Upfront quiz 1.

QUIZ 1

Use with NATIONAL, pages 8-13

SHORT ANSWER/FILL IN THE BLANK: WRITE THE CORRECT ANSWER ON THE LINE PROVIDED.

  1. Elite combat units of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force, who have been trained for unconventional missions, are known as Special -- forces.

  2. The -- regime in Afghanistan has been harboring terrorist leader Osama bin Laden and other members of the Al Qaeda terrorist network. --

  3. What two environmental factors may impede the U.S. military's combat effectiveness as it proceeds with its land assault in Afghanistan? --

  4. U.S. troops are coordinating their mission with the -- Alliance, a coalition of tribal groups that is fighting to overthrow the current government of Afghanistan.

  5. The United States has been trying to capture or kill terrorist leader Osama bin Laden since 1998, when he was linked to the bombings of two U.S. embassies in -- (name continent).

  6. U.S. intelligence agencies believe terrorist groups have experimented with blister agents, which burn the skin; nerve agents, which impair the nervous system; and -- agents, which prevent delivery of oxygen to body tissue.

  7. One notable failure of a terrorist chemical attack occurred in 1995, when terrorists released sarin gas in the subway system of the city of -- . There, 12 people died out of thousands of commuters.

  8. The effectiveness of chemical weapons is impaired when the weather is -- or --.

  9. -- also disrupts chemical weapons by spreading them too thin, too fast.

  10. What suggestion does weapons expert Red Thomas offer to defeat most biological agents? --

  11. --, a deadly disease that could be spread by terrorists, was virtually eradicated from the world by 1980, but small batches still exist in laboratories in the U.S. and Russia, and may have been stored away in other countries.

  12. Cite one of the two reasons why experts regard water reservoirs as relatively safe from chemical or biological attack. --

    CRITICAL THINKING: Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

  13. According to news reports, bombing mistakes that have killed civilians in Afghanistan are causing consternation among some U.S. allies in the...

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