Western alamance high school njrotc academic team study guide 2013 edition drill Manual 6
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- Europe: Immigration and Terrorism
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EuropeEurope: An Introduction1. What Western European country and its allies have faced off to fight Germany and its allies twice during the twentieth century? A Italy
B Austria C France D Switzerland 2. What Northern European country is part of the three countries of Scandinavia? A Greenland B Denmark C Iceland D Finland
A Belarus B Ukraine C Moldova D Bulgaria 4. What Southern European country lies partly in Europe but mostly in Asia? A Malta
B Turkey C Greece
D Andorra 5. What ancient culture’s architects used mathematical formulas to produce ideal proportions in their buildings? A Minoan
B Roman C Persian D Greek 6. What language do countless legal terms in English-speaking countries come from? A Greek
B Arabic C Latin D Byzantine 7. Who are considered the founders of many modern cities, notably London and Paris? A Minoans B Romans C Persians D Greeks
B Rome
C Athens D Alexandria 9. What was Europe’s great unifier? A The Roman Empire B Christianity C The Crusades D Greek and Roman law
B Greek Orthodox Christians C Jews D Coptic Christians 11. Why was Clement VII named as pope after Urban VI had already been elected pope in 1378? A Urban VI was found to be mentally unstable B Urban VI’s election was determined to be fraudulent
D Most of Europe’s archbishops refused to recognize Urban VI as pope 12. What marked the end of Muslim expansion into northwestern Europe? A Charlemagne’s defeat of the Muslim invaders B King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella retook Granada
D Fall of Constantinople 13. What group’s control of overland trade routes to Asia gave Christopher Columbus an important reason to seek a westward sailing route? A Franks
B Moors C Byzantines D Turks 14. What was one of the reasons Jews were expelled from several European countries? A The local Jewish populations refused to submit to Spanish authority B It was feared converts to Catholicism would return to their original faith C The Jews led a rebellion against Spain in protest of the Inquisition D It was feared their presence would bring local violence from Crusader fervor against Muslims 15. What language became the basis of a rich culture of poetry, storytelling, and other literature, and of music and theater? A Yiddish B Ladino
C Hebrew D Aramaic 16. What country had full protection as citizens for Jews from the very beginning? A United States B Netherlands C Britain D France
A Fascist theory
C European superiority D Caucasian purity
B It consolidated the empire’s power C It split the Holy Roman Empire in two D It added the Kingdom of Sicily to the empire 19. What was the Europeans’ concern about the possible fall of the Ottoman Empire? A It would lead to generations of civil wars and rebellions B It would lead to the fall of the Holy Roman Empire
D An Ottoman economic collapse could bring down Europe’s economy 20. What group made up about half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s population? A German-speaking Austrians C Italians D Slavs 21. What country did President Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech call to be established as unified and independent? A Finland B Poland C Austria D Czechoslovakia
A Roman Catholicism’s supremacy B The political ideas of Marx and Engels C Lenin’s vision of a totalitarian state D Keynes’s economic theories
A Centrist socialism B Liberal Marxism
D Euro-communism 24. What term best describes Francisco Franco’s rule? A Democratic B Socialist C Communist D Fascist 25. What was a consequence of fascism in twentieth-century Europe? A Death and destruction B Free elections throughout Western Europe C Liberal-conservative balance D Defeat of communism 26. A Greek word meaning “love of wisdom” A Senate
B Sephardim C Indulgences D Diaspora
B Sephardim C Indulgences D Diaspora E Philosophy
A Senate
B Sephardim C Indulgences D Diaspora E Philosophy
A Senate
B Sephardim C Indulgences D Diaspora E Philosophy 30. Name for Spanish Jews who settled in North Africa, Italy, and elsewhere in Europe A Senate
B Sephardim C Indulgences D Diaspora E Philosophy 31. When Hitler came to power as chancellor in 1933, Germany was an advanced society with a weak political culture, specifically a weak culture of democracy. A True B False
Europe: Immigration and Terrorism1. Why was there a labor shortage in West Germany after World War II? A The economy was expanding very fast B Many Germans had fled the country as refugees C Workers had better opportunities elsewhere D World War II killed hundreds of thousands of civilian workers 2. What immigrants made a place for themselves as skilled workers in Germany’s high-tech manufacturing industries? A Italians B North Africans
