Arctic Security
The Arctic is an integral part of ___________, which houses the country's most powerful nuclear ______.
List at least three health effects from environmental radiation exposure.
Breast cancer, childhood cancer, leukemia, thyroid cancer, and heart malfunction.
The global fashion industry employs more than _____ million people worldwide.
75
When did the US most recently hit its technical debt limit?
January 19th
What was the Supreme Court case that gave rise to super PACs in modern-day American politics?
Citizens United v. Federal Election Committee
List at least five Arctic countries.
United States, Russia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.
It is recommended that nuclear waste is securely stored for over ____ thousand years.
Ten
According to the EPA, the recycling rate for garments is almost _____ percent.
According to the Economic Policy Insitute, if no new borrowing was allowed, spending would have to fall by ____% of GDP.
Four
What is the first sentence of section 1 of this legislation?
Unlimited campaign donations to political action committees are hereby illegal in all fifty States and the District of Columbia.
According to the NOAA, the sea ice covering the Arctic ocean is melting at an alarming rate of ____% per decade due to climate change.
Thirteen
While nuclear weapons require a 90% uranium enrichment, nuclear energy requires a ____% uranium enrichment.
Dyeing and finishing of garments contribute to over ____% of global water pollution.
20
What is the current federal debt?
$31.5 trillion
When and why was the first PAC that was created in American politics?
In 1943, the CIO-PAC was formed because Congress prevented labor unions from directly contributing money to political candidates.
Russia considers control of the Arctic to be critical to its national security and economic development. This was enshrined in its government statements and policies in its Maritime doctrine since _______
1991
Of the 33 countries using nuclear power plants, a combined total of 15,000 commercial nuclear power plants, how many significant accidents have there been with nuclear power plants?
Three
______ liters of water are needed to make just one t-shirt.
2,700
Under baseline projects, interest costs to pay off debts will consume ____% of federal revenues by 2052
40
How much money did Donald Trump spend in his 2020 campaign?
$774 million.
The Arctic may contain ____ billion barrels of oil and ___% of the planet's undiscovered natural gas.
160/30
France gets ____% of its energy from nuclear energy. _____% of France's nuclear energy comes from recycled nuclear energy.
75/17
Of the ____ billion garments produced each year, ____ million tonnes end up in landfills.
100/92
A child born today will effectively inherit $________ of debt upon birth.
71,000, they will serve that debt through lower wages, higher future taxes, and lower future spending.
______ billion was spent by all candidates and outside groups during the 2020 presidential elections, which is the equivalent of _____ per voter.
4.9/22