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Chemical Warfare

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are conventional weapons?

a)

Those with a nuclear warhead.

b)

Those outlawed by the Geneva Convention.

c)

Those with a high explosive warhead.

d)

Those used in ground warfare

2.

What was the "Cold War"?

a)

The Korean Conflict.

b)

A 50-year long era of nuclear standoff and confrontation.

c)

The Battle of the Chosin Reservoir.

d)

The Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.

3.

Chemical warfare agents include all of the following except

a)

Vapors

b)

Liquids

c)

Aerosols

d)

Screening smoke

4.

Which of the following are chemical warfare agents?

a)

Choking

b)

Nerve

c)

Blister

d)

Napalm

5.

____________ gases are non-lethal and are used by police to quell riots.

a)

Blister

b)

Tear

c)

Psycho

d)

Mustard

6.

Nuclear weapons are classified as

a)

conventional weapons

b)

lethal weapons

c)

special weapons

d)

weapons of mass destruction

7.

A poison gas that burns or blisters the tissues of the body is called a

a)

tear gas

b)

blister gas

c)

blood gas

d)

vomiting gas

8.

The START Treaty was an agreement to limit the number of nuclear weapons between what two countries?

a)

Iran and Iraq

b)

Great Britain and Germany

c)

The United States and the Soviet Union

d)

The United States and North Korea

9.

The Age of Nuclear Weapons began in what year?

a)

1950

b)

1940

c)

1967

d)

1945

10.

The use of chemical and biological warfare agents has been held largely in check since

a)

the Korean War

b)

the Vietnam War

c)

World War I

d)

World War II