NJROTC lesson on NS1 curriculum

1. UNIT 1 CHAPTER 1
Introduction to the Navy Junior Reserve
Officers Training Corps Program
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2. The Naval Science Curriculum
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3. THE NAVAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM
Cadet Field Manual • Military Drill
• Uniforms
• Military Customs and Courtesies
Year One
Introduction to the NJROTC • History of JROTC
Course • Citizenship
• Laws–Authority–Responsibility
Maritime History • War at Sea
• US Navy
• Strategy and Tactics
Year Two
Nautical Sciences • Maritime Geography
• Oceanography–Meteorology–Astronomy
Introduction to Leadership
Naval Knowledge • Sea Power
• National Security
• Laws of the Sea
Year Three
Naval Skills • Shipboard Life
• Rules of the Road
• Navigation
Leadership Theory • Ethics and Morals
• Case Studies
Year Four
Leadership Laboratory • Positions of Authority
3 • Responsibility for Others

4. In addition to your studies into the
Navy’s Core Values, your studies in
Naval Science will cover eight major
areas over the next four years.
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5. The curriculum emphasizes two different
areas each year and is customized by your
school to meet your needs and the needs
of your classmates.
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6. Curriculum
A course of study
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7. The Naval Science curriculum covers
_______ major areas over a four-year
period.
A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
D. 16
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8. NJROTC provides a balance of time
between:
• Classroom study
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9. • Military activities
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10. • Physical fitness
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11. • Orientation trips
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12. TEAM ACTIVITIES
Units sponsor teams in:
• Military drill
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13. • Marksmanship
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14. • Color guard performance
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15. • Physical skill competition
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16. • Academics
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17. True or False: During the first year of
the Naval Science curriculum, all
learning takes place in the classroom.
False
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18. The NJROTC curriculum is intended to
provide a balance of academic,
military, and _______ activities.
A. competitive
B. social
C. physical fitness
D. practical
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19. THE CADET
FIELD MANUAL
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20. This manual will be your guide to the
military knowledge taught in the NJROTC
program.
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21. The Field Manual
covers:
• How to wear a
uniform
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22. • Care of a uniform
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23. • Proper placement
of rates, ranks,
and ribbons on a
uniform
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24. • Military personal appearance
standards
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25. • Military drills
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26. • Military customs and courtesies, like
saluting
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28. • Types of behavior expected while
in/out of uniform
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29. By mastering these standards, you will be
able to take part in unit activities with pride
and confidence.
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30. In what book would cadets find
information about military customs,
uniform wear and care, and ranks and
rates?
A. Cadet Field Manual
B. Cadet Corps Organization,
Operations, and Support
C. Naval Science I textbook
D. Cadet Training Guide
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31. True or False: NJROTC teams
compete in military drill,
marksmanship, and color guard
performance but no longer in
academics.
False
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32. Introduction to
the NJROTC
Program
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33. This course will explain the
background, purpose, goals, and
objectives of the NJROTC program.
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34. The NJROTC book covers:
• Techniques for study
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35. • Time management
skills
Good study habits save time!
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36. • Citizenship in a democracy
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37. • Different forms of government over
the past century
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• The Declaration of Independence