D Poles
A 1 month
C 6 months D 12 months
A 1 year
B 3 years C 5 years D 7 years 5. Through what type of lens have Europeans looked at immigration issues? A Economic B Nationalistic C Legalistic D Humanitarian 6. Why have applications for asylum risen significantly since the end of the Cold War? A Many are fleeing ethnic cleansing and seeking safety in Europe B People are fleeing poverty and hunger in their native countries C Droughts have forced many off farms and into European cities D The United States has drastically cut the number of asylum applicants 7. What often puts the Roma at odds with governments? A Their high level of poverty B Their refusal to speak local languages
D Their religious practices 8. What language is most commonly related to the language of the Romani, due to a shared “parent?” A Egyptian B Hindi C Romanian D Italian
B Hate crimes C Racial crimes D Immigrant crimes 10. What country has the largest Muslim and Jewish populations in Europe? A Italy
B Turkey C Spain
D France 11. Where do poor people tend to live in France? A Inner cities B Suburbs C Rural areas D Mid-sized cities
A A large influx of new immigrants B A cut in social services across the board
D The rise of strong far-right politicians 13. Why did the London Metropolitan Police Force’s Black Police Association say that it would actively discourage black and Asian recruits? A They said that such recruits would be treated unfairly B They didn’t want additional competition for promotions C They thought that few of these new recruits had a good work ethic D They didn’t want to encourage a far-right backlash against police 14. What was one of the lessons of the London and Madrid bombings? A There were not enough police in big cities B Civil liberties must be sacrificed to guarantee security
D Bomb-sniffing dogs were necessary on all subway cars 15. What group do the British feel they have a need to act against for their country’s security? A Muslim students B Pakistani immigrants C Citizens of Syrian descent D Radical Islamist preachers 16. Where did Egyptian student Mohamed Atta become radicalized? A Cairo’s Goethe Institute B Al Quds Mosque in Hamburg C New York City University D Training camp in Pakistan
A The fact that terrorists could so easily get visas B The huge network that the terrorist cell had developed C The brief destabilization of the national government D The attackers weren’t immigrants, but native sons 18. What has Europe done in response to terror attacks? A Reinstated passport checks at national borders B Required additional background checks on potential immigrants
D Developed new treaties between nations to aid extradition 19. What can intelligence agencies in the United States, Britain, and Germany now do? A Share information with agencies investigating crimes B Share top secret intelligence among themselves C Arrest suspected terrorists on each others’ territories D Monitor their own citizens’ private lives without warrants 20. What do the overwhelming majority of Protestants in Northern Ireland want? A To be free to worship where and when they wish B To be part of the Republic of Ireland
D To join the European Union 21. How does each side in Northern Ireland tend to see itself? A As a minority B As martyrs for their cause C As a majority D As victors in the conflict 22. What was the mission of the British soldiers when they arrived in Northern Ireland as “the troubles” began? A Protect the Protestants freedom to worship B Drive out the Catholics C Defeat the Irish Republican Army D Protect the Catholics’ civil rights 23. What was one of Britain’s main adversaries in Northern Ireland? A Irish Protestant Defense League B Irish Republican Army C Irish Catholic Secession Force D Irish Revolutionary Guard
A St. Andrews Agreement B Northern Ireland Peace Treaty
D Sinn Fein Reconciliation Accord 25. What does Northern Ireland have once again, as of December 1999? A Its own government B Freedom of religion C Freedom of the press D Representation in the British Parliament 26. Egyptian-born British citizen, he called for God to destroy the United States. A Richard Reid B Mohamed Atta
B Mohamed Atta C Abu Hamza al-Masri
A Richard Reid B Mohamed Atta C Abu Hamza al-Masri 29. The Berlin terrorist cell helped plan and execute the 9/11 attacks. A True
B False 30. British and German counterterrorism officials have moved from a preventive to a reactive approach. A True
B False 31. The St. Andrews agreement of 2007 cleared the way for actual home rule for Northern Ireland. A True B False
1. What war was supposed to be “the war to end all wars?” A Civil War B World War I C World War II D Korean War
