Week 7

Question 1

The hypothetical country off the east coast of Africa that Dr. Strawser used in his thought experiment regarding intervention was named___________.

Answer 1

Kisiwa.

Question 2

The “Responsibility to Protect” first shows up in response to ___________ query as to when the international community must intervene.

Answer 2

UN Secretary Kofi Annan’s.

Question 3

The new operative phrase has shifted from “right to intervene” to __.

Answer 3

R2P.

Question 4

The Germans used this chemical blood agent in World War II extermination camps.

Answer 4

Hydrogen Cyanide.

Question 5

A virus causing hemorrhagic fever is ____.

Answer 5

Ebola and Marbug.

Question 6

The original prototype of the Predator drone was modeled after which bird?

Answer 6

Albatross.

Question 7

Accoring to an interviewee in the PBS program, the state of drone technology is equivalent to ____.

Answer 7

Biplane of World War I.

Question 8

From Fog of War: Agent orange ______.

Answer 8

Was used to strip leaves from trees.

Question 9

From Fog of War: The resolution that gave President Lyndon Johnson the authority to use military action without the formal declaration of war by congress was the ____________ Resolution.

Answer 9

Gulf of Tonkin.

Question 10

According to John Arquilla in his “…Captain Kirk…” piece, American independence was won in part because of __________ military intervention.

Answer 10

French.

Question 11

The model of the reconnaissance plane shot down by the Russians in the 1960s in which pilot Francis Powers was captured was the ____.

Answer 11

U2.

Question 12

The super-high tech, RQ170 Sentinel drone was lost in which country?

Answer 12

Iran.

Question 13

In the hypothetical Scenario #1 of WMD, the fishing vessel in the East River ___.

Answer 13

Dispersed Anthrax.

Question 14

A____________was used to illustrate scale in the RoboBee demonstration.

Answer 14

Coin.

Question 15

Operation Uphold Democracy was a 1994 US military action in which nation?

Answer 15

Haiti.

Question 16

In the case of civil war, John Stuart Mill argues that third parties ____.

Answer 16

Can demand that conflicts cease.

Question 17

Public opinion moved sharply in favor of the imminent Spanish-American War (1898) after the explosion of which vessel in Havana Harbor?

Answer 17

USS Maine.

Question 18

John Stuart Mill’s justification for intervention in Algeria and India was _______.

Answer 18

Overt imperialism.

Question 19

“There can seldom be anything approaching to assurance that intervention, even if successful, would be for the good of the people themselves,” is a quote from what 19th century political philosopher?

Answer 19

John Stuart Mill.

Question 20

The new operative phrase has shifted from “right to intervene” to ___.

Answer 20

R2P.

Question 21

Sarin is a ____________ agent.

Answer 21

Nerve.

Question 22

Mustard gas is a ____________agent.

Answer 22

Blister.

Question 23

A prototype drone that individual soldiers can pull out of their backpack and potential kill bad guys is the ______________.

Answer 23

Switchblade.

Question 24

A similar approach to John Stuart Mill’s position on “civilized peoples” can be found in theory on intervention in _____________.

Answer 24

Failed states.

Question 25

The ‘Just War Theory’ is built upon which basic idea?

Answer 25

Autonomy.

Question 26

The beginnings of our modern notion of the nation-state is associated with ___.

Answer 26

The Peace of Westphalia.

Question 27

The predator model is ___.

Answer 27

mq1.

Question 28

Pilots with flight training are ___________ at flying unmanned aerial vehicle then those with no in-flight training.

Answer 28

Worse.

Question 29

The blowback resulting from a nuclear blast is referred to as the _______ phase.

Answer 29

Negative.

Question 30

According to John Stuart Mill to go to war for an idea if the war is aggressive not defensive is ____.

Answer 30

Criminal

Question 31

The rise in the use of drones was considered to do all of the following except ____.

Answer 31

To violate other nations sovereignty.

Question 32

The maximum flight speed of the Predator drone is around ___.

Answer 32

84mph

Question 33

The first domestic drone every to be shot down was brought down by ____.

Answer 33

Pigeon shooters.