39. • The U.S.
Constitution
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40. You will explore how these documents
affect your life, the lives of your
classmates, and people across the planet.
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41. What is one of the founding
documents of the United States?
A. Emancipation Proclamation
B. Magna Carta
C. U.S. Constitution
D. Monroe Doctrine
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42. • Role of the armed forces in a
democracy, and how these forces
are organized
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43. • Role of the Department of Defense
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44. • Navy Ships
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45. • Submarines
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46. • Aircraft
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47. • Weapon systems
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48. • Basic principles and theories of
leadership
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49. • Role of followers
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50. This will all help to prepare you for
taking more responsibility in your unit.
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51. Which of these is NOT covered in the
NJROTC Introduction?
A. Navy ships
B. Navy aircraft
C. Maritime history
D. Leadership
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52. John Paul Jones
Maritime History
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53. Maritime History • War at Sea
• US Navy
• Strategy and Tactics
Nautical Sciences • Maritime Geography
Year Two • Oceanography–Meteorology–
Astronomy
Introduction to
Leadership
Maritime history curriculum will
cover the history of ships and
navies with a special emphasis
on the role of the U.S. Navy.
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54. Maritime
Relating to the sea
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55. Maritime history curriculum will cover:
• History of the use of the seas
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56. Navies have been an important part of life
for thousands of years as seafaring
people have sought to trade with or
conquer their neighbors and to explore
the world.
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57. • Sea power and the role of the U.S.
Navy
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58. • Strategy and tactics
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59. In what area of the curriculum do
NJROTC cadets learn about the
thousands of years of seafaring
events and the role of the U.S. Navy?
A. Naval Skills
B. Naval Knowledge
C. Nautical Science
D. Maritime History
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60. Nautical Sciences
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61. Maritime History • War at Sea
• US Navy
• Strategy and Tactics
Year Two Nautical Sciences • Maritime Geography
• Oceanography–Meteorology–
Astronomy
Introduction to
Leadership
To understand the Navy, learning about
the sciences that go into the operation
of ships and aircraft is helpful. Several
different fields of study make up the
nautical sciences.
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62. Maritime geography curriculum covers:
• Ocean and seas
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63. Water covers three-fourths (75%) of
the Earth’s surface and has been
important for:
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64. • Waterways
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65. • Transportation
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66. • Commerce and Trade
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67. A study of the world’s oceans and
seas is necessary since they cover
_______ percent of the Earth’s
surface.
A. 45
B. 55
C. 65
D. 75
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68. Oceanography curriculum covers:
• The study of what happens in, on,
and under the oceans of the world.
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69. • This is important to the United States,
which has 10,000 miles of coastline.
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70. • The study of natural resources such as
the oceans’ food and minerals
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71. Meteorology curriculum covers:
• The weather
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72. • In naval warfare, weather has often
helped decide key battles.
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73. What term refers to the study of what
happens in, on, and under the sea?
A. Hydrology
B. Oceanography
C. Meteorology
D. Topography
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74. Astronomy curriculum covers:
• The universe beyond the Earth
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75. It will cover the:
• Sun
• Moon
• Planets
• Stars
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76. Nautical Science curriculum
covers:
• Physics of flight
• Basics of electricity
• Principles of buoyancy
• Transmission of sound
• The electromagnetic wave
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77. Buoyancy
A tendency or ability to stay
afloat in water
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78. What term refers to the study of the
sun, moon, planets, and stars?
A. Astronomy
B. Meteorology
C. Topography
D. Astrology
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79. Naval Knowledge
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80. Naval knowledge will include
a basic understanding of
"Sea Power" as presented by
Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan
(1840-1914), who believed sea
power was the key to success in
international politics.
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81. Captain Alfred
Thayer Mahan
wanted:
• A strong Navy
• Overseas bases
….to protect trade
and settle conflicts.
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82. World famous
as the foremost
text on sea
power and naval
strategy
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83. It describes the ability of a coastal
nation to use the oceans for:
• Trade
• Commerce
• Science
• Industry
• National Defense.
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84. What was the central theme of naval
historian Alfred Thayer Mahan?
A. Battle strategies are the key to sea
power.
B. Sea power is the key to success in
world politics.
C. A strong Navy is central to sea
power, but land forces play an
integral role.
D. Rise and fall of ancient empires was
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determined by sea power.

85. The Naval Knowledge curriculum
will cover:
• The history of U.S. strategy in
world affairs since 1783
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86. • The three classic schools of strategy:
Sea Power Air Power
Land Power
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87. • The national security planning process,
along with current threats and strategic
plans to counter these threats
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88. • The Merchant Marine and the Coast
Guard in maritime defense
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89. • Naval Operations
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90. • Communications
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91. • Intelligence
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92. • Logistics
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93. • Research and
development
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94. • Basic concepts of military law as
94 compared with civilian law

