Deck 11: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking

Question 1

Which area of Southeast Asia, encompassing approximately 150,000 square miles of forested highlands and including the western fringe of Laos, the four northern provinces of Thailand, and the northeastern parts of Burma, is responsible for a large percentage of the heroin that is smuggled into the United States? ​

A)Golden Crescent
B)Golden Triangle
C)Golden Circle
D)Golden Moon

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In 1887, Congress responded to obligations imposed on the United States by a Chinese-American commercial treaty by banning the importation of what by Chinese subjects? ​

A)opium for smoking
B)marijuana for smoking
C)barbiturates for ingesting
D)morphine for injecting

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In the early 20th century, concern over federalism-constitutional limitations on the police powers of the central government-led Congress to use which authority of the federal government to respond to the problem of drug control? ​

A)postal authority
B)taxing authority
C)judicial authority
D)executive authority

Answer 3

B

Question 4

According to Abadinsky, when it comes to the business of heroin, drug barons often chose to base their operations in which areas-"the more war-torn and chaotic the better"? ​

A)urban areas
B)remote safe havens
C)remote islands in the middle of the ocean
D)suburbs of major metropolitan areas

Question 5

Opiates, including morphine and heroin, were legal and readily available in the United States up until what year? ​

A)1900
B)1910
C)1914
D)1929

Question 6

Which country is now considered to be the world's second largest producer of opium and accounts for about 90 percent of the total heroin production of the Golden Triangle? ​

A)Colombia
B)Japan
C)Myanmar
D)Afghanistan

Question 7

Which act provided that persons in the business of dealing in drugs covered by the act-including opium derivatives and cocaine-were required to register yearly and to pay a special annual tax of $1? ​

A)Native Races Act
B)Harrison Act
C)Thompson Act
D)Indigenous Act

Question 8

Around the turn of the eighteenth century, a German pharmacist poured liquid ammonia over opium and obtained an alkaloid, a white powder that he found to be many times more powerful than opium. What did he name the substance? ​

A)heroin
B)morphium
C)ammonium oxide
D)Papaver somniferum

Question 9

In 1901, which act was enacted by Congress to prohibit the sale of alcohol and opium to "aboriginal tribes and uncivilized races"? ​

A)Native Races Act
B)Harrison Act
C)Thompson Act
D)Indigenous Act

Question 10

The American response to drugs in the 20th century was directly related to international affairs and trade with which country? ​

A)Afghanistan
B)Pakistan
C)Japan
D)China

Question 11

In which 1919 case was the use of taxing authority to regulate drugs upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court? ​

A)Gregg v. Georgia
B)Worchester v. Georgia
C)United States v. Doremus
D)Pray v. State

Question 12

The central role that the Golden Triangle played in the heroin trade has been significantly diminished, in part because of economic pressure from which country? ​

A)the United States
B)England
C)China
D)Colombia

Question 13

Most of the heroin smuggled into the United States originates in all of the following, except for: ​

A)the Golden Triangle.
B)the Golden Crescent.
C)Mexico.
D)Chechnya.

Question 14

Heroin and methamphetamine are usually brokered in which country? ​

A)Thailand ​
B)Myanmar
C)the Philippines
D)Mexico

Question 15

Which area of Southwest Asia which includes parts of Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, has a limestone-rich soil, a climate and altitude ideal for poppy cultivation, and a ready supply of cheap labor for the intensive production of opium? ​

A)Golden Crescent
B)Golden Triangle
C)Golden Circle
D)Golden Moon

Question 16

Which individual was in charge of upholding and enforcing the Harrison Act? ​

A)Commissioner of Internal Revenue
B)Attorney General of the United States
C)Director of the FBI
D)Regional Director of the DEA

Question 17

Which drug is an alkaloid found in the leaves of two species of shrub that grow in parts of Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru? ​

A)cocaine
B)opium
C)heroin
D)morphium

Question 18

At the turn of the twentieth century, diacetylmorphine was synthesized, creating which most powerful opiate, marketed as a nonhabit-forming analgesic to take the place of morphine? ​

A)heroin
B)amphetamines
C)percocet
D)saboxine

Question 19

The earliest "war against drugs" in the United States was in response to which drug? ​

A)opium
B)cocaine
C)marijuana
D)LSD

Question 20

What is the most common method of using cocaine? ​

A)eating
B)smoking
C)injecting
D)snorting

Question 21

First synthesized in 1887, which drugs were introduced into clinical use in the 1930s? ​

