Question 1

After the defeat of France, from where did the British army have to retreat in order to get home?

Accepted Answer

A)  Le Havre. 
B)  Ostend. 
C)  Boulogne. 
D)  Dunkirk. 
A)  Le Havre. 
B)  Ostend. 
C)  Boulogne. 
D)  Dunkirk.

Question 2

In planning for World War One, what wars did most generals think would provide the best model for what would happen?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Napoléonic Wars. 
B)  The Russo-Japanese and American Civil War. 
C)  The Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian Wars. 
D)  The Crimean and Boer Wars. 
A)  The Napoléonic Wars. 
B)  The Russo-Japanese and American Civil War. 
C)  The Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian Wars. 
D)  The Crimean and Boer Wars.

Question 3

What did Clausewitz fear would raise the level of violence in warfare?

Accepted Answer

A)  Europe's reaction to the French Revolution. 
B)  Napoléon's invasion of Russia. 
C)  Nationalism and large conscript armies. 
D)  Industrialization. 
A)  Europe's reaction to the French Revolution. 
B)  Napoléon's invasion of Russia. 
C)  Nationalism and large conscript armies. 
D)  Industrialization.

Question 4

What did Billy Mitchell try to show military planners during the period between World Wars I and II?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cities could not be defended from air attack. 
B)  Mobile tank forces promised rapid victory. 
C)  Strategic bombing of enemy industries could determine a war's outcome. 
D)  Battleships were vulnerable to air attack. 
A)  Cities could not be defended from air attack. 
B)  Mobile tank forces promised rapid victory. 
C)  Strategic bombing of enemy industries could determine a war's outcome. 
D)  Battleships were vulnerable to air attack.

Question 5

Which of the following was influenced greatly by the ideas of Mao Zedong?

Accepted Answer

A)  Yasser Arafat. 
B)  Fulgencio Batista. 
C)  Ernesto (Ché) Guevara. 
D)  Osama bin Laden. 
A)  Yasser Arafat. 
B)  Fulgencio Batista. 
C)  Ernesto (Ché) Guevara. 
D)  Osama bin Laden.

Question 6

In preparing for World War Two, what was the French response to the dominance of defensive over offensive war in World War One?

Accepted Answer

A)  A line of fortification from Switzerland to Belgium. 
B)  The concentration of tanks in special units. 
C)  A strategy combining tanks and tactical aircraft. 
D)  The production of large strategic bombers. 
A)  A line of fortification from Switzerland to Belgium. 
B)  The concentration of tanks in special units. 
C)  A strategy combining tanks and tactical aircraft. 
D)  The production of large strategic bombers.

Question 7

Which one of the following terrorist groups is located in Somalia states?

Accepted Answer

A)  Boko Haram. 
B)  The Islamic State. 
C)  Al Shabab. 
D)  Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. 
A)  Boko Haram. 
B)  The Islamic State. 
C)  Al Shabab. 
D)  Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.

Question 8

Which of the following committed terrorist acts in the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Assassins. 
B)  The Zealots. 
C)  The anarchists. 
D)  The Russian government. 
A)  The Assassins. 
B)  The Zealots. 
C)  The anarchists. 
D)  The Russian government.

Question 9

What did most military leaders in 1914 think would be the decisive factor in World War One?

Accepted Answer

A)  The production of artillery shells. 
B)  The speed of military mobilization. 
C)  The size of navies. 
D)  The interdiction of enemy supplies. 
A)  The production of artillery shells. 
B)  The speed of military mobilization. 
C)  The size of navies. 
D)  The interdiction of enemy supplies.

Question 10

In what war did the United States introduce the use of precision-guided weapons?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Persian Gulf War. 
B)  The Kosovo War. 
C)  The invasion of Afghanistan. 
D)  The invasion of Iraq. 
A)  The Persian Gulf War. 
B)  The Kosovo War. 
C)  The invasion of Afghanistan. 
D)  The invasion of Iraq.

After the defeat of France, from where did the British army have to retreat in order to get home?

In planning for World War One, what wars did most generals think would provide the best model for what would happen?

What did Clausewitz fear would raise the level of violence in warfare?

What did Billy Mitchell try to show military planners during the period between World Wars I and II?

Which of the following was influenced greatly by the ideas of Mao Zedong?

In preparing for World War Two, what was the French response to the dominance of defensive over offensive war in World War One?

Which one of the following terrorist groups is located in Somalia states?

Which of the following committed terrorist acts in the nineteenth century?

What did most military leaders in 1914 think would be the decisive factor in World War One?

In what war did the United States introduce the use of precision-guided weapons?

Prologue

An Introduction to Global Politics: Change and Continuity

The Evolution of the Interstate System and Alternative Political Systems

The World Wars

The Cold War

Decolonization and the Global South

Globalization: The New Frontier

Great Issues in Contemporary Global Politics

Causes of War

International Law and Organization and the Quest for Peace

Identity Politics: Nationalism and Ethnicity

International Political Economy

Human Rights

Human Security

The Environment: a Global Collective Good

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Exam 10: Technology and the Changing Face of War

After the defeat of France, from where did the British army have to retreat in order to get home?

In planning for World War One, what wars did most generals think would provide the best model for what would happen?

What did Clausewitz fear would raise the level of violence in warfare?

What did Billy Mitchell try to show military planners during the period between World Wars I and II?

Which of the following was influenced greatly by the ideas of Mao Zedong?

In preparing for World War Two, what was the French response to the dominance of defensive over offensive war in World War One?

Which one of the following terrorist groups is located in Somalia states?

Which of the following committed terrorist acts in the nineteenth century?

What did most military leaders in 1914 think would be the decisive factor in World War One?

In what war did the United States introduce the use of precision-guided weapons?

Prologue

An Introduction to Global Politics: Change and Continuity

The Evolution of the Interstate System and Alternative Political Systems

The World Wars

The Cold War

Decolonization and the Global South

Globalization: The New Frontier

Great Issues in Contemporary Global Politics

Causes of War

International Law and Organization and the Quest for Peace

Identity Politics: Nationalism and Ethnicity

International Political Economy

Human Rights

Human Security

The Environment: a Global Collective Good

Filters