Global Terrorism Test Bank Answers Ch5

Chapter 5

Global Terrorism

Multiple-Choice

1. The USA Patriot Act was enacted as a direct response to the
   1. weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
   2. attacks on September 11, 2001.
   3. terrorist activities in Chechnya.
   4. Oklahoma City bombing.

Topic/Concept: Fighting Terrorism and Protecting Democracy

5.8: Analyze the fundamental question about the balance between fighting terrorism and protecting democracy within the United States

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The use of selective violence against military targets by insurgency forces is known as __________ warfare.
   1. symmetrical
   2. conventional
   3. insurgent
   4. guerrilla

Topic/Concept: Defining Terrorism

5.1 Recognize that terrorism is a contentious issue that becomes hopelessly muddled by political and military considerations

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. Domestic terrorism
   1. occurs as a result of struggles for independence.
   2. is government repression targeted against individuals.
   3. happens within the borders of a state and is associated with extremist groups.
   4. is an outgrowth of the forces of globalization.

Topic/Concept: Kinds of Terrorism

5.6: Summarize five kinds of terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is an example of a __________ terrorist group.
   1. nationalist
   2. state
   3. domestic
   4. global

Topic/Concept: Kinds of Terrorism

5.6: Summarize five kinds of terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The Anglo-Irish Agreement gave
   1. the British more control over Northern Ireland.
   2. Ireland more responsibilities over Northern Ireland.
   3. Northern Ireland independence.
   4. the Irish a voice in government.

Topic/Concept: Kinds of Terrorism

5.6: Summarize five kinds of terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The main goal of extremist youth groups who formed ETA was
   1. Basque independence from Spain and preservation of culture and language.
   2. unification with France and adoption of the French language.
   3. objection to the Lizarra Agreement.
   4. influence of the movement’s leader, Francisco Franco.

Topic/Concept: Kinds of Terrorism

5.6: Summarize five kinds of terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The most prevalent response to terrorism is
   1. law enforcement.
   2. global cooperation.
   3. the use of force.
   4. gathering intelligence.

Topic/Concept: Responding to Terrorism

5.7: Examine the different ways of combating terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. A British philosopher who was a strong critic of the French Reign of Terror was
   1. Thomas Hobbes.
   2. Edmund Burke.
   3. John Stuart Mills.
   4. John Locke.

Topic/Concept: Defining Terrorism

5.1 Recognize that terrorism is a contentious issue that becomes hopelessly muddled by political and military considerations

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The _____________ are a group that rebelled against China’s annexation of Xinjiang in 1759.
   1. Tamil Tigers
   2. Revolutionary United Front
   3. Irgun
   4. Uighurs

Topic/Concept: Defining Terrorism

5.1 Recognize that terrorism is a contentious issue that becomes hopelessly muddled by political and military considerations

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. Which of the following is NOT a common way to finance terrorism?
   1. Investments in the stock market
   2. Revenues from diamonds
   3. Criminal activities
   4. Government sponsorship

Topic/Concept: Financing Terrorism

5.4: Identify the sources of funds that are used for financing terrorism

Skill Level: Analysis

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. A style of organization that is basically leaderless and facilitated by the Internet is known as
   1. worldwide division.
   2. leaderless resistance.
   3. virtual networks.
   4. liberated division.

Topic/Concept: Goals, Strategies, and Weapons of Terrorism

5.3: Identify the goals, strategies, and weapons of terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The development of al Qaeda is predominantly an example of _____________ causing terrorism.
   1. foreign policy
   2. humiliation
   3. poverty
   4. a failed state

Topic/Concept: Factors Conducive to Terrorism

5.2: Review the factors that are conducive to terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. Sleeper cells are terrorists who
   1. live apparently normal lives until instructed to commit acts of terrorism.
   2. base most of their activities online.
   3. only commit acts on major holidays of yearly events.
   4. continually commit acts of terror.

Topic/Concept: Kinds of Terrorism

5.6: Summarize five kinds of terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The leader of the Irgun and Israel’s first prime minister was
   1. Sinn Fein.
   2. Gamel Abdel Nasser.
   3. Menachem Begin.
   4. Mahed Schimel.

Topic/Concept: Kinds of Terrorism

5.6: Summarize five kinds of terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The _____________ were a group of Islamic holy warriors fighting against Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.
   1. Taliban
   2. Mujahedeen
   3. al Qaeda
   4. al Tauba

Topic/Concept: Kinds of Terrorism

5.6: Summarize five kinds of terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

True/False

1. Many foreign policy and terrorism analysts view U.S. foreign policies in the Middle East as being conducive to terrorism.

Topic/Concept: Factors Conducive to Terrorism

5.2: Review the factors that are conducive to terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The killing of Osama bin Laden in 2011 by U.S. Special Forces effectively ended global terrorism.

