NS2 History

There are five approaches to leadership. Of the five, which one is the most autocratic?

Telling

Which one of the five approaches to leadership is the most democratic?

Joining

Early warships, which were crewed by trained fighting men and propelled by oars as well as sails, were called

Galleys

For many centuries after the fall of Rome in 476 A.D., Europe suffered in the turmoil of the Dark Ages while the Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Mediterranean fell under the control of the

Muslims

The capital of the Byzantine Empire was at

Constantinople

The longest period of peace in world history was known as the

Pax Romana

Our alphabet is based on the alphabet of what ancient people?

Phoenicians

What famous war was fought to secure control of the Turkish Straits in order to insure Greek control of the Aegean-Black Sea trade

The Trojan War

What city is known as the birthplace of democracy in government?

Athens

The Punics Wars were between what two major powers?

Rome and Carthage

The first to seek new sea routes to the Indies and the Orient were the

Portuguese

In the battle of Lepanto, Christian forces defeated the

Ottoman Turks

The ability of a nation to defend her own sea communications and to deny the enemy the use of the sea to carry on a war is called

sea power

The second group to master the sea were the

Phoenicians

The first people known to use sea power were the sailors of ancient

Crete

The Peace of Paris in 1783 gave the Americans a territory that extended west

to the Mississippi River

Who was the first commander of Continental Navy?

Esek Hopkins

Who was in charge of the American troops at the battle of Lake Champlain in 1776?

Benedict Arnold

Instead of meeting General Burgoyne in Albany in 1777, General Howe made an ill-advised decision to capture which city?

Philadelphia

Who led Maine backwoodsmen in the first American capture of a British ship?

Jeremiah O’Brien

What was the name of the US ship Commodore Preble sent to recapture or destroy the USS Philadelphia

Intrepid

What US ship fought in the two most famous Quasi-War battles with France?

USS Constellation

The name of the last ship left in the Navy after the Revolutionary War was the USS

Alliance

What was John Paul Jones’ ship named?

Bonhomme Richard

The first Secretary of the Navy was

Benjamin Stoddert

Who was the youngest man to reach the rank of captain in the short history of the US Navy?

Stephen Decatur

Where did England defeat France to become ruler of the Atlantic Ocean in 1805?

Trafalgar

Kidnapping men and forcing them into military service is defined as

impressment

Which Navy vessel did the British take four crewmen from in 1807?

USS Chesapeake

Who cried out the immortal words “Don’t give up the ship!”

Captain James Lawrence

Which American warship of the War of 1812 was given the lasting nickname “Old Ironsides?”

USS Constitution

The naval battle that kept the Great Lakes and Northwest Territory for America was fought and won on 10 September 1813 by

Oliver Hazard Perry

What famous battle took place after the treaty ending the war of 1812 had been signed in Europe on Christmas Eve 1814?

Battle of New Orleans

What was the name of the treaty that ended the war of 1812?

Treaty of Ghent

Since colonial days, the most important commercial fish specifies for Massachusetts fishermen has been the

codfish

The first regular scheduled ship service for passengers, mail, and freight between New York and England was provided by the

Packet ships

The largest amphibious landing carried out by US forces during the Mexican-American War took place at

Veracruz under the command of General Winfield Scott

The most beautiful and fastest sailing ships to ever cross the seas were the

square-rigged clippers

The last ships of the Confederate Navy were destroyed and the last major Southern port was closed by Admiral Farragut in 1864 in the violent naval battle of

Mobile Bay

Admiral Farragut was an outstanding naval commander. What navy did he serve with during the Civil War?

Union

In the first Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861, 50,000 troops of both armies fought in northern Virginia not far from Washington D.C. Which army won that battle?

Confederate

Who commanded the river boat squadron that demolished Fort Henry in February 1862?

Commodore Foote

Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip were established by the Confederates on the Mississippi River to protect the South’s largest and most important port city. What was the name of that city?

New Orleans

Before the Union forces left Norfolk, Virginia, early in the war, they were ordered to destroy many of their own vessels to keep them from being captured and used later by the Confederates.  One of the vessels that was sunk was raised by the Confederacy was the

CSS Virginia

Which general defeated the Union forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville and also moved north through the Shenandoah Valley and invaded southern Pennsylvania?

General Lee

Which country agreed to a settlement of the Alaskan-Canadian boundary favorable to America, withdrew its naval squadron from the West Indies, and agreed to turn over exclusive control of the proposed Panama Canal to the United States?

Britain

Which country tried unsuccessfully to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama from 1881-89

France

When the USS Maine was sunk by an explosion of unknown origin, it was in what harbor?

Havana, Cuba

What country launched the prototype of a modern battleship in 1873?

