Deck 9: Taxpayers, Generals, and Aerospace

Question 1

What event created new and unprecedented links between government, industry, and technology?

A) World War II
B) the Great Depression
C) the Cold War
D) the fall of the Berlin Wall

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What event showed that aircraft would be a military necessity?

A) the Civil War
B) World War I
C) World War II
D) the Cold War

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following was not invented during World War II?

A) jet fighters
B) bombers
C) rockets
D) helicopters

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The primary purpose behind the Apollo program, which landed the first men on the moon, was

A) scientific research.
B) defense.
C) to beat the Russians there.
D) to colonize the moon.

Question 5

Most of the work done by NASA since the moon landing has been oriented toward

A) defense.
B) beating the Russians.
C) ownership of the moon.
D) research and exploration.

Question 6

Which of the following is not a civilian spin-off of military technology?

A) GPS
B) Television
C) Lasers
D) Jet airplanes

Question 7

The close relationship between the military and the industries that develop weapons for them is called the __________.

Question 8

The first manmade object to orbit the earth was __________.

Question 9

Cold War tensions __________ the importance of research and development in aerospace technologies.

Question 10

NASA was created to be a civilian agency to avoid __________ from the military.

Question 11

Precision-guided weapons were meant to minimize __________.

Question 12

Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, a missile system meant to defend the continental United States, was nicknamed __________.

Question 13

The aerospace industry became critical to both defense and the economy in the 20th century.

Question 14

The development of the internal combustion engine made powered flight possible.

Question 15

Orville and Wilbur Wright's first airplane customers were private corporations.

Question 16

Government funded both industry and academia to do research and development during World War II.

Question 17

Academia was never an important part of the military-industrial complex.

Question 18

Wars like Korea and Vietnam showed how unsuited nuclear technology was to fight conventional wars.

Question 19

The needs of the military have dominated American technological development since 1945.

Question 20

The close relationship between military and technology has been nothing but beneficial to the American people.