Quiz for Global Trade: Arms

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Correct: The answer is b. In 2009, U.S. military spending was approximately $750 billion, or half of the global total.
Incorrect: The answer is b. In 2009, U.S. military spending was approximately $750 billion, or half of the global total.
1. What percentage of global military spending did the United States account for in 2009?

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Correct: The answer is a. After the Soviet Union collapsed, there was widespread fear that former Soviet scientists would sell nuclear technology, toxic chemicals, or harmful biological agents from old, poorly guarded Soviet labs and stockpiles to the highest bidders.
Incorrect: The answer is a. After the Soviet Union collapsed, there was widespread fear that former Soviet scientists would sell nuclear technology, toxic chemicals, or harmful biological agents from old, poorly guarded Soviet labs and stockpiles to the highest bidders.
2. Fears about which category of arms intensified with the collapse of the Soviet Union?

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Correct: The answer is c. Heavy conventional weapons include tanks, heavy artillery, jet planes, missiles, and warships.
Incorrect: The answer is c. Heavy conventional weapons include tanks, heavy artillery, jet planes, missiles, and warships.
3. Which of these is an example of a heavy conventional weapon?

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Correct: The answer is a. Between them, the United States and Britain account for nearly two-thirds of all conventional arms deliveries, and these two nations plus France sometimes earn more income from arms sales to developing countries than they provide in aid.
Incorrect: The answer is a. Between them, the United States and Britain account for nearly two-thirds of all conventional arms deliveries, and these two nations plus France sometimes earn more income from arms sales to developing countries than they provide in aid.
4. Which of these nations account for the majority of conventional arms exports?

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Correct: The answer is c. Small and light conventional weapons are popular because they have relatively long lives and are low-maintenance, cheap, easily available, highly portable, and easily concealable.
Incorrect: The answer is c. Small and light conventional weapons are popular because they have relatively long lives and are low-maintenance, cheap, easily available, highly portable, and easily concealable.
5. Which of these makes up the majority of weapons exchanged in the global arms trade?