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CHAPTER 6
Weapons Proliferation
Multiple-Choice
1) The _____________ worldview places the constant struggle for power and dominance at the
center of international relations.
A) Khanian
B) Lockian
C) Hobbesian
D) Burkian
Answer: C
Topic/Concept: The Proliferation of Weapons
6.1: Relate the problem of weapons proliferation to the Hobbesian worldview
Skill Level: Understanding
Difficulty Level: Easy
2) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of why small arms and light weapons are
attractive?
A) Easy availability
B) Single usage
C) Portability
D) Low cost
Answer: B
3) _____________, the world’s first artificial satellite, was launched by the Soviet Union.
A) Orbit
B) Challenger
C) Sputnik
D) Avenger
Answer: C
Topic/Concept: The Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
6.2: Analyze how the proliferation of nuclear weapons by different countries has made the
world an unsafe place
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4) The idea of _____________ destruction originated from the reality that a nuclear exchange
between the United States and the Soviet Union would be suicidal.
A) ultimate
B) mutual assured
C) balanced
D) mutual balanced
Answer: B
5) The 1996 _______________ limits the right of countries to conduct nuclear weapons tests.
A) Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
B) Proliferation Restraint Treaty
C) Nuclear Lockdown Treaty
D) New START Treaty
Answer: A
6) North Korea is known as the _____________ because of its imposed isolation from the
global community.
A) Island State
B) isolated regions
C) Hermit Kingdom
D) Hermit State
Answer: C
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7) _____________ weapons are extremely toxic and can be dispersed in many different ways
including gas, vapor, and liquid.
A) Chemical
B) Nuclear
C) Biological
D) Cluster bomb
Answer: A
Topic/Concept: Chemical and Biological Weapons
6.4: Distinguish between chemical and biological weapons
8) The United States used _____________ to defoliate forests in Vietnam in its war against the
Vietcong forces.
A) nuclear weapons
B) anthrax
C) Agent Orange
D) mustard gas
Answer: C
9) _____________ weapons are made of living microorganisms and toxins that are capable of
causing fatal diseases.
A) Chemical
B) Biological
C) Nuclear
D) Conventional
Answer: B
10) The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

A) was a major reason AK-47s ended up in the hands of terrorists in Afghanistan.
B) was an exception to nuclear weapon restraint shown by superpowers during the Cold
War.
C) directly resulted in the New START treaty between Russia and the United States.
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D) was a major reason for the development of Agent Orange.
Answer: B
11) What country adopted a “policy of pacifism,” prohibiting owning, producing, or allowing
nuclear weapons on its territory?
A) Brazil
B) Japan
C) Pakistan
D) India
Answer: B
12) The prevention of hair-trigger alert postures and the securement of weapons is concentrated
in
A) defusing.
B) disarmament.
C) defenses.
D) deterrence.
Answer: A
Topic/Concept: Nonproliferation Regimes
6.6: Appraise global efforts to control chemical and biological weapons
13) Which of the following is NOT one of the advised actions for nuclear weapons possessors in
order to promote nuclear nonproliferation in other countries?
A) Pledge to not use their weapons to threaten countries without nuclear weapons
B) Maintain their nuclear weapons
C) Ensure nonnuclear states that their neighbors would be prevented from becoming
nuclear powers
D) Help countries that have renounced nuclear weapons and accepted international
monitoring to acquire nuclear technology for civilian purposes
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Answer: B
14) _____________ are attachments to treaties that allow states to be excluded from the legal
effects of certain provisions of the 1925 Geneva Protocol.
A) Reservations
B) Provisions
C) Exceptions
D) Conditions
Answer: A
True False
1) One reason small arms and light weapons are attractive is that they are expensive and not
readily available, making them rare finds.
Answer: False
Explanation: Small arms and light weapons are inexpensive, and are readily available.
2) One reason for the proliferation of weapons is that the transfer of arms contributes to
regional stability and diminishes the likelihood of war (Regional Balance of Power).
Answer: True
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3) Much of the global weapons trade is not motivated by financial considerations.
Answer: False
Explanation: Global weapons trade is motivated by financial consideration.
4) A nonproliferation regime is an interlocking network of treaties, agreements, and

organizations designed to prevent the spread or use of weapons of mass destruction.
Answer: True
5) The Chemical Weapons Convention prohibits the development and acquisition of chemical
weapons, but still allows their use.
Answer: False
Explanation: Use is also prohibited.
6) No countries have yet abandoned their nuclear weapons programs.
Answer: False
Explanation: Nearly 20 countries have abandoned them.
Topic/Concept: Case Study
7) The Non-Proliferation Treaty does not allow the International Atomic Energy Agency of the
United Nations to monitor nuclear weapons activities.
Answer: False
Explanation: It does allow them to monitor.
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8) Governments transferring weapons to other governments is one way in which small arms
and light weapons are transferred.
Answer: True
Fill in the Blank
1) The ____________ limits the right of countries to conduct nuclear weapons tests.
Answer: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

