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What does ABM stand for? |
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a) advanced bomb machine |
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b) antiballistic missile |
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c) alternative biological maxim |
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d) ask Britney's manager |
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| 2. |
The United States recently announced it would withdraw from the ABM Treaty in June. Why? |
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a) America thinks Russia's nuclear weapons are no longer a threat. |
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b) Russia wanted to quit, too, so the U.S. quit first to save face. |
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c) America wants to develop a missile defense system that it thinks would violate the treaty. |
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d) Remaining a member of the treaty is too costly. |
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Which Russian leader says America's withdrawal from the ABM Treaty is a threat to international cooperation and security? |
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a) Vladmir Putin |
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b) Boris Yelstin |
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c) Mikhail Gorbachev |
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d) Leonid I. Brezhnev |
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| 4. |
President Bush recently dubbed these countries the "Axis of Evil" in his State of the Union speech. |
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a) Germany, Japan, Italy |
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b) Afghanistan, Pakistan, India |
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c) Canada, Mexico, Iceland |
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d) Iran, Iraq, North Korea |
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The media nicknamed President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, borrowing the title of this popular science fiction film. |
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a) Alien |
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b) Back to the Future |
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c) 2001: A Space Odyssey |
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d) Star Wars |
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| 6. |
The SDI program cost how much money over its life span in the 1980s and early 1990s? |
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a) about $500 million |
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b) about $5 billion |
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c) about $50 billion |
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d) about $500 billion |
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| 7. |
How many strategic warheads do the United States and Russia each possess today? |
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a) about 6,000 |
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b) about 12,000 |
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c) about 20,000 |
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d) about 100,000 |
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| 8. |
This missile uses an internal guidance system—complete with a computer and radar—to reach its target. |
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a) ICBM |
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b) SLBM |
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c) cruise missile |
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d) rocket launcher |
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| 9. |
These missiles are self-propelled, but also use gravity—after the rocket burns out—to reach their target. |
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a) cruise missile |
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b) ballistic missile |
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c) stinger missile |
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d) fuel-conserving missile |
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This post-World War II struggle between the United States and former USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) featured a massive nuclear arms buildup. What name is used to refer to this period that lasted until the late 1980s? |
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a) Cold War |
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b) Hot War |
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c) Détente |
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d) Tense Times |
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