Deck 16: Globalization and Terrorism

Question 1

Trafficking in persons is often undertaken

A) to help people escape repressive government regimes.
B) for purposes of sexual or labor exploitation.
C) to reunite families.
D) These are all purposes of trafficking

Answer 1

B

Question 2

is a process of social homogenization by which the experiences of everyday life can foster a standardization of cultural expression around the world.

A) Globalization
B) Ethnocentrism
C) Comparative criminology
D) Infrastructure

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following is not a characteristic of terrorism?

A) It is premeditated or planned
B) It is aimed at civilians
C) It is perpetrated by the army of a country
D) It is politically motivated

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Ethnocentrism involves

A) comparing crime rates in different countries and cultures.
B) culture-centeredness.
C) human smuggling.
D) trafficking in persons.

Question 5

____________terrorism refers only to acts of terrorism that occur outside the United States.

A) Domestic
B) International
C) Anarchist
D) Foreign

Question 6

Which of the following is an element of human smuggling?

A) The person being smuggled is usually coerced
B) The person being smuggled is exploited or forced to perform some type of labor
C) The person being smuggled is generally cooperating
D) The person being smuggled does not have to cross a border

Question 7

____________terrorists want to replace economies based on free enterprise with socialist or communist economic systems.

A) Left-wing
B) Right-wing
C) State-sponsored
D) Nationalist

Question 8

Which Act established the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center within the U.S. State Department?

A) The Homeland Security Act
B) The Trafficking Victims Protection Act
C) The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act
D) The Immigration and Nationality Act

Question 9

____________terrorists are revolutionaries who seek to overthrow all established forms of government.

A) Right-wing
B) Anarchist
C) Nationalist
D) Left-wing

Question 10

According to Europol, terrorism is

A) an ideology.
B) a movement
C) a method for attaining political goals.
D) All of the above

Question 11

Which of the following statements about terrorism is true?

A) Terrorism is usually an impulsive act of rage
B) Terrorism is perpetrated for criminal gain
C) Terrorism is aimed at military targets
D) Terrorism is politically motivated

Question 12

Which of the following has emerged as one of the most pressing challenges of the early 21?? century?

A) Domestic terrorism
B) Transnational crime
C) Serious violent crime
D) The development of new designer drugs

Question 13

Which of the following is not a reason why it is difficult to compare the crime rates of different nations?

A) Diverse crime-reporting practices
B) Political influences on the reporting of crime statistics to other agencies
C) Differences in definitions of a given crime
D) Differing population sizes in various countries

Question 14

An act of terrorism is distinguished from a violent criminal act by

A) the location of the act.
B) the type of behavior involved.
C) the motivation of the offender.
D) All of the above

Question 15

The __________ limited the number of immigrants who could be admitted to the U.S. from any one country and barred immigration from specific parts of the Asia-Pacific Triangle.

A) Chinese Exclusion Act
B) Trafficking Victims Protection Act
C) Homeland Security Act
D) Immigration Act

Question 16

One of the first immigration laws in the United States focused on ending the influx of male workers coming from

A) China.
B) Japan.
C) Thailand.
D) Korea.

Question 17

For comparative criminologists, __________ create the biggest problem in reporting crime.

A) diverse crime-reporting practices.
B) economic influences on the reporting of crime statistics to international agencies.
C) definitional differences.
D) social and political contexts that are reflected in crime statistics.

Question 18

Which of the following statements about trafficking in persons is false?

A) Trafficking contains an element of fraud, force, or coercion
B) Persons being trafficked are victims
C) Persons being trafficked are exploited for involved in forced labor
D) Persons being trafficked are free to leave or to change jobs

Question 19

A(n) __________ criminologist is involved in the cross-national study of crime.

A) ethnocentric
B) classical
C) biosocial
D) comparative

Question 20

____________involves illegal immigration in which an agent receives payment to help someone cross a border clandestinely.

A) Transnational organized crime
B) Trafficking in persons
C) Human smuggling
D) Globalization

Question 21

The Obama administration's official National Strategy for Counterterrorism maintains a focus on

A) preventing domestic terrorism.
B) deterring Islamic-inspired terrorism.
C) expanding the USA PATRIOT Act.
D) expanding the Department of Homeland Security

Question 22

The terrorist bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on Oklahoma City was an example of

A) international terrorism.
B) domestic terrorism.
C) cyberterrorism.
D) bioterrorism.

Question 23

Which of the following federal agencies is not part of the Department of Homeland Security?

A) The U.S. Secret Service
B) The Transportation Security Administration
C) The Federal Emergency Management Agency
D) The Federal Bureau of Investigation

Question 24

Diverse crime-reporting practices create the biggest problem in reporting crime and comparing the crime rates of different nations.

Question 25

Which of the following was not one of the three important legislative initiatives resulting from the first years of the G.W. Bush presidency?

