NS3: Naval Knowledge: Importance Of Seapower

In what countries has tidal energy been harnessed?

• Germany, Great Britain, and Japan.
• United States, Spain, France.
• Holland, France, Canada.
• Australia, China, Italy.

What percentage of manganese does the U.S. import?

• 46%
• 65%
• 85%
• 95%

The Afro-Asian Ocean includes the

• South Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
• North and South Pacific Oceans.
• North and South Atlantic Oceans.
• South Pacific and Indian Oceans.

______ has a profound effect on nearly every aspect of national security, commercial prosperity, and social warfare.

• Ocean research.
• A strong naval air power.
• An endless supply of raw materials.
• Seapower.

Sea power enables

• geographic and political mobility by a nation.
• tactical and sustained mobility by a naval force.
• power projection on, over, under, and from the seas.
• All of the answers are correct.

The Mediterranean Sea is a part of which main ocean area?

• Atlantic.
• Pacific.
• Arctic.
• Afro-Asian.

Aquaculture is defined as

• the science of mapping the oceans' floors.
• the study of the culture of maritime nations.
• the science of farming the sea.
• the science of water and its properties.

Which of the following is NOT a major political development that has increased the importance of the oceans since World War II?

• Rapid increase in the number of new nations since World War II
• With a large number of treaty commitments the United States has to defend other nations
• The development of political organizations and alliances such as NATO and the United Nations
• All answers have increased the importance of the oceans

A littoral nation is a nation that

• obtains its natural resources from the sea.
• relies primarily on naval forces for its defense.
• has ready access to the seas.
• is surrounded by land and freshwater coastline only.

What are the four main ocean areas that are of prime importance to the United States?

• Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Afro-Asian.
• Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Mediterranean.
• Atlantic, Pacific, European, and Asian.
• North Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Pacific, South Pacific.