Chapter 05 Quiz

. In 1996, which of the following states did NOT sign the Treaty on Deepening Military Trust in Border Regions?

China.

Kazakhstan.

Russia.

United States.

. Which organization was formed primarily to counter NATO?

ASEAN.

Warsaw Pact.

CENTO.

OAS.

. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded

France.

Denmark.

Belgium.

Poland.

. Which of the following conflicts primarily involved guerrilla warfare?

World War I.

World War II.

Korean War.

Vietnam War.

. WMD stands for

Weapons of mass destruction.

Womenâ€™s minority delegation.

World medicine for democracy.

Water measures of development.

. What happened to the Soviet economy when it tried to match American military spending during the Cold War?

Its economy experienced very strong growth.

Its economy experienced moderately strong growth.

Its economy was substantially weakened.

Its economy was basically unaffected.

. Which of the following countries was NOT a major colonial power in the nineteenth century?

Italy.

Britain.

France.

Germany.

. Which of the following agencies has relatively little influence on the setting of American national security policies?

Department of Homeland Security.

Department of Veteran Affairs.

Department of State.

National Counterterrorism Center.

. Nuclear deterrence refers to

Maintaining nuclear weapons with the intention not to use them, but to deter others from nuclear attack.

Reducing nuclear weapons with the intention to incite others to follow suit.

Keeping nuclear weapons with the intention to use them in an attack.

Expanding the nuclear arsenal to deter others from nuclear attack.

. MAD stands for

Mitigation agreement on demilitarization.

Military ability degree.

Mutual assured destruction.

Military assessment of destruction.

. Which two countries were primarily responsible for overcoming the bitterness of World War II and laying the foundations of economic cooperation that would lead to todayâ€™s European Union?

Britain and the Soviet Union.

France and Germany.

United States and Italy.

Switzerland and Sweden.

. The policy of containment of Communism was formulated by George Kennan in the

Early 1920s.

Late 1930s.

Late 1940s.

Early 1960s.

. Who was the Russian leader for most of Bill Clintonâ€™s presidency?

Vladimir Putin.

Mikhail Gorbachev.

Dmitry Medvedev.

Boris Yeltsin.

. Rage militaire refers to

Political leaders taking risky decisions in favor of military intervention.

Political leaders hissing at their military general staff.

Political leaders acting on generalsâ€™ urging to use military strikes.

Political leaders mobilizing public opinion and patriotic fervor in support of war.

. Which president warned about the excessive influence of a â€œmilitaryâ€"industrial complexâ€?

Dwight Eisenhower.

Lyndon Johnson.

Bill Clinton.

Barack Obama.

. The Central America Regional Security Initiative seeks to prevent

Wars between member states.

The use of illegal weapons.

Guerrilla warfare.

The spread of illegal drugs.

. The Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces treaty of 1987

Was not approved by the U.S. Senate.

Abolished an entire class of nuclear missiles in Europe.

Was a significant defeat for Ronald Reagan.

Met with widespread disapproval from the European public.

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