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NJROTC Academics 6

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the 1990s civil insurrections broke out in several African and Central European nations because of

a)

all of the choices are correct

b)

ethnic conflict

c)

poor economic conditions

d)

cessation of aid from the former Soviet Union

2.

Who announced a unilateral bombing halt of North Vietnam, and invited Hanoi to the peace talks?

a)

Lyndon Johnson

b)

Elmo Zumwalt

c)

Dean Rusk

d)

John Kennedy

3.

Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm was conducted in 1990/1991 in response to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's invasion of

a)

Kuwait

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Israel

d)

Syria

4.

In what month and year was the accord signed ending the fighting in Vietnam?

a)

2/1974

b)

1/1973

c)

8/1974

d)

4/1974

5.

What President authorized the bombing of Hanoi, and the mining of Haiphong Harbor?

a)

Dwight Eisenhower

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

John Kennedy

d)

Lyndon Johnson

6.

What United Nations Operation intended to bring food supplies and restore some order to Somalia?

a)

Operation Desert Storm

b)

Operation Enduring Freedom

c)

Operation Restore Hope

d)

Operation Deliberate Force

7.

In 1995 Navy and Marine Corps planes from the carrier Theodore Roosevelt conducted air strikes against Serb military positions as part of

a)

Task Force Ranger

b)

Operation Enduring Freedom

c)

Operation Deliberate Force

d)

Operation Desert Storm

8.

What ship was hit in 1987 by two Exocet missiles launched by an Iraqi aircraft, resulting in the loss of 37 members of the crew?

a)

USS Stark

b)

USS C. Turner Joy

c)

USS Samuel B. Roberts

d)

USS Missouri

9.

During which of the following conflicts was the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by a British submarine?

a)

Iran-Iraq War

b)

Vietnam War

c)

Falklands War

d)

Grenada Invasion

10.

Who was President of the United States during the Red Chinese invasion of one of the Nationalist held Tachen Islands in 1955?

a)

President Eisenhower

b)

President Truman

c)

President Johnson

d)

President Kennedy

11.

The threat of domestic terrorism in the U.S. was underscored in the 1990s by

a)

the explosion of TWA Flight 800 in 1996

b)

the Oklahoma city federal building bombing in 1995

c)

Both the Olympic bombing in 1996, and the Oklahoma city federal building bombing in 1995

d)

the Olympic bombing in 1996

12.

What Arms Treaty signed in January 1993 between the U.S. and Russia was called, "the broadest disarmament pact in history."

a)

NATO

b)

START I

c)

START II

d)

SALT II

13.

In 1983, who attempted to take over the island nation of Grenada

a)

Cuban-backed forces

b)

Nicaraguan-based forces

c)

Costa Rican-backed forces

d)

Panamanian-backed forces

14.

In what month and year did President Nixon resign?

a)

4/1973

b)

8/1974

c)

1/1972

d)

2/1973

15.

Where was the Treaty signed that ended the war in Bosnia-Hezegovina?

a)

Paris, France

b)

New York City, New York

c)

London, England

d)

Dayton, Ohio

16.

What is the name of the destroyer allegedly attacked by NVN patrol boats in August 1964 that precipitated open involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War?

a)

USS Ticonderoga

b)

USS Vincennes

c)

USS Maddox

d)

USS Constellation

17.

In 1991 Civil War Broke out in which Baltic Country?

a)

Italy

b)

Greece

c)

Turkey

d)

Yugoslavia

18.

What factors lead to anarchy and famine in the African state of Somalia?

a)

cessation of aid from the Soviet Union

b)

rebel Armies forced President Siad Barre to flee

c)

clan warfar

d)

All of choices are correct

19.

The commander of allied ground force in Operation Desert Storm was

a)

Admiral Frank Kelso

b)

General Colin Powell

c)

Admiral Jeremy Boorda

d)

General Norman Schwarzkopf.

20.

What country invaded the Falklands in 1982?

a)

Chile

b)

Argentina

c)

Brazil

d)

Nicaragua

21.

Who made changes in the Navy such as liberal hair styles, beards, and civilian clothes on liberty, through a series of directives in the early 1970s?

a)

Elmo Zumwalt

b)

James Forrestal

c)

Robert McNamara

d)

Richard Nixon

22.

In 1996 the U.S. Marines were called on to evacuate U.S. nationals from

a)

Nigeria and Egypt

b)

Uganda and The Congo

c)

Liberia and The Republic of Bangui

d)

South Africa and Chad

23.

North Vietnam captured South Vietnam in

a)

February 1973

b)

March 1974

c)

April 1975

d)

January 1973

24.

The man who became the first President of Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union was?

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Mikhail Gorbachev

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Boris Yeltsin

25.

Who undertook to evacuate the inhabitants from the Tachen Islands to Taiwan?

a)

The Soviets

b)

The U.S. Navy

c)

The Red Chinese

d)

The United Nations Allies

26.

In October 1992 the UN established a no-fly zone, and safe areas around several cities in

a)

Spain

b)

Croatia

c)

Bosnia-Herzegovina

d)

Serbia