Week 9 Flashcards
According to Maurice Greenberg, author of “Trends in U.S. Military Spending”, the first year that military spending declined since the 9/11 attacks was_____________.
2012.
According to Maurice Greenberg, author of “Trends in U.S. Military Spending”, what percentage of military payroll outlays goes to retired military pay?
20%.
Today less that __________% of the population serves in the armed forces.
.5%.
The longstandng custom of dividing the defense budget evenly among the Army, Navy, and Air Force is know as the _________ Ratio.
Golden.
Which of the following countries WAS NOT in the Fertile Crescent?
Tunisia.
The smallpox virus originated from which domestic animal?
Cow.
The military field robot that was demonstrated in the web-video looked like a/an ______________.
Large 4-legged dog.
According to the PBS documentary about North Korea, what was the rumor about Kim Jong-un’s wife that was circulating in North Korea?
She made a porn film.
The former propagandist interviewed in the PBS documentary on North Korea noted that the supreme leader was promoted to be like ________.
The sun.
In John Arquilla’s article on the military budget boondoggles, which of the following is concerned with “hitting a bullet with a bullet”?
Ballistic missile defense.
According to Maurice Greenberg, author of “Trends in U.S. Military Spending”, even though U.S. accounts for 22% of the world’s GDP and only 4% of the world’s population, the U.S. accounts for around ___________% of the world’s military spending.
40%.
The Congressional Research Service has documented _________ military deployments in the 40 years since adoption of the all-voluntary force in 1973, compared with 19 in the 27-year period of the Selective Service draft following World War II (from NY Times article Americans and their military, drifting apart).
144.
“A standing Army, however necessary it may be at some times, is always dangerous to the Liberties of the People. Soldiers are apt to consider themselves as a Body distinct from the rest of the Citizens.” This quote can be attributed to __________________.
Samuel Adams.
Of the 56 large-seeded grass species (e.g. wheat; rice; barley), a total of ______ are from West Asia and the Mediterranean zone.
33.
The U.S. has how many nuclear-power aircraft carriers?
10.
