Western alamance high school njrotc academic team study guide 2013 edition drill Manual 6
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Naval Science 3Knowledge Unit 1 Chapter 1 Importance Of Seapower1. _____In what countries has tidal energy been harnessed? a) Germany, Great Britain, Japan. b) United States, Spain, France. c) Holland, France, Canada. d) Australia, China, Italy. 2. _____What percentage of manganese does the U.S. import? a) 46%
b) 65% c) 85% d) 95% 3. _____The Afro-Asian Ocean includes the a) South Atlantic and Indian Oceans. b) North and South Pacific Oceans. c) North and South Atlantic Oceans. d) South Pacific and Indian Oceans. 4. ____ ______ has a profound effect upon nearly every aspect of national security, commercial prosperity, and social warfare. a) Ocean research. b) A strong naval air power. c) An endless supply of raw materials. d) Sea power.
a) geographic and political mobility by a nation. b) tactical and sustained mobility by a naval force. c) projection of power on, over, under, and from the seas. d) All of the answers are correct.
a) Atlantic. b) Pacific. c) Arctic. d) Afro-Asian. 7. _____Aquaculture is defined as a) the science of mapping the oceans' floors. b) the study of the culture of seafaring nations. c) the science of farming the sea. d) the science of water and its properties. 8. _____Which of the following is NOT a major political development that has increased the importance of the oceans since World War II? a) Rapid increase in the number of new nations since World War II b) Large number of treaty commitments the United States has to defend other nations c) The development of political organizations and alliances such as NATO and the United Nations d) All answers have increased the importance of the oceans
a) obtains its natural resources from the sea. b) relies primarily on naval forces for its defense. c) has ready access to the seas. d) is surrounded by land and fresh water coastline only.
a) Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Afro-Asian. b) Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Mediterranean. c) Atllantic, Pacific, European, Asian. d) North Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Pacific, South Pacific.
a) Suez Canal. b) Strait of Malacca. c) Strait of Gibraltar. d) Cape of Good Hope.
a) turn and accelerate rapidly in the water. b) project power inland with naval gunfire and aviation assets. c) easily replenish fuel, stores, and ammunition at sea. d) move naval forces quickly and disperse whenever and however necessary.
a) expand their merchant fleets. b) develop the resources in the continental shelf adjacent to their own shores. c) engage in oceanographic research. d) refine fresh water for their cities where there isn't enough natural fresh water available.
a) is completely self-sufficient. b) must impart a small quantity of materials. c) must import only oil. d) must import significant quantities of oil and other strategic materials.
a) can be interdicted by enemy submarines. b) carry the bulk of the foreign oil from the Middle East. c) are vulnerable to unfriendly nations in southern Africa. d) are connected to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal. 16. _____The concept that a strong merchant marine is a vital element of sea power was part of which of the following strategist’s doctrine? a) Nicolo Machiavelli b) Karl von Clausewitz c) Alexander de Seversky d) Alfred Thayer Mahan 17. _____The concept of inland reach includes all of the following, except a) aircraft launched from aircraft carriers. b) intelligence gathering by space based sensors. c) cruise missiles launched from surface and sub-surface combatants. d) vertical envelopment.
a) increased inland reach of sea power and nuclear power. b) nuclear power and exploitation of the continental shelf. c) exploitation of the continental shelf for minerals and increased inland reach of sea power. d) None of the answers are correct.
a) vertical envelopment. b) inland reach. c) oceanographic research. d) balance of power.
a) Indian Ocean. b) Atlantic Ocean. c) Arctic Ocean. d) Pacific Ocean.
a) 1932
b) 1956 c) 1958 d) 1967
a) 20
b) 40 c) 60
d) 80 23. _____The main advantage that naval forces have over land forces is ___________. a) Geographic mobility b) Tactical mobility c) Sustainability d) All of the answers are correct
Rapid increase in the number of new nations since World War II b) Soviet and now Russian long-range program to improve its sea power. c) Development of Nuclear Power. d) None of the answers are correct. 25. _____What does inland reach mean as related to sea power? a) The distance a ship can navigate into the interior of a country. b) The ability of a ship's weaponry to destroy targets inland. c) The ability of a ship to land and support Marine forces. d) All of the answers are correct. Knowledge Unit 1 Chap 2 Merchant Marine1. _____The new intermodal merchant ship types which have joined the U.S. Merchant Marine in recent years are a) passenger-cargo liners, super-tankers, and freighters. b) containerships, Roll-on Roll-off (RoRo) ships, and barge carriers. c) catamaran hulls, refrigerator ships, and oceanographic research vessel's. d) All answers are correct.
