Deck 6: Terrorism

Question 1

What is the definition of the following word:
-Irregular warfare.

Answer 1

A conflict between or among state and non-state groups for legitimacy and influence over a population.

Question 2

What is the definition of the following word:
-Insurgency.

Answer 2

An organized effort to seize political control of a region.

Question 3

What is the definition of the following word:
-Guerrilla.

Answer 3

Spanish for "little war". The methods used by small groups of non-army fighters who harass, attack, and sabotage a conventional military foe in concert with a larger, organized military strategy.

Question 4

What is the definition of the following word:
-Counter-insurgency.

Question 5

What is the definition of the following word:

-Counter-terrorism

Question 6

What is the definition of the following word:
-Anti-terrorism

Question 7

What is the definition of the following word:
-Surveillance.

Question 8

What type of warfare is a conflict between state and non-state groups for legitimacy and influence over a population?

A) Irregular Warfare
B) Regular Warfare
C) Insurgency
D) All of the Above

Question 9

Which of the groups below use irregular warfare?

A) Terrorist groups
B) Drug-trafficking Groups
C) Violent activities and paramilitary groups
D) All of the above use irregular warfare

Question 10

What type of warfare is an organized effort to seize political control of a region?

A) Irregular Warfare
B) Regular Warfare
C) Insurgency
D) All of the above

Question 11

What type of warfare refers to methods used by small groups of non-army fighters who harass, attack, and sabotage a conventional military?

A) Guerrilla Warfare
B) Political Subversion
C) Conventional Criminal Activity
D) All of the above

Question 12

At a microcosmic level, which activities do not make up a terrorist event?

A) Murder
B) Assault
C) Defeat a military superior enemy
D) Destruction of Property

Question 13

At a macrocosmic level, which activities do not make up a terrorist event?

A) Spur social change
B) Assault
C) Establish political point of view
D) Establish religious point of view

Question 14

What is the legal principle that makes defining terrorism difficult?

A) Nullum Crimen Sine Lege
B) Nolo Contendere
C) Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
D) Eschew Obfuscation

Question 15

What legal principle translates to "no crime without law" and is problematic when defining terrorism?

A) Nolo Contendere
B) Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
C) Eschew Obfuscation
D) Nullum Crimen Sine Lege

Question 16

This terrorist organization was formed in 1916 after the British shelled Dublin.

A) Irish Republican Army
B) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam
C) Hamas
D) Hezbollah

Question 17

This terrorist organization was formed in 1976 and perfected the use of suicide bombers and invented the suicide vest.

A) Irish Republican Army
B) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam
C) Hamas
D) Hezbollah

Question 18

This terrorist organization is the ruling party in the Gaza Strip.

A) Irish Republican Army
B) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam
C) Hamas
D) Hezbollah

Question 19

This group is a Shi'a Islamic militant group in Lebanon.

A) Irish Republican Army
B) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam
C) Hamas
D) Hezbollah

Question 20

This organization has been a militant force in Columbia since 1964.

A) National Liberation Army
B) Al Qaeda
C) Islamic State
D) Boko Haram

Question 21

This group was founded 25 years ago in Pakistan and reached the peak of power prior to 2001.

A) National Liberation Army
B) Al Qaeda
C) Islamic State
D) Boko Haram

Question 22

What organization grew out of extremist groups in the Middle East, predominantly Iraq and Syria?

A) National Liberation Army
B) Al Qaeda
C) Islamic State
D) Boko Haram

Question 23

What organization formed after the breakdown in Al Qaeda in Nigeria?

A) National Liberation Army
B) Hamas
C) Islamic State
D) Boko Haram

Question 24

This is the lethal use of force, usually by governments, against terrorist operatives in an effort to degrade their capabilities.

A) Counter-terrorism
B) Anti-terrorism
C) Counter-insurgency
D) Insurgency

Question 25

What is the defensive measures used to reduce the vulnerability of individuals and property to terrorist acts by local military forces?

A) Anti-terrorism
B) Counter-terrorism
C) Counter-insurgency
D) Insurgency

Question 26

What are civilian and military efforts to defeat or contain insurgency and address its causes?

A) Anti-terrorism
B) Counter-insurgency
C) Insurgency
D) Counter-terrorism

Question 27

The United Nations has advanced intelligence-gathering practices.

Question 28

The United States experience with terrorism is universal.

Question 29

There is little consensus regarding a universal definition of terrorism.

Question 30

In general, terrorism can be defined as the illegitimate use of force utilized against targets in an effort to incite mayhem, confusion, and fear in a specific, typically civilian, population.

Question 31

Some scholars have argued that defining terrorism has been complicated by the necessity to define it legally.

Question 32

Domestic criminal perpetrators are not afforded certain rights regarding their treatment.

Question 33

Prisoners of war are not subject to the human rights requirements of the Geneva Conventions.

Question 34

U.N. Security Council Resolution 1373 requires all member states to follow "steps and strategies to combat international terrorism".

Question 35

The IRA fought for independence against the British and the Unionist.

Question 36

The IRA were masters of the IED.

Question 37

The IRA perfected the use of suicide bombers.

Question 38

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam used women in suicide attacks.

Question 39

Hamas, in 2013 and 2014, targeted Israelis with rockets launched from the Gaza Strip.

Question 40

Some nations do not declare the political wing of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.

Question 41

The National Liberation Army is a force formed in Chile.

Question 42

Osama Bin Laden issued a fatwa in 1998 calling for the killing of French citizens anywhere.

Question 43

A fatwa is a legal decree or opinion issued by an Islamic religious leader.

Question 44

A blow to Al Qaeda was the U.S. military forces defeating the ruling Taliban.

Question 45

Policing terrorism falls almost entirely on groups at the national or federal level.

Question 46

One of the major techniques for gathering information are military actions.

Question 47

What are the differences between anti-terrorism and counter-terrorism?

Question 48

When and how can surveillance be legally used?

Question 49

List examples of terrorist groups.

Question 50

Give examples of irregular warfare.