A) The USA PATRIOT Act
B) The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
C) The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act
D) The Homeland Security Act

Question 26

The Trafficking Victims Protection Act focuses on sex trafficking.

Question 27

Which of the following foreign governments has been designated a state sponsor of international terrorism by the State Department?

A) Iraq
B) Iran
C) Afghanistan
D) Somalia

Question 28

In the 21^st century, transnational crime is becoming a less serious issue.

Question 29

Ethnocentrism does not interfere with the work of comparative criminologists.

Question 30

The increasing integration of previously isolated events and their overlapping impact on people is a key aspect of globalization.

Question 31

Victims of trafficking can be trafficked within their own countries and communities.

Question 32

Which organization has pledged to work with the President and law enforcement to ensure that civil liberties in the U.S. are not eroded as a result of the USA PATRIOT Act?

A) The U.S. Supreme Court
B) The ACLU
C) The Department of Homeland Security
D) The 9/11 Commission

Question 33

____________is a form of terrorism that uses high technology in the planning and carrying out of terrorist attacks.

A) GovNet
B) Bioterrorism
C) Cyberterrorism
D) Cyberspace

Question 34

The United Nations annually conducts official crime surveys at the international level.

Question 35

Which of the following is not a consequence of designation as a foreign terrorist organization?

A) It is illegal for a person in the U.S. or subject to U.S. jurisdiction to provide funds or material support to a foreign terrorist organization.
B) Representatives and some members of designated foreign terrorist organizations may be denied visas or kept from entering the U.S. if they are aliens.
C) U.S. financial institutions are required to block funds of designated foreign terrorist organizations and their agents and report the blockage to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
D) Members of designated foreign terrorist organizations may be deported by the U.S. Department of State without review.

Question 36

Persons smuggled into the U.S. are considered to be victims.

Question 37

Human smuggling is a form of illegal immigration.

Question 38

Which of the following is not a trend in modern terrorism?

A) A trend toward religiously motivated terrorism
B) An increase in cross-national links among terrorist organizations
C) A trend toward loosely organized international networks
D) A trend toward the involvement of terrorist organizations in non-terrorist motivated criminal activity

Question 39

The majority of people who are assisted in illegally entering the U.S. each year are trafficked rather than smuggled.

Question 40

Globalization of knowledge is affecting theory formation within criminology.

Question 41

The first immigration law in the U.S. was enacted in response to large numbers of laborers immigrating to the U.S. from _______.

Question 42

________ always involves crossing an international border.

Question 43

Cyberterrorism uses the Internet and the World Wide Web to plan and carry out terrorist attacks.

Question 44

According to the 9/11 Commission report, the biggest threat to American national security may come from small decentralized groups of homegrown terrorist or loners who have bought into the ideology of terrorism.

Question 45

The vast majority of international terrorist attacks result in serious injuries and fatalities of innocent bystanders.

Question 46

An organization based in the United States may still be designated as a foreign terrorist organization if it has members who are not U.S. citizens.

Question 47

____________can be compared to a modern-day form of slavery.

Question 48

_________ is the phenomenon of culture-centeredness.

Question 49

Anthrax is a possible bioterror agent.

Question 50

The sovereign citizen movement is an example of foreign terrorism.

Question 51

State-sponsored terrorist groups are deliberately used by radical states as foreign policy tools.

Question 52

________ crime is one of the most pressing challenges of the early 21^st century.

Question 53

The increase in understanding resulting from a sharing of information between cultures is known as __________.

Question 54

____________differences among countries create the biggest problem in reporting crime.

Question 55

Aliens who are representatives of a designated FTO may be prevented from entering the United States.

Question 56

____________ targets the virtual world.

Question 57

____________is premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents

Question 58

____________terrorists are motivated by fascist ideals and the dissolution of democratic governments.

Question 59

The Secret Service is part of the Department of Homeland Security.

Question 60

According to the CIA, the end goal of al-Qaeda is to use _________.

Question 61

According to ______________, the attacks on 9/11 should not have been a surprise to the U.S. government.

Question 62

A group external to the U.S. that engages in terrorist activity may be considered for designation as a(n) __________.

Question 63

The __________ Act was designed to fight terrorism but also contained provisions that applied to other forms of criminal activity as well.

Question 64

Define human smuggling and trafficking and explain the differences between them.

Question 65

The State Department has the authority to designate selected foreign governments as __________ of international terrorism

Question 66

List and explain the reasons why it is difficult to compare crime rates across different countries.

Question 67

Name and briefly describe the six main types of terrorist organizations, and give a contemporary example of each group.

Question 68

Given the difficulties in comparing crime rates among different countries, what value do such cross-national comparisons have?

Question 69

What are the three trends that the Congressional Research Service identified in modern terrorism?

Question 70

What are the key differences between domestic and international terrorism? Which is more dangerous and why?