Maritime History Practice Exercise #4

Approximately how many ships and people does the U.S. Navy have today?
1. 300 and 370,000
2. 600 and 650,000
3. 1,000 and 600,000
4. 350 and 400,000
5. 450 and 325,000
What was the name of the long-time president of Somalia that was forced to flee that country following a civil war in 1991?
1. Boris Yeltsin
2. Mohammed Siad Barre
3. Saddam Hussein
4. Mohammed Atta
5. Osama bin Laden
What was the name of the CNO who made sweeping changes to the Navy rules on hairstyles, civilian clothes, motorcycles and other aspects of Navy life?
1. Admiral Rickover
2. Admiral Zumwalt
3. Admiral Nimitz
4. Admiral Anderson
5. Admiral King
What was the name of the homeland defense effort designed to protect U.S. airports in the aftermath of September 11?
1. Operation Vigilant Warrior
2. Operation Anaconda
3. Operation Careful Watch
4. Operation Just Cause
5. Operation Noble Eagle
What was the name of the Soviet Naval Officer who oversaw the massive build-up of the Soviet Navy during the 1960's and 1970's?
1. Sergei Gorshkov
2. Joseph Stalin
3. Nikita Khrushchev
4. Hyman Rickover
5. Mikhail Gorbachev
What was the popular name for the U.S. Navy's Mobile Riverine Force in Vietnam?
1. The Patrol Fleet
2. The River Rats
3. The Brown Water Navy
4. The Delta Force
5. The Riverine Fleet
What terrorist incident occurred in September 2001?
1. The destruction of the World Trade Center.
2. The bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen.
3. The bombing of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
4. The bombing of the Federal building in Oklahoma City.
5. The first bombing of the World Trade Center.
Which of the following countries was NOT one of the six republics of Yugoslavia that broke apart beginning in 1991?
1. Croatia
2. Serbia
3. Albania
4. Slovenia
5. Bosnia-Herzegovina
How many aircraft were hijacked during the September 11th terrorist action?
1. Two
2. Six
3. Five
4. Four
5. Three
What happened to the U.S. armed forces after World War II ended?
1. They remained roughly the same in numbers and more modern equipment was added.
2. There were drastic reductions in all of the Armed Forces.
3. They remained at roughly the same numbers, but equipment wasn't replaced.
4. They had a slight reduction in numbers and older equipment was eliminated.
5. There was a significant increase in the Armed Forces to cope with occupation duty in Germany and Japan.
What events caused the beginning of the U.S. Sixth Fleet deployments to the Mediterranean?
1. Soviet annexation of Eastern Poland.
2. Soviet expansion moves in Northern Iran.
3. Soviet aid and expansion into North Korea.
4. Soviet aid to the communist forces in China.
5. Soviet attempts to undermine the governments of Greece and Turkey.
Which countries fought in the Falklands War of 1982?
1. The United States and Chile
2. Britain and Argentina
3. Britain and Chile
4. Britain and Brazil
5. Argentina and the United States
Which major nations aligned themselves with North and South Korea?
1. The South had the U.S. and the North the Soviet Union.
2. The South had the Soviet Union and the North had the Chinese.
3. The South had the Chinese and the North had the Soviet Union.
4. The South had the U.S. and the North had China.
5. The South had the Soviet Union and the North the U.S.
What event resulted in the partition of Indochina into North and South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia?
1. The defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu in 1954.
2. The treaty ending the Korean War.
3. U.N. Council Resolution 100.
4. The Pueblo Incident.
5. The Potsdam conference.
Charges of sexual harassment against female junior officers and civilians occurred at an annual convention in what U.S. city in 1991?
1. Seattle
2. Reno
3. Las Vegas
4. New York
5. New Orleans
After the fall of Kuwait to Iraq in 1990, what country appealed to the United Nations for protection from Iraq?
1. Turkey
2. Iran
3. Bahrain
4. The United States
5. Saudi Arabia
What military alliance was formed as a counter to NATO?
1. The USSR
2. The Warsaw Pact
3. The CCCP
4. The Russian Federation
5. The Soviet Union
What part of the world became the focal point for U.S. efforts to stop the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S. in the 1990's?
1. Canada
2. Europe
3. South America
4. Africa
5. Asia
What was the name of the U.S. cruiser that mistakenly shot down a civilian Iranian airliner that approached the ship while it was battling Iranian gunboats?
1. The USS Fox
2. The USS Vincennes
3. The USS Ticonderoga
4. The USS Samuel B. Roberts
5. The USS Stark
What was the largest air and ground offensive since the end of World War II?
1. Operation Deliberate Force
2. Operation Vigilant Warrior
3. Operation Noble Eagle
4. Operation Enduring Freedom
5. Operation Desert Storm
What happened on 25 November 1950 that changed the whole complexion of the Korean War?