A Neither country could afford to rebuild these industries alone after World War II B France wanted to prevent Germany from nationalizing these industries C France and Germany wanted to beat competitors in these industries D The two countries presumably couldn’t go to war with each other 3. What was created by the 1951 treaty based on the Schuman Plan? A European Coal and Steel Community B European Common Market C European Commission D European Central Bank 4. What treaty created the European Economic Community (EEC)? A Benelux Treaty B Treaty of Paris
D Common Market Treaty 5. What country was NOT a founding member of the European Union? A France
B Luxemburg C Italy
D Britain 6. Why was Britain sidelined at first by the Common Market? A Winston Churchill was opposed to Britain’s membership B Resistance from German leadership
D Britain had not yet rebuilt sufficiently after the war 7. What country was one of three added to the Common Market when it expanded in 1973? A Portugal B Denmark C Italy
D Sweden 8. What country joined the European Union in 2007? A Romania B Malta
C Hungary D Poland
A Commonalities between European states
C Fluidity of European borders D The power of democracy
B A central government made up of two main branches C A structure limited to economic expansion D An economic hub with military and judicial sub-units 11. What body has the power to dismiss the European Commission? A European Council B Court of Justice of the EU
D President of the EU 12. How often does the EU presidency change to a different member state? A Every 6 months B Every year C Every 2 years D Every 4 years 13. What European Union agency is made up of 27 members, one from each state, and has an army of some 24,000 civil servants to support them? A EU Central Bank B European Parliament C EU Courts D European Commission 14. What is the role of the Court of Justice of the EU? A Handle all court cases involving the members serving on the EU governing bodies B Replace the national courts of each member state C Provide legal advice, somewhat like a group of consultants, to the member states D Ensures that EU law is interpreted and applied the same way in all countries 15. How many judges make up the Court of Justice of the EU? A The number of judges is based on the population of each member state B One judge from each member country C Ten judges are elected from across Europe D Two judges from each member country
A Serve as a main bank for all individuals within the European Union B Provide commercial bank services to EU businesses
D Finance large infrastructure and environmental projects 17. What EU body’s particular focus right now is projects that will help the EU become the world’s leading knowledge-based economy? A European Investment Bank B European Commission C European Council D European Central Bank 18. What is the official term for the countries that use the euro as currency? A Euro sector B Euro zone
D Euro countries 19. What was the first phase of the introduction of the euro? A Euros replaced all national currencies B Euros were first introduced as banknotes and coins while national currencies were used for bookkeeping C Euros were used in parallel with national currencies for all purposes D Euros were used as virtual money or book money along with national currencies 20. What is one advantage of euros for EU members? A People and businesses don’t have to pay the cost of exchanging money B Euros are simpler to use than most national currencies C Euros are based on a solid gold standard D Euros only come in paper money, so there are no small coins to deal with 21. What is one reason the value of a currency may fall? A Demand for the currency exceeds supply B A government prints money to cover a budget deficit C A strong economy rises with low inflation D The currency is used as a reserve currency
A They don’t want to lose their identities within the EU B They prefer to use dollars which they see as more stable
D They like their newly found freedom to play the currency markets 23. What is the biggest EU member outside the euro area? A Britain B Sweden
C France D Denmark 24. Where do between 55 percent and 70 percent of all dollars circulate, according to the Federal Reserve? A The United States B Europe C Latin America D Outside the US 25. What advantage does the euro have over the dollar? A The banknotes are more durable so need less frequent replacement B The euro is harder to counterfeit than the dollar
D The euro can be exchanged more easily than the dollar 26. Branch of the EU government that elects the European Ombudsman A Parliament B European Central Bank C European Council D European Commission 27. Members of this EU body are rather like Cabinet secretaries in the United States A Parliament B European Central Bank
