Deck 9: Violence and Terrorism

Question 1

How do political groups use hate to their advantage?

A) as a way to maintain and combine political power
B) to deflecting blame
C) to justify a leader or group's self-interest
D) all of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

_________ is a form of political violence directed by the state against its own citizens.

A) Dehumanization
B) Terrorism
C) Ethnic cleansing
D) Genocide

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Acts of genocide include:

A) murder
B) intentionally creating conditions that lead to destruction of a group
C) forcing birth control measures
D) all of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

_________ refers to a strategy that includes killing males of fighting age, expelling women, children, and older men into neighboring territory, and instilling hate and fear to ensure that the area remains free of members from the targeted group.

A) Dehumanization
B) Terrorism
C) Ethnic cleansing
D) Genocide

Question 5

_________ is part of an organized campaign that paints the targeted group as subhuman or evil.

A) Dehumanization
B) Terrorism
C) Ethnic cleansing
D) Genocide

Question 6

All of the following are considered features of modernity that relate to or act as a requisite for genocide:

A) nationalism
B) scientific racism
C) technology
D) populism

Question 7

Which of the following is not one of the three causes of genocide discussed by the authors?

A) modernity
B) ethnic conflict
C) infanticide
D) colonialism

Question 8

_________ involves the intentional attempt to mobilize individuals and groups based on ethnic identities, languages, common history, and shared origins.

A) Ethnic conflict
B) New wars
C) Old wars
D) Colonialism

Question 9

_________ refers to when a core state exploits a country, region, or area by removing natural resources, exploiting cheap labor, and/or subjugate an indigenous population.

A) Ethnic conflict
B) New wars
C) Old wars
D) Colonialism

Question 10

_________ refers primarily to the way wars are fought and the use tactics that target civil populations.

A) Ethnic conflict
B) New wars
C) Old wars
D) Colonialism

Question 11

_________ entail the engagement of trained armies supplied by nation-states.

A) Ethnic conflict
B) New wars
C) Old wars
D) Colonialism

Question 12

________ involves the actual or threatened use of violence, political aims of those committing violence and the threat of or actual harm to innocent civilians.

A) Dehumanization
B) Terrorism
C) Ethnic cleansing
D) Genocide

Question 13

___________ refers to the aiding of terrorist groups by nation-states.

A) state-regime terrorism
B) state supported terrorism
C) organizational terrorism
D) substate terrorism

Question 14

___________ refers to the individuals, groups, and organizations that plot and carry out violence against the state to challenge state power.

A) state-regime terrorism
B) state supported terrorism
C) organizational terrorism
D) substate terrorism

Question 15

State or regime terrorism looks at:

A) weak states, open states that allow for certain level of political dissent
B) the aiding of terrorist groups by nation-states.
C) the individuals, groups, and organizations that plot and carry out violence against the state to challenge state power.
D) none of the above

Question 16

State supported terrorism refers to

A) weak states, open states that allow for certain level of political dissent
B) the aiding of terrorist groups by nation-states.
C) the individuals, groups, and organizations that plot and carry out violence against the state to challenge state power.
D) none of the above

Question 17

Substate terrorism refers to:

A) weak states, open states that allow for certain level of political dissent
B) the aiding of terrorist groups by nation-states.
C) the individuals, groups, and organizations that plot and carry out violence against the state to challenge state power.
D) none of the above

Question 18

Which theory when applied to terrorism, terrorist groups, and terrorist acts focus would focus on how and why these groups emerge?

A) world systems perspective
B) framing perspective
C) political economy perspective
D) collective action perspective

Question 19

Which theory focuses on rational decisions by terrorist actors to understand why they engage in terrorist activities as well as why nation-states provide concessions to terrorist organizations?

A) world systems perspective
B) framing perspective
C) political economy perspective
D) collective action perspective

Question 20

Which theory explores conditions that may facilitate the rise of terrorism including hegemonic decline, globalization, empire/colonial competition, and autocratic semiperipheral zones?

A) world systems perspective
B) framing perspective
C) political economy perspective
D) collective action perspective

Question 21

Which theory offers unique insight into how terrorist groups develop a message, how they apply that message, who they target in that message, and who they mobilize as a result of that message?

A) world systems perspective
B) framing perspective
C) political economy perspective
D) collective action perspective

Question 22

Researchers have uncovered sociodemographic sketches of terrorists and all of the following characteristics are part of this sketch except:

A) male
B) young
C) poor
D) economically marginalized

Question 23

Personality traits such as low self-esteem and lack of interpersonal trust are examples of _________ level variables.

A) micro-dynamic
B) meso-dynamic
C) macro-dynamic
D) metro-dynamic

Question 24

Researchers have uncovered group level characteristics of terrorist organizations and all of the following characteristics are part of this sketch except:

A) shared living quarters
B) controlled socialization
C) shared collective identity
D) organization divided in cells

Question 25

A socially isolated groups with shared collective reality is an example of _________ level variable.