a) True
b) False 3. _____What are "effective U.S.-controlled" ships? a) Ships of the U.S. Navy b) Ships owned by U.S. Citizens that are licensed in other countries c) Ships protected by a U.S. Navy convoy d) Ships in the Military Sealift Command
a) Post war concentration on westward expansion b) Increased ship building cost c) Noncompetitive American wage scale d) All of the answers are correct
a) Active, Inactive, National Reserve Fleet b) Active, Submarines, Aircraft Carriers c) Inactive, National Reserve Fleet, Aircraft Carriers d) Active, Reserve, Tugboats
a) True b) False
a) True
b) False 8. _____The American people must not lose sight of the fact that our nation's survival depends upon our ability to use the seas for purposes of trade. a) True b) False
a) True b) False
a) True
b) False 11. _____Up to the time of the Civil War, the American Merchant Marine flourished, largely due to a) our pre-eminence in building iron-hulled steamships. b) the superiority of American built clipper ships. c) cheap shipbuilding costs. d) low insurance costs.
a) 1%
b) 3% c) 10%
d) 50% 13. _____Which of the following is NOT a primary cause for the decline of the U.S. shipping industry in recent years? a) The poor record of labor stability in American maritime unions. b) Rising taxes, insurance, shipbuilding, and labor costs. c) Increased reliance on air transport. d) "Rebates" offered by foreign manufacturers to foreign shipping companies.
a) during the 1890s when the sea power philosophy of Mahan was adopted by President Theodore Roosevelt. b) during the Great Depression of the 1930s when many European shipping companies collapsed financially. c) during World War I and II when defense and military requirements demanded an all-out logistic effort. d) during the Korean and Vietnam wars when the Military Sealift Command had to expand greatly to meet military requirements.
a) Defense. b) Transportation. c) Commerce. d) the Navy.
a) a strong Navy and strong Merchant Marine working together to serve the commercial and strategic needs of the nation. b) recognition that the nation's survival depends on our ability to use the sea for trade. c) realization that international tensions threaten and influence modern commercial and political life. d) when allied ships bring quality products from the free enterprise system into Third World nations whose democratic institutions are under political attack.
a) True b) False
a) contribute to the nation's economic well being by bringing in strategic materials and carrying out our manufactured products to world market. b) can help spread American ideals and ideas to foreign nations. c) provide a vital link between the fighting forces and the civilian industrial base during wartime. d) All of the answers are correct statements.
a) stimulate American shipbuilding and train merchant seamen. b) carry the greater portion of U.S. commerce and serve as a naval auxiliary in time of war. c) control the sea lanes of the world and carry the bulk of the world's commercial trade. d) bring in essential industrial raw materials and export manufactured products for sale in the world markets.
a) Container Ships b) Liquid Natural Gas carriers c) Liquid petroleum gas carriers d) Tankers 21. _____Which two countries account for 70% of the world's commercial ship building? a) Mexico and Spain b) United States and Britain c) Korea and Japan d) China and Russia 22. _____Approximately how many different countries does the United States import from? a) 3
b) 300 c) 60 d) 100
a) 10000 b) 300 c) 60000 d) 1500 24. _____What are the distinguishing markings on the stacks of the Military Sealift Command operated naval auxiliary ships: a) Blue and Gold stripes on the stacks b) All Gold stripes c) A replica of the US flag d) All Blue stripe
a) Fuel Efficiency b) Speed c) Cargo capacity d) Requires few facilities ashore
a) Tankers b) Container c) RoRo
d) Barge Carrier 27. _____What is the mission of the Military Sealift Command? a) Transforming U.S. Navy ships to civilian use b) Transforming ships from other countries to U.S. use c) Repairing of container ships d) Arranging ocean transport for DOD war materiel and supplies
a) To escape the high insurance and wage costs associated with U.S. registry b) To avoid the law of the sea c) To have a more favorable set of nautical rules to abide by d) To take advantage of better port facilities
a) Speed, safety, security b) Cost, Speed, minimum time in port c) Self defense capability, power projection, troop insertion d) Transport large numbers of wheeled and tracked vehicles, transport helicopters, heavy lift capability for earth moving equipment, harbor craft, locomotives, buses, and so on.
a) Because they are harder to sink b) Because they are more stable in rough seas c) Because the industrial demand for bulk strategic materials is ever growing d) None of the answers are correct
a) Give s the ship building industry a steady source of jobs. b) Acts as a source of naval intelligence on the high seas. c) During wartime it delivers most of the equipment and supplies needed to fight a war. d) Maintains the proficiency of the seamanship of the civilian seagoing profession.