Difficulty Level: Moderate
2) The ___________ is a nuclear weapon capable of hitting reinforced concrete bunkers as

deep as 40 feet underground.
Answer: Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator

Topic/Concept: America’s Nuclear Response to Nuclear Proliferation
6.3: Report the advocacy of the preemptive use of nuclear warheads against potential or
actual adversaries
3) Prohibiting the use of biological and chemical weapons is the ___________.
Answer: Geneva Protocol

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4) The agreement prohibiting the development, manufacture, and stockpiling of biological
weapons is called the _____________.
Answer: Biological Weapons Convention

5) ______________ is the reality that a nuclear exchange between two superpowers would be
suicidal.
Answer: Mutually assured destruction

6) During the Cold War, the concept of ________________________ refers to the idea that
neither the United States nor the Soviet Union could launch nuclear weapons against the
other without suffering catastrophic consequences itself.
Answer: mutual balance of terror

7) _____________ was the name of the world’s first artificial satellite.
Answer: Sputnik
8) Weapons that can be dispersed as a gas, vapor, or liquid, and are extremely toxic, are
considered ___________ weapons.
Answer: chemical
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9) Missiles, tanks, and heavy artillery are all types of _____________ weapons.
Answer: conventional
10) _______________, which killed around 130,000 North Americans, was deliberately spread
by British forces during the Revolutionary War.
Answer: Smallpox
Topic/Concept: Introduction
Matching
A) biological weapons 1) The ________________ prohibited the use

of biological and chemical weapons in war.
B) Antiballistic Missile Treaty 2) Weapons that are composed of living
microorganisms and toxins that are capable of
causing fatal diseases such as smallpox,
plague, and hemorrhagic fever are called
_______________.
C) 1925 Geneva Protocol 3) The concept of ___________________
emanated from the reality that a nuclear
exchange between the superpowers would be
suicidal.
D) Nuclear Posture Review 4) The ________________ prohibits the
development, testing, or deployment of
missiles that are capable of defending entire
territories from intercontinental ballistic
missile attacks in order to enable the United
States to build a missile defense system.
E) mutually assured destruction (MAD) 5) The Bush administration advocated a
revitalized nuclear weapons complex that
could produce new nuclear warheads in
response to emerging global threats in the
_______________.
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Answers to Matching:
1) C) 1925 Geneva Protocol

2) A) biological weapons
3) E) mutually assured destruction (MAD)
4) B) Antiballistic Missile Treaty
5) D) Nuclear Posture Review
Essay Questions
1. In light of America’s declining power and the need to cooperate with other nations, how
should it deal with Iran and North Korea?

Skill Level: Evaluation
Difficulty Level: Difficult
2. Do you think the world would be a safer place without nuclear weapons? Why or why not?

Skill Level: Analysis
3. Discuss the dangers of small arms proliferation. Give examples.

4. Discuss the logic behind developing national missile defense systems. Do you think such
efforts will help increase or decrease the level of nuclear proliferation? Why or why not?

Difficulty Level: Difficult
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10) The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

4) A nonproliferation regime is an interlocking network of treaties, agreements, and

6) No countries have yet abandoned their nuclear weapons programs.

Fill in the Blank

Answer: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

2) The ___________ is a nuclear weapon capable of hitting reinforced concrete bunkers as

Answer: Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator

3) Prohibiting the use of biological and chemical weapons is the ___________.

Answer: Geneva Protocol

Answer: Biological Weapons Convention

Answer: Mutually assured destruction

Answer: mutual balance of terror

7) _____________ was the name of the world’s first artificial satellite.

A) biological weapons 1) The ________________ prohibited the use

1) C) 1925 Geneva Protocol

Topic/Concept: The Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Topic/Concept: The Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

3. Discuss the dangers of small arms proliferation. Give examples.

Topic/Concept: The Proliferation of Weapons

Topic/Concept: Nonproliferation Regimes

5. Discuss global efforts to control chemical and biological weapons.

Topic/Concept: Nonproliferation Regimes

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