A)amphetamines ​
B)barbiturates
C)designer drugs
D)marijuana seeds

Question 22

Which country is the source of "black tar" or brown heroin that gained a foothold in the American drug market after the demise of the "French Connection"? ​

A)Colombia
B)China
C)Mexico
D)Afghanistan

Question 23

Which nation's syndicates are believed to be the primary source of the drug ecstasy found in the United States? ​

A)Peruvian
B)Israeli
C)Mexican
D)Thailand

Question 24

Which drug is usually imported from the Middle East and contains the drug-rich resinous secretions of the cannabis plant, which are collected, dried, and then compressed into a variety of forms-balls, cakes, or sheets? ​

A)Marijuana
B)Ecstasy
C)Hashish
D)Chocolate

Question 25

The biggest influence on marijuana legislation has been racist attitudes against African Americans.

Question 26

Israeli syndicates are reputed to be the source of U.S. distribution of methamphetamine.

Question 27

Cocaine causes the release of a natural substance, which prepares the body for "fight" or "flight," but the brain sends the message that everything is better than fine. Which natural substance is released? ​

A)adrenaline ​
B)serotonin
C)neuroephinephrine
D)GABA

Question 28

The Civil War led to widespread intravenous use of morphine.

Question 29

In 1937, what act did Congress pass to put an end to lawful recreational use of marijuana? ​

A)Marijuana Tax Act
B)Harrison Act
C)Hobbs Act
D)Native Races Act

Question 30

The organizers who arrange for the importation and wholesale distribution of heroin and cocaine typically avoid physical possession.

Question 31

Most ecstasy consumed domestically here in the United States is actually manufactured in the United States, especially in the South.

Question 32

The American response to drugs in the twentieth century is directly related to international affairs and trade with China. ​

Question 33

By 1998, heroin from which country accounted for more than 50 percent of the drug smuggled into the United States? ​

A)Colombia
B)China
C)Mexico
D)Afghanistan

Question 34

Chemicals essential for cocaine refinement are widely available for lawful commercial purposes.

Question 35

"Acid" is the common name for 3,4- methylenedioxymethamphetamine , or MDMA, which is a synthetic drug with a chemical structure similar to the stimulant methamphetamine and the hallucinogen mescaline. ​

Question 36

What has been the biggest influence on marijuana legislation throughout United States history? ​

A)its possible medicinal uses ​
B)illegal profits connected to politicians
C)violence against rival gangs for territorial control
D)racism

Question 37

Cocaine hydrochloride powder is easily converted into a drug by cooking it in a mixture of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda)and water, and then removing the water. The soap-like substance is cut into bars or chips, sometimes called "quarter rocks," and then smoked. Which drug is this?

A)crank
B)ice
C)crack
D)meth

Question 38

The purity level of heroin is NOT considered to be an indicator of its availability.

Question 39

There are many chemical variations, or ___________ called "designer drugs," that are semisynthetic versions of drugs like heroin and cocaine, such as hydromorphine and oxycodone. ​

A)brokers
B)fakes
C)analogs
D)adulterants

Question 40

Analogs are synthetic versions of drugs such as morphine.

Question 41

______________ is a synthetic drug with a chemical structure similar to methamphetamine and mescaline.

Question 42

Chinese immigrants who came to the U.S. in the 1840s popularized the smoking of _____________.

Question 43

Explain marijuana legislation and the influences of such legislation.

Question 44

The _____________ of Southeast Asia, which encompasses approximately 150,000 square miles of forested highlands, including the western fringe of Laos, the four northern provinces of Thailand, and the northeastern parts of Burma, is responsible for a large percentage of the heroin that is smuggled into the United States.

Question 45

Discuss the Harrison Act and its ramifications.

Question 46

Explain the role that Mexican cartels play in the importation of heroin into the United States.

Question 47

The purity level of heroin is an indicator of _______________.

Question 48

The _____________ Act required people who sold drugs to register yearly and pay a special annual tax of $1.

Question 49

Early antidrug laws in the United States were often the result of ______________ .

Question 50

Trace the historic relationship between the British, China, and opium.

Question 51

In 1937, Congress passed the _______________, which put an end to lawful recreational use of marijuana throughout the U.S.

Question 52

The drugs morphine and heroin are classified as _____________, which are powerful depressants that relieve stress and pain.

Question 53

_____________ are synthetic versions of drugs such as morphine.

Question 54

Explain the process of distribution of heroin and cocaine.

Question 55

In the five years after the collapse of the French Connection, _____________ became the major source of U.S. heroin.