1. President Truman fired General MacArthur.
2. North Korean forces made an amphibious landing inside the Pusan perimeter.
3. The North Korean Army surrendered.
4. Chinese Communist Armies came across the border in support of the North Koreans.
5. Soviet Army forces came across the border in support of the North Koreans.
What was the purpose of the no-fly zone imposed by the UN over southern Iraq in 1992?
1. To ensure that friendly aircraft would not be shot down.
2. To prevent the Iraqi military from using the bombing ranges in the south for training.
3. To permanently ground the aircraft at airbases in the south.
4. To hurt the Iraqi economy by ending their commercial flights
5. To prevent the suppression of ethnic Shiite Moslems in southern Iraq.
What controversial event brought the United States into the Vietnam war on a major scale?
1. The Tonkin Gulf incident.
2. The French defeat at Dien Bien Phu.
3. The military coup in South Vietnam in 1963.
4. The Tet Offensive.
5. The assassination of Ho Chi Minh.
What was the American response to the discovery of Soviet intermediate-range missiles in Cuba in 1962?
1. A formal protest in the United Nations.
2. An amphibious operation against the missile storage facilities and missile sites.
3. The mining of several major Cuban ports.
4. A quarantine of all offensive equipment being shipped to Cuba.
5. A blockade of Soviet ports around the world.
What U.S. Naval Officer was considered to be the "Father of the Nuclear Navy"?
1. Admiral Turner Joy
2. Vice Admiral Halsey
3. Admiral King
4. Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover
5. Admiral Nimitz
What was the code name for the amphibious landings at Inchon?
1. Operation Pusan
2. Operation Chromite
3. Operation Doomsday
4. Operation Overlord
5. Operation Torch
What is the name of Osama bin Laden's terrorist organization?
1. The Red Brigade
2. Al Qaida
3. The Shining Path
4. The IRA
5. The Taliban
What trouble spot in Africa involved the U.S. Navy and Marines in the 1990s?
1. Yemen
2. Syria
3. Morocco
4. Somalia
5. Egypt
Operation Restore Hope was directed against what country?
1. Iraq
2. Iran
3. Somalia
4. Saudi Arabia
5. Egypt
What happened in China in 1949?
1. The Communist forces defeated the Nationalist forces.
2. Democratic elections brought the Communist Party to power.
3. The Nationalist forces defeated the Communist forces.
4. The Soviet Union invaded and drove out the Nationalist forces.
5. The North Koreans invaded and drove out the Nationalist forces.
What was the name given to the build-up of UN Coalition forces in Saudi Arabia prior to the conflict with Iraq?
1. Desert Blitz
2. Vigilant Warrior
3. Desert Shield
5. Desert Storm
Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaida terrorist organization were located in what country at the time of the World Trade Center attacks?
1. Syria
2. Somalia
3. Sudan
4. Afghanistan
5. Egypt
What was the name of the NATO Operation conducted in August and September of 1995 against Serb military position south and east of Sarajevo?
1. Operation Vigilant Warrior
2. Operation Desert Storm
3. Operation Deliberate Force
4. Operation Desert Shield
5. Operation Bosnian Shield
Letters containing dangerous spores were sent to news offices in Florida and New York, as well as State Department and Senate offices in 2001. What type of virus spores did the letters contain?
1. Black Plague
2. Chicken Pox
3. Malaria
4. Small Pox
5. Anthrax
What action caused the United States to engage in massive military operations in the Persian Gulf area in 1990-91?
1. The invasion of Saudi Arabia by Iraq.
2. The invasion of Turkey by Iraq.
3. The invasion of Iraq by Kuwait.
4. The invasion of Kuwait by Iraq.
5. The invasion of Iran by Iraq.
What two countries were struck by U.S. Cruise Missiles in August of 1998 in response to the threat of terrorism by Osama bin Laden's terrorist group?
1. Afghanistan and Iraq
2. Afghanistan and Iran
3. Somalia and Sudan
4. Iraq and Iran
5. Afghanistan and Sudan
Who became the first U.S. Secretary of Defense?
1. George Keenan
2. James Forrestal
3. Harry Truman
4. Dwight Eisenhower
5. Chester Nimitz
What action was the first attempt by the United Nations in late 1991 to try and end the conflict between the former republics of Yugoslavia?
1. An embargo on weapons and oil.
2. Amphibious landings of UN forces in Croatia.
3. Naval gunfire bombardments into coastal towns and military facilities in Bosnia.
4. U.S. Navy TLAM missile strikes into the capital of Yugoslavia.
5. Bombing of the key cities of Srebrenica and Zepa.
Where is NATO headquarters located today?
1. Switzerland
2. Paris
3. New York
4. Belgium
5. London
U.S. Marines were called upon twice in mid-1996 to assist in the evacuation of U.S. nationals from what African nation?
1. Algeria
2. Congo
3. Egypt
4. Liberia
5. Somalia
What event in 1998 caused much concern over nuclear nonproliferation issues?