Explanation: It did not end global terrorism.

Topic/Concept: Introduction

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. Poverty is not considered to be a root of terrorism.

Explanation: It is widely perceived as the root of terrorism.

Topic/Concept: Factors Conducive to Terrorism

5.2: Review the factors that are conducive to terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. Globalization has no effect on terrorism.

Explanation: It is a major factor in global terrorism.

Topic/Concept: Factors Conducive to Terrorism

5.2: Review the factors that are conducive to terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The goals, strategies, and weapons of terrorism are the same for all terrorist groups.

Explanation: They vary from group to group.

Topic/Concept: Goals, Strategies, and Weapons of Terrorism

5.3: Identify the goals, strategies, and weapons of terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. Terrorism is essentially a form of psychological warfare.

Topic/Concept: Defining Terrorism

5.1 Recognize that terrorism is a contentious issue that becomes hopelessly muddled by political and military considerations

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. One of the costs of terrorism is the cost to democracy, with governments justifying violations of individuals’ rights on the grounds of national security.

Topic/Concept: The Costs of Terrorism

5.5: Review how terrorism adversely affects individuals, nations, and other groups

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. Conditions in Pakistan provide an environment conducive to continuing violence by the Taliban, al-Qaeda, and other terrorist groups.

Topic/Concept: Case Study

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. The three levels of internal state terrorism are intimidation, coerced conversion, and genocide.

Topic/Concept: Kinds of Terrorism

5.6: Summarize five kinds of terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. One of the reasons for religious terrorism is that violence is believed to be a divine duty in accordance with theology.

Topic/Concept: Kinds of Terrorism

5.6: Summarize five kinds of terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Easy

Fill in the Blank

1. The U.S. Department of _______________ was created in 2003 as a direct response to the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001.

Topic/Concept: Introduction

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. A style of organization that is essentially leaderless and is facilitated by the Internet is referred to as a ___________________.

Topic/Concept: Goals, Strategies, and Weapons of Terrorism

5.3: Identify the goals, strategies, and weapons of terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. When relatively weak groups use low-tech tools to inflict significant damage on very powerful countries that have the most advanced military technologies these groups are using________________.

Topic/Concept: Introduction

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. Muslim extremists justify launching ______________________ (holy wars) on the basis of religion.

Topic/Concept: Kinds of Terrorism

5.6: Summarize five kinds of terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. Saudi Arabia’s hard-line ____________________, a conservative form of Islam embraced by the Taliban in Pakistan, undermined Pakistan’s more tolerant Sufi-based version of Islam.

Topic/Concept: Case Study

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. The group of Islamic holy warriors fighting the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan was called the ____________________.

Topic/Concept: Kinds of Terrorism

5.6: Summarize five kinds of terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. ______________________ are groups of terrorists who live what appear to be normal lives until instructed to commit terrorist attacks.

Topic/Concept: Kinds of Terrorism

5.6: Summarize five kinds of terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. The 1998 compromise that gave Britain control over Northern Ireland and the Irish a voice in government is called the _____________________________.

Topic/Concept: Kinds of Terrorism

5.6: Summarize five kinds of terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. A group of extreme Islamic fundamentalists in Afghanistan that repressed its people and supported al-Qaeda is called the _______________________.

Topic/Concept: Factors Conducive to Terrorism

5.2: Review the factors that are conducive to terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. The group in Sri Lanka that smuggles contraband in the Indian Ocean region to finance its activities is called __________________.

Topic/Concept: Financing Terrorism

5.4: Identify the sources of funds that are used for financing terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Matching

Answers to Matching:

1) B) Hezbollah

2) D) state terrorism

3) E) jihad

4) C) coerced conversion

5) A) nationalist terrorism

Essay Questions

1. What is asymmetrical power? How does it relate to the war on terror? Give examples.

Topic/Concept: Introduction

Skill Level: Analysis

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. Do you believe one can objectively define terrorism, or will such attempts always result in subjective, relative definitions?

Topic/Concept: Defining Terrorism

5.1 Recognize that terrorism is a contentious issue that becomes hopelessly muddled by political and military considerations

Skill Level: Analysis

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. What are some of the goals of and reasons for terrorism discussed in this chapter?

Topic/Concept: Goals, Strategies, and Weapons of Terrorism

5.3: Identify the goals, strategies, and weapons of terrorism

Skill Level: Understanding

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. Discuss the different kinds of terrorism. Give examples.

Topic/Concept: Kinds of Terrorism

5.6: Summarize five kinds of terrorism

Skill Level: Application

Difficulty Level: Moderate

1. Discuss America’s responses to terrorism. Evaluate the costs and effectiveness of those

responses.

Topic/Concept: Responding to Terrorism

5.7: Examine the different ways of combating terrorism

Skill Level: Evaluation

Difficulty Level: Difficult