Britain

What extension of the Monroe Doctrine of 1812 was proclaimed in 1904?

The Roosevelt Corollary

In 1914, construction was completed on the Panama Canal. What country built this canal?

The US

What country did Panama revolt against during the early 1900s for its independence?

Colombia

Battles of the Spanish-American War of 1898 spanned from the Caribbean to

the Philippines

The naval officer who led the Asiatic Fleet to its great victory over the Spanish Navy in the Philippines in 1898 was

Commodore Dewey, USN

The naval officer who commanded the American Flying Squadron during the Battle of Santiago de Cuba in 1898 was

Commodore Schley

What was the name of Commodore Dewey’s flagship during the Battle of Manila Bay in May 1898

USS Olympia

What two nations caused problems for the Navy between 1871 and 1875?

Spain and Korea

Admiral David Dixon Porter, USN, was instrumental in putting together a brilliant staff, establishing an athletic program, and organizing the engineering and physics departments at which of the following institutions in 1865?

US Naval Academy

In 1875, a professional association began publishing a leading journal entitled the Proceedings.  It criticized the conditions of the fleet, pointing out both the commercial benefits and naval requirements for a strong American maritime force.  This associate is the

US Naval Institute

The book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History was written by

Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan

In 1886, Captain Mahan was appointed president of

US Naval War College

In the late 1890s, America was preparing for war with

Spain

The Assistant Secretary of the navy credited with building up the US fleet in the late 1800s was

Theodore Roosevelt

What admiral did the Spanish government order to sail to the Caribbean to defend Cuba and destroy the American fleet in that region?

Cervera

The imminent cause of the warw with Spain was the explosion that destroyed the American vessel

USS Maine

Theodore Roosevelt led his regiment of cavalrymen into battle in 1898 in Cuba. These men were known as

Rough Riders

This admiral proposed a convoy system that greatly aided the British in getting merchant vessels past the German U-Boats and into their ports during World War I

Admiral Sims

To whom did the Russians surrender during World War I?

Germany

What was the main focus of the Taft administration from 1908 to 1913 and even more in the early years of the Wilson administration?

Domestic reform

What tactic caused Allied shipping losses form U-boat attacks to decline after May 1917?

Convoy System

World War I began in Europe in 1914 when what two countries declared war on each other?

Austria and Serbia

At the beginning of World War I, what country set up a naval blockade that prevented the escape of German ships into the Atlantic?

Britain

In the years leading up to World War II the US restricted the sale of oil and scrap metal to

Japan

In 1941, the US became involved in an undeclared war in the Atlantic against

German U-boats

In another treaty following WWI, the US agreed NOT to fortify pacific bases west of

Hawaii

The pre World War II foreign policy of Britain and France, in which they made territorial concession to the Axis Powers in return for promises of peace was called the policy of

appeasement

What historical event involved the creation of artificial harbors to protect ships that were offloading supplies from the fury of storms?

The landings on Normandy

Who was responsible for the first invasion of southern France during daylight?

Admiral Hewitt

What was the single most dangerous weapon of defense used by the Germans along the Normandy beaches?

Mines

The German West Wall was known as the

Siegfried Line

In what city did the German delegation sign the unconditional surrender document, ending WWII in Europe?

Reims, France

Where was the last German offensive of WWII?

Belgium

What was the name of the group that could attack with depth bombs or call for surface attack support during WWII?

Hunter-killer group

Who was in charge of Germany’s U-boat attack during WWII?

Admiral Donitz

The tactic of several U-boats converging on a merchant ship from all directions at one time was known as the

wolfpack tactic

Which of the following did NOT help in defeating the “wolfpack” offensive?

Kamikaze striking force

A boarding party from what US ship captured and boarded a german U-boat?

USS Guadalcanal

Allied assistance to Soviet forces during WWII went through the port of

Murmansk

Operation Torch was the code word for the planned invasion of

French North Africa

The Vichy French forces of WWII were French forces aligned with

the Axis powers

The Russians defeated the Germans and turned the tide on the Eastern Front of WWII in the

Battle of Stalingrad

Who were the participants in the famous Casablanca Conference?

Churchill and Roosevelt

What operation was the first major attempt by the Allies to take home territory of an Axis nation?

Operation Husky

Operation Overlord was the code word for the invasion of

Normandy

Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during WWII was

General Eisenhower

To whom did the Japanese make their initial “peace feelers” to end the Pacific War?

Soviet Union

During WWII little effort went into improving or training in the Japanese

submarine fleet

The last major battle of the Pacific War was at

Okinawa

The first atomic bomb was dropped at

Hiroshima

What new threat appeared for the first time in the Pacific War at Leyte Gulf?

Kamikazes