D European Commission 28. The executive organ of the EU A Parliament B European Central Bank C European Council D European Commission 29. Counterpart of the United States Federal Reserve A Parliament
C European Council D European Commission
A True
B False 31. Sweden’s economy is big enough that it has been allowed to “opt out” of the euro zone. A True B False
1. Kosovo and Vojvodina were autonomous provinces within which one of the territories that ended up as a republic of Yugoslavia? A Bosnia and Herzegovina B Croatia C Slovenia D Serbia 2. What secret treaty in 1915 was basically a deal to bring Italy into the war on the Allied side? A Treaty of Vienna B Treaty of London C Treaty of Venice D Treaty of Versailles
B Form a military alliance to fight against Italy C Resist the influence of the Entente in Yugoslavia D Combine Croatia and Serbia into one country 4. The Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes recognized three predominant religions-Roman Catholicism, Islam, and: A Judaism B Greek Orthodoxy
D Protestantism 5. On 1 December 1918 who announced the founding of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes? A King Peter I B Nikola Pasic
D Ante Trumbic 6. What country took control of southern Slovenia and much of Dalmatia when Yugoslavia was dismembered in World War II? A Germany B Italy C Hungary D Bulgaria
B Italy
C Hungary D Bulgaria 8. During World War II, Ante Pavelic, leader of the Independent State of Croatia, appalled even the Nazis by sending out storm troopers to eliminate 2 million: A Bosnians, Serbs, and Jews B Macedonians, Serbs, and Gypsies C Albanians, Jews, and Gypsies D Serbs, Jews, and Gypsies 9. During World War II, which of the following areas faced a reign of terror and Germanization under German control? A Northern Slovenia B Southern Slovenia C Macedonia D Serbia
A Bosnians and Serbs
C Croats and Bosnians D Albanians and Serbs
A Cetniks B AVNOJ C Pan-Yugoslav D Partisans 12. Who did Tito make a deal with to allow troops into Yugoslavia, but leave as soon as the country was secure? A Stalin B Roosevelt C Mussolini D Churchill 13. What noncommunist did Tito yield to Allied pressure to work with to form a new government? A King Peter II B Draza Mihajlovic
D Milan Nedic 14. Of the 1.7 million Yugoslav lives lost during World War II, how many were killed by other Yugoslavs? A 250, 000 B 500,000 C 750,000 D 1 million 15. When Tito’s government seized property in August 1945, where did half the land go? A A government fund to repay war debts B State-owned enterprises C The German minority D Government officials
A Progressive socialism B Controlled socialism
D Neo-communism 17. What taboo was Slobodon Milosevic willing to break that made him a popular hero overnight following Tito’s death? A Nationalism B Democracy C Capitalism D Yugoslav unity 18. What former head of the Serbian Communist Party became president of Yugoslavia in 1989? A Tudjman B Karadzic C Gligorov D Milosevic 19. In which former Yugoslav republic did democracy flourish, and the cultural, civic and economic realms opened up to a degree unheard of in the communist world? A Croatia B Macedonia
D Montenegro 20. Where does a strong civilian and military international presence still reside? A Croatia B Bosnia C Montenegro D Serbia
A Return of all Serb-held territories to Croatia B Serbian recognition of Croatian independence C End conflict between Bosnia and Croatia and create the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina D Committed Croatia and Serbia to a permanent cease-fire and return of all refugees 22. What was the effect of the agreement signed by Muslims and Croats in Bosnia that created the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina? A Ended fighting between Muslims, Bosniaks, and Serbs B Established a cease-fire between Serbia and Croatia in Bosnia
D Returned disputed land in Bosnia to Croatia 23. In 1989, Belgrade ordered the firing of large numbers of state employees of what ethnic group, to be replaced by Serbs? A Albanians B Croats
C Jews D Bosniaks 24. What kind of resistance did the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) begin in 1997? A Peaceful B Passive
D Diplomatic 25. On June 10 1999 the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1244, authorizing an international presence, both civilian and military, in what country? A Bosnia
B Kosovo C Serbia D Slovenia 26. Was the center of the Serbian Empire back in the Middle Ages. A Macedonia B Kosovo C Croatia 27. The second Yugoslav republic to declare its independence. A Macedonia B Kosovo
B Kosovo
C Croatia 29. Although Serbs and Croats speak essentially the same language, Croats use the Cyrillic alphabet, and Serbs use the Latin. A True
B False 30. During World War II, in Macedonia, many people welcomed the Bulgarian occupation force because they expected to be granted some autonomy from the Bulgarian capital. A True B False