1. _____Which war changed strategy into the global and coalition warfare that is seen today? a) World War I b) Vietnam War c) Korean conflict d) World War II 2. _____Which of these people was not a great military strategist? a) Karl Marx b) Sun Tzu c) Alfred Thayer Mahan d) Napoleon Bonaparte
a) grand strategy. b) national security. c) preparedness. d) tactics.
a) He was the first to shape strategic thought b) He developed the modern study of maneuvering troops to occupy territories c) He advocated a large navy, overseas bases, and national greatness through sea power d) Recognized the concept of "limited aims for limited warfare"
a) It is too restrictive b) It encompasses more of the world than can be realistically defended/attacked c) It has no impact on the outcome of a battle d) It is too new to be an effective tool
a) Alfred Thayer Mahan b) Benjamin Stoddert c) John Paul Jones d) George Washington
a) United States and British combined staff b) United States and British naval strategists c) American naval strategists d) Allied Japan/Pacific Strategy Council
a) maritime. b) continental. c) aerospace. d) None of the answers are correct
a) True b) False
a) Sir Halford MacKinder/"Democratic Ideals and Reality" b) Giulio Douhet"Command of the Air" c) de Seversky "Air Power: Key to Survival" d) Vom Krieg /"On War"
a) The Maritime School b) The Continental School c) The Aerospace School d) The Aeronautical School
a) assist the Communist takeover in China, and set up a regime in North Korea which ultimately led to the start of the Korean war. b) make a major military contribution toward the Allied victory over Japan. c) set the stage for a peaceful Asia after the war. d) contribute significantly to the Pacific strategy in the war.
a) True b) False
a) True b) False
a) True
b) False 16. _____The French naval blockade of Germany caused that country to begin unrestricted submarine warfare, which eventually brought Austria into World War I. a) True
b) False 17. _____Probably the most significant concept put forward by Karl von Clausewitz in his famous book “On War,” from the standpoint of modern strategic thought, is that a) decision by battle is the first rule of war. b) statesmanship can be used to better advantage than war. c) a strategy of exhaustion requires limited warfare to gain the final political objective. d) war is a continuation of political policy carried out by other means.
a) economic self-sufficiency was the key to victory in war. b) total mobilization of the nation's manpower and resources should be under the command of a supreme military commander. c) military operations were only the last resort against an enemy, to be applied only after all other modes of conquest had failed. d) Western Allies would show interest in North Africa as an invasion point to Germany.
a) a government which strikes the preventive blow will be the victor. b) a government which weakens its military forces in time of peace because of abhorrence of war can be sure that a less principled adversary will take advantage of that weakness.
d) strategy is not a single defined doctrine, but requires special actions to fit each international situation. 20. _____The Grand Alliance developed in World War II was composed of a) Great Britain and United States. b) the United Sates, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union. c) the United States, Great Britain, and France. d) Germany, Italy, and Japan.
a) continental expansion. b) Lebensraum (living space). c) blitzkrieg. d) schock und schpiel.
a) central position in the world's seas was more important than central continental position. b) command of the sea approaches with a strong navy was fundamental to the United States attainment of greatness and prosperity. c) a nation or coalition of nations in command of the seas could best acquire the trade, wealth, and resources of the world, and be more likely to win future wars. d) All of the statements are correct.
a) Big Three conferences at Teheran and Potsdam. b) Big Three conference at Yalta and Potsdam. c) United States Navy. d) General MacArthur.
a) World War I. b) World War II. c) the Korean War. d) the Spanish-American War.
a) Napoleon Bonaparte's b) Has Delbruck’s c) Karl von Clausewitz’s d) Antoine Jomini’s
a) Karl von Clausewitz. b) Antoine Jomini. c) Alfred Thayer Mahan. d) Sun Tzu.
a) The ability of the United States to strike targets anywhere in the world b) A 5000 mile strike radius of conventional bombers and cruise missiles c) How our future would depend on how well we mastered the air d) The costal areas of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
a) Great Britain and the west coast of Europe b) Northern Africa and the Middle East c) Asianic Russia and Eastern Europe d) Germany, France, Spain, and Italy 29. _____The French and Germans almost totally disregarded ______________ as a defensive weapon prior to WWI. a) the machine gun b) the land mine c) the hand grenade d) the tank 30. _____What does the German word "blitzkrieg" mean? a) Fast war b) Light war c) Short war d) Lightening War
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