95. • How the Uniform
Code of Military
Justice or UCMJ
is rooted in the
Constitution
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96. International Law Court
• Principles and sources
of international law
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97. • Why international law is important
to those who go to sea
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98. True or False: The NJROTC
curriculum includes information about
the role of the Merchant Marine and
the Coast Guard in U.S. defense
strategy.
True
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99. In what area of the curriculum do
NJROTC cadets learn about the
history of U.S. naval strategy, the
national security planning process,
and the government’s views on
threats to national security?
A. Naval Skills
B. Naval Knowledge
C. Nautical Science
D. Maritime History
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100. Naval Skills
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101. Naval Skills will be about the
ins and outs of life aboard ship.
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102. Life aboard ship will cover:
• Shipboard organization
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103. • Role of
commanding
officer
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104. • Role of executive
officer and other
members of the
command
structure
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105. • Watch standing
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106. • Meals
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107. • Sleeping quarters
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108. You will learn about shipboard life in
which one of the following?
A. Naval Skills
B. Naval Knowledge
C. Nautical Science
D. Maritime History
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109. Naval skills include skill sets unique to
the naval environment, which fall
under the definition of seamanship
and include:
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110. Seamanship
Skill in sailing, navigating, or
managing a boat or ship
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111. • Handling lines
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112. • Getting the ship underway
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113. • Anchoring
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114. • Handling small boats
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115. • Ship driving involves knowing the sea
“rules of the road.”
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116. Nautical rules of the road cover:
• International and Inland nautical
rules of the road
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117. • Light and whistle signal rules
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118. • Rules for two ships meeting on the
waterways
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119. What term is used to refer to the skills
involved in sailing, navigating, and
managing a ship or boat?
A. Seaworthiness
B. Seamanship
C. Sea power
D. Seafaring
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120. In the Naval Skills classes, cadets
learn about International and _______
“rules of the road” with which all who
drive ships must be familiar.
A. Maritime
B. Inland
C. Continental
D. Coastal
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121. Military time skills cover:
• Military time using the 24-hour clock
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122. • Time Zones
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123. All the Navy’s
schedules,
operational
plans, and
navigational
aids run on
Greenwich Mean
Time (GMT).
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124. Military navigation covers:
• Navigation skills
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125. • Maneuvering
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126. Shipbuilding
Will answer questions like:
• What factors does the Navy think
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about when building a ship?

127. • Types of propulsion systems
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128. • Weapons systems
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129. This will include the various:
• Guns
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130. • Missiles
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131. • Bombs
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132. • Rockets
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133. • Aircraft
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134. In Naval Skills classes, cadets learn
about GMT, which stands for _______
Mean Time.
A. Greenwich
B. Greenland
C. Geocentric
D. Global
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135. Leadership Theory
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136. Leadership Theory will present
basic principles of leadership
with special emphasis on the
ethics and morals involved in
leadership.
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137. Case studies involving leadership
decisions about right and wrong will
be used to aid cadets' understanding
of the role of the leader.
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138. Leadership Laboratory
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139. Senior cadets are expected to plan,
influence, and direct the efforts of
unit members in accomplishing
the NJROTC mission.
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140. Cadets will have the opportunity to
judge, evaluate, and practice
leadership skills they develop
during the NJROTC experience.
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141. Q.17. Which of these men is NOT
famous for being a war hero?
A.17. A. James Stockdale
B. Alfred Thayer Mahan
C. John McCain
D. Arleigh Burke
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142. Q.18. Within the four-year NJROTC
curriculum, how many major
areas are covered?
A.18. A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
D. 16
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143. Q.19. In what book would cadets find
information about military
customs, uniform wear and
care, and ranks, rates, and
ribbons?
A.19. A. Cadet Training Guide
B. Introduction to the NJROTC
C. Cadet Corps Organization,
Operations, and Support
D. Cadet Field Manual
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144. Q.20. A background in _______ is
valuable to Sailors because of
their need for reliable weather
information.
A.20. A. meteorology
B. oceanography
C. astronomy
D. topography
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145. Q.21. Maritime studies involve topics
_______.
A.21. A. pertaining to military events
B. affecting economy and trade
C. comparing historical events
of different eras
D. relating to the sea
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146. Q.22. What did Alfred Thayer Mahan
believe was the key to a nation’s
international political strength?
A.22. A. Sea power
B. Disciplined and ethical youth
C. Elected leaders with a
military background
D. Solid financial base and trade
agreements
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