A True
A Germany attacked Russia and was threatening Moscow B Germany attacked and sank an American destroyer in the Atlantic
D Germany published the Sussex pledge 2. What German actions drew the United States into World War I? A Germany announced it would begin attacking military bases in the US B Germany announced it would resume unrestricted attacks on civilian vessels C Germany attacked a US military ship in US territorial waters D Germany attacked a US plane flying over the Atlantic
B In his State of the Union Address of 1918 C In his Sussex Pledge Speech D In his Versailles Treaty Address 4. What was the purpose of the League of Nations? A To form a permanent military alliance B To form a permanent peacekeeping organization C To form a worldwide trade organization D None of the above
B Publisher Henry R. Luce C President James Carter D Prime Minister Winston Churchill 6. What did Henry R. Luce say must transform international relations? A Universal human rights principles B European principles C Free trade principles D American principles 7. What principle of American foreign policy was marked by Henry R. Luce’s editorial, “The American Century”? A Pacifism B Internationalism C Isolationism D Globalism
A Binding treaty to end war B Document of postwar goals C Multilateral pact between the US and Europe D International agreement
A It laid out Roosevelt’s vision for the postwar world B It committed the US and Britain to supporting the restoration of self-government for countries occupied during the war C It pledged to allow all peoples to choose their own form of government D It pledged to dismantle Germany into various protectorates 10. What was the focus of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) 12 original members? A To overthrow the Soviet Union and defeat Communism B To develop and defend the newly formed state of Israel C To build up the European economies battered by war
B Security alliance promoting democracy and free-trade C Trade alliance promoting economic freedom D Watchdog alliance to monitor Russia and China 12. Name one country that is a member of NATO. A Austria B Malta C Sweden D Slovakia
B Finland C Ireland D Greece
A NATO troops fought the Soviet Union on three separate occasions
C NATO fired on the Turks in Cyprus to protect Greek interests D NATO fought several small but important battles against the Warsaw Pact
B East Germany C Poland D Albania 16. What was the purpose of NATO’s implementation force (IFOR) when they were sent into the Balkans in 1995? A To deter Soviet aggression by a show of force B To ensure that the terms of the Dayton Peace Agreement were met C To intervene in the conflict for the Bosnians and negotiate a peace treaty D To end the civil war in Slovenia and negotiate a peace treaty
B It included the first women to serve in NATO military forces C It was a deployment that led to standoff with Russian troops D It was resolved peacefully without a single shot fired 18. What organization authorized the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to support Afghanistan’s interim government? A League of Nations B NATO
D European Union (EU) 19. What happened to the reach of NATO’s mission in Afghanistan after NATO took command of ISAF? A It now extends throughout the country B It became limited to Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul C It now extends to the Pakistan border D It focuses on the Afghanistan-Kazakhstan border 20. What is the nature of US-European trade? A Mercantilist trade B Trade back and forth in similar products C Niche trade in exchanging specialized products D Export trade wherein US exports to Europe and does not import from Europe
A 23%
B 57% C 62%
D 89% 22. What statement best describes the share of US foreign trade that goes to Europe? A It is less than the share of foreign trade that goes to Japan B It is one of the largest merchandise trading partners C It is about the same as the share that goes to Russia D It is much smaller than the total imports into Europe from the US
A It launched a civil war in Poland between reformists and communists B It created the alliance between the Soviet Union and Poland
D It guaranteed the right to form independent trade unions and to strike 24. What was Czechoslovakia’s Charter 77? A It instituted a period of “normalization” B It replaced Dubcek with a harder-line Czechoslovakian leader C It criticized the government for failing to honor human rights D It formed an alliance between Czechoslovakia and Poland 25. What country experienced a brutal Soviet invasion 30 years before it had the first and smoothest shift to a democracy within the Soviet bloc? A Romania B Bulgaria C Albania D Hungary
B False
A True
B False
A True
B False
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