Deck 18: National Security in the Twenty-First Century

Question 1

Which of the following articulates the relationship between unemployment and military recruiting?

A) There is no relationship between the two.
B) When unemployment rises, recruiting also improves.
C) When unemployment decreases, recruiting generally improves.
D) The relationship is too complex to measure.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The United States and its allies__________.

A) make sure to spend twice as much as "rogue states" on defense
B) account for about 80 percent of all military spending in the world
C) have significantly reduced spending since the end of the Cold War
D) spend about the same as Russia does on defense

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The tension and arms race known as __________ was between the United States and Soviet Union from World War II until 1990.

A) official development assistance
B) the Bush Doctrine
C) international law
D) the Cold War

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following does the United States consider a "rogue state"?

A) Cuba
B) Chile
C) Russia
D) Saudi Arabia

Question 5

Ricin is a toxin that is fatal to humans even in very small doses even if simply inhaled.Ricin has been used to produce large scale death and injury.It is an example of __________.

A) a nuclear weapon
B) a weapon of mass destruction
C) terrorism
D) habeas corpus

Question 6

The fact that Lockheed Martin employs many people who either have or currently serve as high-ranking government officials is an example of __________.

A) a conflict of interest
B) a cold war
C) national security
D) terrorism

Question 7

__________ is used as a weapon of mass disruption.

A) Assault
B) A computer virus
C) Tax evasion
D) Election fraud

Question 8

In 2011 there were about __________ active military personnel in the U.S.armed forces.

A) 1,400,000
B) 848,000
C) 678,025
D) 451,000

Question 9

Which nation spends the most on national security?

A) Russia
B) China
C) India
D) The United States

Question 10

Which of the following is partly responsible for national security in the United States?

A) The Department of Homeland Security
B) The Central Intelligence Agency
C) NASA
D) The Immigration and Naturalization Service

Question 11

__________ is a government justification for sustaining high levels of defense spending.

A) The fact that defense spending decreases taxes
B) The idea that we need to be so strong that we can help any persecuted people in the world
C) The concept of the world as an unsafe place even without the Soviet threat
D) The health of our infrastructure and education system

Question 12

The United States has __________.

A) the world's smallest navy
B) the world's second largest air force
C) the world's most sophisticated weapons
D) an average size defense budget given its population

Question 13

__________ is/are one of the major challenges to the United States.

A) Russia
B) WMDs
C) Saddam Hussein
D) Immigration

Question 14

The ways nations organize to protect themselves and guard against threats both internal and external is commonly referred to as __________.

A) national security
B) the defense budget
C) official development assistance
D) international law

Question 15

Many in the United States support continued military spending based at least in part by the idea that our vast military superiority discourages our enemies from attacking.This is known as __________.

A) the Bush doctrine
B) the Cold War
C) peace through strength
D) a conflict of interest

Question 16

The U.S.Defense Department believes that __________.

A) future conflicts will be very similar to the conflicts of the past
B) the U.S. military has no humanitarian role to play; those things are best left to others
C) they must be actively prepared to combat cyberattacks
D) their importance will decline in the coming years as the world gets more peaceful

Question 17

The government's spending plan for maintaining and upgrading the military defenses of the United States is __________.

A) the Cold War
B) national security
C) the defense budget
D) the Bush Doctrine

Question 18

In 2009,there were __________ members of the guard and reserve in the United States.

A) 2,848,000
B) 1,454,515
C) 848,000
D) 500,000

Question 19

The Boston Tea Party is viewed as a patriotic act by Americans,but was seen as an act of terrorism by the British.This exemplifies which of the following concepts?

A) Terrorism is a social construction
B) Preemptive war
C) Preventive war
D) The Bush Doctrine

Question 20

Sometimes violence is politically motivated and its only goal is to call attention to a cause.This is classified as __________.

A) a Cold War
B) terrorism
C) the Bush Doctrine
D) the defense budget

Question 21

Habeas corpus __________.

A) means suspected terrorists are presumed guilty until found innocent
B) prevents someone from being detained indefinitely without cause
C) keeps people in prison indefinitely
D) means "death by terrorist" in Latin

Question 22

The belief that the United States has the right to respond to danger with overwhelming force including nuclear weapons illustrates which tenet of the Bush Doctrine?

A) Regime change
B) Unbounded U.S. military superiority
C) The line in the sand
D) The spread of democracy

Question 23

What is the majority population in Iraq?

A) Shiite
B) Kurdish
C) Sunni
D) Faisal

Question 24

The policy originally guiding U.S.military actions in the war on terror and long-range plans for national security has come to be known as __________.

