs
C) working toward sustainable economies
D) both "working toward sustainable jobs" and "working toward sustainable economies"

Question 36

This is a way to prevent tyranny.

A) supporting equal access to education
B) alleviating poverty
C) promoting civil liberties and freedom
D) all of these

Question 37

Which branch of the military used Navajo Code Talkers during World War II?

A) Army
B) Navy
C) Marines
D) Coast Guard

Question 38

Which Native American tribe served as "Code Talkers" during World War II?

A) Navajo
B) Seminole
C) Cherokee
D) Chippewa

Question 39

This is the highest military honor that one can receive for combat heroism.

A) Purple Heart
B) Congressional Medal of Honor
C) Distinguished Flying Cross
D) Defense Distinguished Service Medal

Question 40

In 1942 this program allowed 50,000 Mexican agricultural works and 765 railroad workers to enter the United States as guest workers.

A) Bracero Program
B) Hildago Program
C) Veracruz Program
D) Immigration Act

Question 41

______ were a series of wildcat strikes during the first half of 1943 that were triggered when people demanded access to segregated facilities, such as the use of separate bathrooms.

A) Hate strikes
B) Riot strikes
C) Hate crimes
D) None of these

Question 42

Which U.S. president passed Executive Order 8802 in 1941 that prohibited racial discrimination in the defense industries and civil service jobs?

A) President Nixon
B) President Truman
C) President Roosevelt
D) President McKinley

Question 43

World War II involved, among other things, a scramble for resources in ______.

A) Europe
B) Africa
C) Asia and the Middle East
D) all of these

Question 44

How many women have received the Medal of Honor?

A) 5
B) 7
C) 1
D) 3

Question 45

During the Civil War it is estimated that ______ women, dressed as men, fought on both sides.

A) 1,000
B) 1,500
C) 250
D) 500

Question 46

The Seminole Wars resulted in ______.

A) the removal of 4,000 Seminoles to Oklahoma
B) the removal of 4,000 Seminoles to Kansas
C) the establishment of the reservation system
D) Native American citizenship

Question 47

Which of the following groups were considered "new immigrants" on the eve of the Civil War?

A) Irish
B) Polish
C) German
D) all of these

Question 48

Immigrants comprised ______ of the union armed forces.

A) 13%
B) 33%
C) 43%
D) 73%

Question 49

Which of the following groups were considered "old immigrants" on the eve of the Civil War?

A) English
B) Scottish
C) Irish
D) both English and Scottish

Question 50

This treaty, signed in 1848, ended the Mexican-American War.

A) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
B) Treaty of San Juan
C) Treaty of Versaii
D) Treaty of Carlos Sanchez

Question 51

During the Mexican-American War the United States desired to annex this territory.

A) Texas
B) California
C) Louisiana
D) both Texas and California

Question 52

The United States was engaged in this war from 1846 to 1848.

A) Revolutionary War
B) Seminole War
C) Civil War
D) Mexican-American War

Question 53

The Seminole Wars took place in this U.S. state.

A) Virginia
B) Carolina
C) Florida
D) New York

Question 54

In 1830 this act banished all Native Americans beyond the Mississippi.

A) Indian Removal Act
B) Relocation Act
C) Immigration Act
D) Refugee Act

Question 55

Native American land was the main source of tension for this war that gave rise to the conflict between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime and trading rights with Europe.

A) Revolutionary War
B) War of 1812
C) Civil War
D) Seminole War

Question 56

More blacks served in the Vietnam War than in any war before or since.

Question 57

Draftees made up 25% of the military during the Vietnam War

Question 58

The United States spends more on its military than any other country.

Question 59

The number of elected officials who are veterans was at an all-time high in 2016.

Question 60

Black men and women worked as British spies during the Revolutionary War.

Question 61

During the Revolutionary War, Native Americans mostly sided with the British.

Question 62

The First, Second, and Third Seminole Wars were never officially declared "wars" by the U.S. government.

Question 63

Racial discrimination was so extreme that not a single African American received a Medal of Honor either during World War II or immediately after.

Question 64

Old immigrants included people from England, Scotland, and Wales.

Question 65

Nisei are second-generation Chinese in the United States.

Question 66

According to functionalists, war can provide a sense of social solidarity. Discuss how this is possible.

Question 67

Discuss the practice of slavery among the Seminoles during the Revolutionary War period.

Question 68

Three Mexican territories were ceded to the United States in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Discuss what happened to the Mexican citizens who lived in those territories after the end of the Mexican-American war.

Question 69

Discuss the correlation between socioeconomic status and military recruiting.

Question 70

Discuss the symbolic interactionists approach to the military.