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1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND CURRENT EVENTS
17. When was the Asian economic crisis? July 1997 until early 2000s.
18. When was the Six Days War? Approximately 1950
19. What year was the Cuban Missile Crisis? 1962
20. Name the last three U.S. Secretaries of State
Rice, Powell, Albright
21. Where is the only permanently forward deployed U.S. aircraft carrier based?
22. Name three naval shipping chokepoints. Suez Canal, Straights of Malacca,
Panama Canal
23. Name three nations with indigenous manned space programs. China, US, Russia
24. Name three undeclared or aspiring nuclear powers. North Korea, Iran,
25. Differentiate briefly between a ballistic missile and a SAM.
26. Name three major non-OPEC oil producers. Venezuela, US, Russia
27. Name the top five countries in terms of GDP, in order from greatest to least. US,
Japan, Germany, China, Russia
28. Name four of the top six oil producers. Saudi Arabia, Iran, Russia, US
29. Name four of the top six oil importers. US, China, UK, Japan
30. How do governments deal with rising inflation?
42. Define GDP. Gross Domestic Product is the value of all services and goods
produced in a country in a given year.
43. What valley lies where Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan meet?
44. With which countries in Latin America does Russia have close ties? Nicaragua,
venezuala
45. Briefly identify two key problems facing Chinese economic planners. Avoiding
unemployment and reducing income inequality.
46. Which countries were most significantly affected by Russias Jan. 1, 2005
shutdown of gas supplies to Ukraine?
49. Name the members of the GCC Kuwait, oman, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, qatar
50. Who has recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia? nicaragua