A) weapons of mass destruction
B) international law
C) the Bush Doctrine
D) containment

Question 25

About __________ percent of Iraqi primary school children have shown symptoms of trauma.

A) 90
B) 70
C) 50
D) 30

Question 26

Going to war to remove a dictator such as Saddam Hussein and replace him with a different leader is an example of __________.

A) the line in the sand
B) a preemptive war
C) a preventive war
D) regime change

Question 27

Who was the only U.S.senator to vote against the PATRIOT Act?

A) Russ Feingold
B) Hillary Clinton
C) John McCain
D) Strom Thurmond

Question 28

The United States began a preventive war against Iraq in 2003.The United States justified this action by claiming Saddam Hussein,the leader of Iraq,__________.

A) had committed to helping the United States and then backed out
B) had connections with Russia
C) had weapons of mass destruction
D) was mentally unstable

Question 29

The Geneva conventions date back to __________.

A) 1532
B) 1697
C) 1864
D) 1931

Question 30

Post traumatic stress disorder is affecting approximately __________ percent of the soldiers returning from Iraq.

A) 10
B) 17
C) 43
D) 90

Question 31

Lewis is angry about what he perceives as governmental overreach.He plans to blow up the Washington Monument to make a political statement.Lewis is a __________.

A) freedom fighter
B) martyr
C) soldier of fortune
D) terrorist

Question 32

In what way is the cost of the war in Iraq unevenly distributed?

A) Soldiers are more likely to come from upper-class backgrounds.
B) While waging the war, the government has increased taxes on the well-to-do.
C) The government has cut programs that help the poor to fund the war effort.
D) The poor have experienced food rationing to support the war effort.

Question 33

The 2,000 illegal bombings each year in the United States are examples of __________.

A) preemptive war
B) preventive war
C) terrorism
D) conflict of interest

Question 34

The Military Commissions Act of 2006 __________.

A) expands who can be considered an "enemy combatant"
B) allows no interrogation tactics
C) strengthens rules of evidence and due process
D) gave the United States a good reputation abroad

Question 35

In 1995 Timothy McVeigh used a bomb to destroy a federal building in Oklahoma City,killing 168 people.This was an act of __________.

A) preemptive war
B) preventive war
C) domestic terrorism
D) international terrorism

Question 36

The USA PATRIOT Act __________.

A) was enacted on the five-year anniversary of 9/11
B) allows greater reach of law enforcement and more oversight
C) allows citizens to be incarcerated on suspicion alone
D) justified the Iraq war

Question 37

Most of the world's Muslims are __________.

A) Sunni
B) Shiite
C) Sufi
D) Kashmiri

Question 38

Why has the U.S.war in Iraq met with difficulty?

A) The U.S. troops restored order too quickly.
B) The United States underestimated the depth of the divisions within the Iraqi population, especially between the Sunni and Shiite Muslims.
C) Much of Iraq's infrastructure was underutilized.
D) Very few of the Iraqis were allowed to come to the United States.

Question 39

How is the war on terror different from a conventional war?

A) There is no formal army to fight.
B) There is a state to defeat.
C) There are decisive battles that will bring an end to the war.
D) The winners and losers are clear.

Question 40

The Bush Doctrine has involved __________.

A) ensuring the United States has an unparalleled popular reputation around the world
B) the idea that other nations are either with the United States or against the United States
C) a 10-year cease fire on all Middle Eastern countries
D) widespread success

Question 41

Jesse is concerned about protecting privacy and limiting the authority of the government to spy on citizens.One can surmise that he would like to __________ the USA PATRIOT Act.

A) expand
B) renew
C) dismantle
D) update

Question 42

Although there is appeal in __________ attacks because they do not place U.S.soldiers at risk,there are serious ethical and moral concerns that go along with some very human errors that have occurred which have led to the loss of civilian life.

A) sniper
B) guerilla
C) drone
D) terrorist

Question 43

It is reasonable to believe that,in the modern era of warfare,that __________.

A) U.S. strategic weapons and navy warships will have little impact on new enemies
B) the United States will be more successful than in the past because the enemies are less sophisticated
C) the United States will openly adopt terrorist tactics in order to succeed
D) the United States will be at a disadvantage due to lack of funding

Question 44

Even though it is a conflict of interest,companies that may profit from military expenditures are permitted to __________ Congress.

Question 45

Drone strikes are part of the __________ that increasingly dominates military action and removes both soldiers and civilians from war.