1. The joint announcement by the U.S. and Russia that some 500 lbs of nuclear material was unaccounted for world-wide.
2. The sale of a small nuclear device to a Columbian drug lord.
3. When Middle Eastern terrorists made off with 100lb of nuclear material from Russia.
4. when Israel announced that it had acquired nuclear weapons.
5. India and Pakistan each exploded nuclear test devices.
What allowed the orderly evacuation of UN forces from the port of Hungnam following the Chinese attack into North Korea?
1. Large minefields placed in front of the Chinese forces.
2. Naval gunfire and carrier air strikes.
3. The greater mobility of the UN forces.
4. South Korean counterattacks.
5. A retreat by the Chinese forces.
The cornerstone of U.S. cold war foreign policy for 40 years after World War II was known as the policy of __________________.
1. diplomacy.
2. harassment.
3. embarrassment.
4. confrontation.
5. containment.
What treaty, signed by the U.S. and the Russian Commonwealth in 1993, is considered to be the broadest disarmament pact in history?
1. START III
2. START I
3. The Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty
4. START II
5. The Nuclear Nonaggression Pact
In what city was the peace treaty signed which ended the war between Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia?
1. Dayton, Ohio
2. Washington, D.C.
3. Paris, France
4. New York City, New York
5. Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
What terrorist incident occurred in April 1995?
1. The bombing of the Federal building in Oklahoma City.
2. The destruction of the World Trade Center.
3. The first bombing of the World Trade Center.
4. The bombing of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
5. The bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen.
What American merchant ship was seized in international waters off Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge in 1975?
1. The USS Pueblo
2. The USS Maddox
3. The SS Mayaguez
4. The SS Albany
5. The SS Minnow
Why did the United States conduct an attack against Colonel Qaddafi's Libya in 1986?
1. Because the Libyans had shot down a U.S. fighter.
2. Libyan terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center.
3. Because the Libyans had tried to attack U.S. Navy ships operating in the Gulf of Sidra.
4. Because the Libyans had captured two U.S. merchant ships.
5. In retaliation for continuing threats and several Libyan-sponsored terrorist acts against U.S. citizens in Europe.
What was the name of President Truman's plan for reconstruction of war-torn Europe?
1. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
2. The International Relief Fund
3. The Marshall Plan
4. The United Nations Fund
5. The Truman Doctrine
What was the major contribution made by helicopters to amphibious warfare tactics in the 1960's and 1970's?
1. Keeping troops out of the line of enemy fire.
2. Rapid resupply of ammunition.
3. Vertical Envelopment.
4. Rapid movement of wounded out of the battle area.
5. Allowing Generals to see large portions of the landing area from the sky.
When did the UN establish a no-fly zone over Bosnia?
1. April 1992
2. October 1994
3. October 1992
4. July, 1993
5. April 1994
U.S. embassies in which countries were the targets of terrorists in 1998?
1. Kenya and Tanzania
2. Lebanon and Israel
3. Libya and Pakistan
4. Cuba and Egypt
5. Yemen and Somalia
Which former Soviet client states were allowed to join NATO in 1997?
1. Hungary, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic
2. Bulgaria, Poland and Hungary
3. Bulgaria, Albania and Poland
4. The Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland
5. The Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Poland
What was the main reason that the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990's?
1. The people had had enough with communism.
2. The failure of its economy.
3. The failure of its military.
4. Through the direct military action of the United States.
5. There were no more communist leaders to keep it going.
Why did the United States take military action in Panama in 1989?
1. Because of plans the U.S. had captured that showed that Panama planned to invade the U.S.
2. Because they had closed the Panama Canal.
3. Because of an impending communist takeover.
4. Because the government of Panama had thrown out U.S. military personnel stationed there.
5. To end the state-sponsored drug smuggling of its dictator, General Manuel Noriega.
What naval action in 1973 brought the North Vietnamese back to the peace table to sign an agreement?
1. The bombing of Hanoi.
2. The naval bombardment of Haiphong Harbor.
3. The mining of Haiphong Harbor.
4. The naval blockade of North Vietnam.
5. The sinking of the North Vietnamese Navy.
After World War II, which Service attempted to position itself as the "Nation's new first line of defense"?
1. The Air Force
2. The Army
3. The Marine Corps
4. The Coast Guard
5. The Navy
What was the name given the U.S. policy of containment of Soviet expansion following World War II?
1. The Marshall Plan
2. The Truman Doctrine
3. The Nimitz Charter
4. The United Nations
5. The Forrestal Initiative
Operation Enduring Freedom was directed against what country?
1. Iraq
2. Somalia
3. Afghanistan
4. Iran
5. Serbia
What was the code name of the UN military action to force the Iraqi forces out of Kuwait?
1. Operation Desert Shield
2. Operation Desert Attack
3. Operation Desert Storm
4. Operation Desert Retreat
5. Operation Southern Watch