A) micro-dynamic
B) meso-dynamic
C) macro-dynamic
D) metro-dynamic

Question 26

Globalization is an example of _________ level variable.

A) micro-dynamic
B) meso-dynamic
C) macro-dynamic
D) metro-dynamic

Question 27

Researchers have uncovered societal level or structural circumstances that influence terrorism and all of the following are structural circumstances related to terrorism except:

A) lack of civil liberties
B) globalization
C) severe economic stress
D) predominantly Islamic country

Question 28

Which of the following are examples of repressive state tactics?

A) expanding surveillance and use of torture
B) alleviating inequalities through humanitarian aid
C) pressuring states that harbor terrorists
D) going to war with nation-states engaged in state/regime terrorism

Question 29

Which of the following are examples of eliminating political opportunities?

A) expanding surveillance and use of torture
B) alleviating inequalities through humanitarian aid
C) pressuring states that harbor terrorists
D) going to war with nation-states engaged in state/regime terrorism

Question 30

Which of the following are examples of peacebuilding?

A) expanding surveillance and use of torture
B) alleviating inequalities through humanitarian aid
C) pressuring states that harbor terrorists
D) going to war with nation-states engaged in state/regime terrorism

Question 31

Wars between nation-states and civil wars are increasing.

Question 32

Old wars involves the intentional attempt to mobilize individuals and groups based on ethnic identities, languages, common history, and shared origins.

Question 33

"New wars" incorporate the destruction of civil society into the formal apparatuses of military endeavors.

Question 34

Nation-states cannot commit acts of terrorism.

Question 35

Both nation-states and individuals/groups can commit acts of terrorism.

Question 36

Classic forms of terrorist organizations take on a pyramid structure and the modern form of terrorist organizations take on a cell structure

Question 37

State supported terrorism refers to the aiding of terrorist groups by nation-states.

Question 38

Bureaucratic organizations left over from the Cold War prove particularly effective methods of combating substate terrorism.

Question 39

World system theory focuses on rational decisions by terrorist actors to understand why they engage in terrorist activities as well as why nation-states provide concessions to terrorist organizations.

Question 40

World systems theory explores conditions that may facilitate the rise of terrorism including hegemonic decline, globalization, empire/colonial competition, and autocratic semiperipheral zones.

Question 41

Democratic states do not utilize repressive tactics to combat terrorism.

Question 42

_________ is a form of political violence directed by the state against its own citizens.

Question 43

_________ refers to a strategy that includes killing males of fighting age, expelling women, children, and older men into neighboring territory, and instilling hate and fear to ensure that the area remains free of members from the targeted group.

Question 44

_________ is part of an organized campaign that paints the targeted group as subhuman or evil.

Question 45

________ involves the actual or threatened use of violence, political aims of those committing violence and the threat of or actual harm to innocent civilians.

Question 46

___________ refers to the aiding of terrorist groups by nation-states.

Question 47

___________ refers to the individuals, groups, and organizations that plot and carry out violence against the state to challenge state power.

Question 48

__________ suggests that terrorist do not indiscriminately target civilians

Question 49

__________examines the connection between cultural means and cultural ends.

Question 50

What are the three causes of genocide discussed by the authors?

Question 51

What are the four features of modernity discussed by Zygmunt Bauman that are a requisite for genocide?

Question 52

What do the authors mean by "labeling terrorism"?

Question 53

What are the conditions under which state/regime terrorism tends to occur?

Question 54

What is the difference between "classic" and "modern" forms of terrorist organizations?

Question 55

What are the micro-dynamic variables have political sociologists found to correlate with terrorism?

Question 56

What are the meso-dynamic variables have political sociologists found to correlate with terrorism?

Question 57

What are the macro-dynamic variables have political sociologists found to correlate with terrorism?

Question 58

What is the "optimistic view" about the future of terrorism? What is the "pessimistic view" about the future of terrorism?

Question 59

What are the various methods that nation-state utilize when responding to terrorism? How does the form of terrorism matter to how a nation-state responds?

Question 60

Research a contemporary global conflict. How would a political sociologist interested in violence and terrorism approach the study of the global conflict you have identified? Consider important components of the chapter such as war making, genocide, terrorism.

Question 61

Watch the movie Hotel Rwanda. As you watch this movie, consider the authors' discussion of defining, labeling, and types of terrorism. How do these various components of terrorism fit with what happens in the movie? What other parts of the chapter work for analyzing what happened in Rwanda in 1994?

Question 62

Read textbox 9.3: The Repercussions of Being Labeled a Terrorist. Using the case of former CIA operative, Xo Chia Vue, set up a team of for and a team against the current system for labeling and identifying terrorists. Both teams should conduct research to help formulate their ideas and to solidly ground them in relevant and acceptable literature on the topic. Hold the debate in front of the class with the professor acting as moderator.