Question 46

__________ is best classified not as a distinct enemy,but a methodology.

Question 47

Although there were no weapons of mass destruction found,Jeremy still supports the war in Iraq based on the notion that the United States is safer when there are more democracies in the world.This is an example of which tenet of the Bush Doctrine?

A) Regime change
B) Unbounded U.S. military superiority
C) The line in the sand
D) The spread of democracy

Question 48

Harrison believes that democracy and freedom should be the guiding principles behind all nations in the world.His views mean that he would likely be in favor of __________.

A) preemptive war
B) preventive war
C) the Bush Doctrine
D) the Cold War

Question 49

When assessing the success or failure of a war effort,it is important to look down the line.Ten years after the war in Iraq began the Sunnis and the Shiites are __________,which is having a major __________ effect on the rest of the world.

A) at civil war; negative
B) at civil war; positive
C) at peace; negative
D) at peace; positive

Question 50

Operation Iraqi Freedom was based on the notion of a __________ which is illegal under the U.N.Charter.

A) Cold War
B) preemptive war
C) preventive war
D) regime change

Question 51

Defense contractors are subsidized by the __________.

Question 52

The __________War,with Russia,was a period in which the United States became significantly more expansionary and less isolationist.

Question 53

The U.S.military has a massive carbon footprint,using __________ billion gallons of fuel annually.

Question 54

Beginning with President Kennedy,the trend has been for the executive branch to bypass __________ on matters of war in order to centralize power.

Question 55

The assassination of Osama bin Laden and the continued U.S.support of Israel and torture in places like Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay are all examples of things that have __________.

A) led to the loss of U.S. credibility in the Arab world
B) won the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
C) fueled the success of the Bush Doctrine
D) heightened the image of Obama throughout the world

Question 56

During the Cold War,the United States and what was then the Soviet Union amassed huge stockpiles of __________ weapons.

Question 57

When Jill returned from combat operations in Afghanistan,she began experiencing feelings of detachment and general irritability along with insomnia and nightmares.Jill is probably suffering from __________.

A) habeas corpus
B) post traumatic stress disorder
C) culture shock
D) regime change

Question 58

Miguel,visiting the United States from his homeland of Guatemala,has been picked up by the police and detained for over six months without being told why or given any information.His detainment is legal under the Military Commissions Act,which removed __________ for noncitizens.

A) all human rights
B) habeas corpus
C) trials
D) legal status

Question 59

Tea Party activists are/were generally opposed to President __________.

Question 60

Iran is considered a(n)__________ state by the United States.

Question 61

How has the nuclear threat changed since World War II? Which country has the most nuclear weapons?

Question 62

Discuss the implications and consequences of the Bush Doctrine.
Ideal

Question 63

Terrorism is a social construction.

Question 64

Because they do not risk the lives of soldiers,drone strikes have very little opposition.

Question 65

What is terrorism,and how does it manifest in the world today?

Question 66

Only Russia,China,and India outspend the United States on national security.

Question 67

What are the possible outcomes of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq? Identify which scenarios you deem most likely and provide your rationale.
Ideal

Question 68

Discuss the consequences of the new terrorism for the United States and its residents.

Question 69

Working as a contractor in Afghanistan for a U.S.company was overall more dangerous in some years during the war than working as a soldier stationed there for the United States.

Question 70

In addition to over a million soldiers on active duty,guard and reserve members can be called up at any time to protect U.S.interests throughout the world.

Question 71

The Bush Doctrine entails ensuring the United States has unparalleled military strength.

Question 72

Identify the ways the new warfare against terrorism differs from earlier wars and discuss the implications of this.
Ideal

Question 73

Explain how the USA PATRIOT Act affects civil liberties.

Question 74

Discuss the role globalization plays in heightening the threat of international terrorism.

Question 75

The post-9/11 policies and practices used against suspected terrorists,such as detaining suspects without filing charges against them,have raised no questions about the government's rights under the U.S.Constitution.

Question 76

Acts of terrorism are acts intended to cause serious harm to noncombatants in order to intimidate a population or call attention to a cause.

Question 77

How have businesses benefitted from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars? What conflicts of interest drive profits?
Ideal

Question 78

Globalization lessens the threat of international terrorism.

Question 79

Why did the United States continue to spend so much on defense even after the end of the Cold War? In what ways was this strategy effective,and in what ways was it ineffective?
Ideal

Question 80

The high-cost military organization of the United States is predicated on fighting the wars of the twentieth century rather than the wars of the twenty-first century.