Military–industrial complex - Quiz
A) Defense industrial base B) Power elite complex C) Corporate-state structure D) Military-industrial-media network
A) Media, military, and academia B) Intelligence agencies, think tanks, and corporations C) Congress, executive branch, and interest groups D) President, Supreme Court, and military
A) Charles Wright Mills B) Matthew Brummer C) Steven Best D) James Der Derian
A) Virtuous war complex B) Manga Military C) Corporate-state structure D) Anime-industrial complex
A) A profit-driven prison expansion B) A mirage of high-tech, low-risk virtuous wars C) An avalanche of misinformation D) A global array of corporate-state structures
A) Ray McGovern B) Charles Wright Mills C) Joe Biden D) Elon Musk
A) The superiority of democratic institutions B) The triumph of profit motive over rational policy C) The need for increased defense spending D) The decline of the prison system
A) The pharmaceutical industry B) The expansion of the military C) The growth of sustainable farming D) Marketing of processed foods involving greenwashing
A) Energy-industrial complex B) Environmental-industrial complex C) Green-industrial complex D) Climate-industrial complex
A) An avalanche of misinformation and disinformation B) The rise of authoritarian governments C) Lack of innovation in the defense sector D) Global economic collapse
A) Jeff Bezos B) Charles Wright Mills C) Ray McGovern D) Matthew Brummer
A) The Manga Military program B) The CIA propaganda program C) The virtual war initiative D) Facebook's fact-checking program
A) The 2008 financial crisis origins B) The Soviet Union's major role in World War II C) The definition of the military-industrial complex D) The invention of the iron triangle
A) As a formal legal term B) As a strictly academic definition C) As a compliment for scientists D) As a pejorative
A) Vladimir Lenin B) Joseph Stalin C) David S. Rohde D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
A) Its endorsement by world leaders B) Its historical accuracy C) Its rhetorical flexibility D) Its precise legal definition
A) Conflicting government regulations B) Translation errors from French C) Its utility as a rhetorical Rorschach blot D) Lack of historical evidence
A) Eisenhower B) Lenin C) Gorbachov D) Stalin
A) To save money on military contracts B) To improve market competition C) To prevent them from cooperating against him D) To increase overall production efficiency
A) They eliminated the need for a command economy B) They successfully created a free market economy C) They gained more from cheating each other than cooperating D) They united to overthrow his government
A) Heavy militarization B) Complete transparency C) Rapid market expansion D) Decentralized allocation
A) Global trade requirements B) Consumer demand C) Democratic oversight D) National security
A) The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers B) The Pentagon Papers C) Why We Fight D) The Cold War Files
A) George W. Bush B) Paul Kennedy C) William Proxmire D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
A) The Pentagon budget request B) The Vietnam War spending C) Dick Cheney / Halliburton D) The C-5A Galaxy cost overruns
A) 50 percent B) 25 percent C) 75 percent D) 90 percent
A) J. Paul Dunne B) Paul Kennedy C) A. Ernest Fitzgerald D) William Proxmire
A) Monopsonistic market structure B) Military-industrial expansion C) Congressional pushovers D) Imperial overstretch
A) Monopsonistic structure B) Government-led nationalization C) Free market capitalism D) Perfect competition
A) William Proxmire B) Elisabeth Sköns C) Paul Kennedy D) A. Ernest Fitzgerald
A) F-35 Lightning B) B-2 Spirit C) C-5A Galaxy D) SR-71 Blackbird
A) Dick Cheney B) Paul Kennedy C) A. Ernest Fitzgerald D) William Proxmire
A) A check and balance B) A strict auditor C) A pushover D) A hostile adversary
A) Rarely opposed it B) Systematically audited it C) Demanded budget cuts annually D) Frequently rejected it
A) The military officials B) The taxpayers C) The private contractors D) The government
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower B) Winfield W. Riefler C) C. Wright Mills D) Ralph E. Williams
A) Lockheed Aircraft B) Boeing C) Honeywell D) Dow Chemical
A) Power Through Purpose B) Pentagon Capitalism C) The Power Elite D) Efficiency in Death
A) The Peace Dividend Act B) The Defense Conversion Act C) The Eisenhower Act D) Mansfield Amendment
A) The development of space travel B) Important civilian work C) Educational reform initiatives D) Government diplomatic efforts
A) Economic necessity B) Public-private partnership C) Technological innovation D) Corporate welfare
A) Seymour Melman B) John Kenneth Galbraith C) Malcolm Moos D) Noam Chomsky
A) Technological progress B) False consciousness C) National security D) Economic efficiency
A) Institute for Policy Studies B) Brookings Institution C) Council on Economic Priorities D) NARMIC
A) The need to maintain absolute secrecy B) A desire for global expansion C) Both sides benefit financially or through equipment D) Legislative mandates requiring industrial cooperation
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower B) Ann Markusen C) Steve J. Rosen D) Linda Weiss
A) Military recruitment B) Economic research C) Technological innovation D) Media production
A) C. Wright Mills B) Ann Markusen C) Steve J. Rosen D) Linda Weiss |
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