Deck 1: In Search of a Definition for Terrorism

Question 1

Terrorism is all of the following except for:

A) A way to get consensus through violent means.
B) An abstract concept with no real essence.
C) Violence or threatened violence intended to produce fear or change.
D) A legitimate means to a political goal or objective.

Answer 1

A legitimate means to a political goal or objective.

Question 2

Fear of terrorism has spawned:

A) Support for terrorist methods.
B) massive Governmental and Private Security industry.
C) Sympathy for their causes.
D) A movement to aid the terrorists in the US.

Answer 2

massive Governmental and Private Security industry.

Question 3

Since the horrific attacks of 9-11, a constant fear of more such attacks:

A) Has mostly been ignored by citizens of the United States.
B) Been largely ignored in the Midwest of the United States.
C) Has been thought to be only an East Coast problem.
D) Has become an everyday reality to citizens of the United States.

Answer 3

Has become an everyday reality to citizens of the United States.

Question 4

"The Regime de la Terreur" gave birth to the term "terrorism" from events that took place in:

A) Uganda from 1970 - 1982.
B) Mississippi from 1954 - 1960.
C) France from 1792 - 1794.
D) Haiti from 1952 - 1990.

Question 5

Which of the following is not considered "fair game" for terrorists?

A) Civilians unconnected in any way against which the terrorist is fighting.
B) First responders who are there to help the injured.
C) Government officials.
D) Military personnel.

Question 6

Trained soldiers (in wartime), or citizens frightened into surrender or compliance, but not physically are:

A) Religiously motivated targets.
B) The most logical and realistic targets.
C) Collateral targets.
D) Political targets.

Question 7

Members of the PLO, the IRA, ETA and other terror groups may be revered as ________ by their subgroup of the local political system.

A) terrorists
B) patriots
C) freedom fighters
D) guerrilla fighters

Question 8

The French Reign of Terror from 1792 - 1794 resulted in the deaths of over ________ citizens.

A) 200,000
B) 10,000
C) 400,000
D) 1,000,000

Question 9

Labeling persons or groups as terrorists does not preclude also categorizing those same persons or groups as:

A) Assassins.
B) Murderers.
C) Terrorists.
D) Guerillas.

Question 10

Brian Jenkins defines as the use or threatened use of force designed to about:

A) Anarchy.
B) A political response.
C) Political upheaval.
D) Political change.

Question 11

Following the London subway suicide attacks the British government sought to define terrorism as it might apply to the:

A) Ethnic conflicts.
B) Islamic militants.
C) Civil wars.
D) Current threat and attack scenarios.

Question 12

The terrorist need for publicity often drives the:

A) Target selection.
B) Number of terrorists required for the attack.
C) Political motivations of the perpetrators.
D) Location of the attack.

Question 13

By the early twentieth century, terrorists began to attack people who were previously considered________ to generate political pressure from and by the public.

A) innocents
B) Christians
C) crusaders
D) Muslims

Question 14

The United States has established bilateral ________ and close intelligence and law enforcement relationships with many nations to help prevent terrorist incidents.

A) counter espionage
B) counter terrorism assistance programs
C) agreements
D) a UN protocol

Question 15

Under current U.S. law (18 USC 1203, Act for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Hostage-Taking, enacted in October 1984, on implementation of the U.N. convention on hostage-taking), seizure of a U.S. national as a hostage anywhere in the world is:

A) An offense that clearly falls within the definition of terrorism.
B) A crime.
C) Not considered to fall under a specific definition of terrorism.
D) Considered a terrorism act.

Question 16

The US Patriot Act kick-started the US response to 9-11 on the Federal level.

Question 17

Terrorist groups with strong motivations need not justify the group's existence continuously.

Question 18

Certain acts or groups of acts are universally forbidden, discouraged, or proscribed.

Question 19

The Regime of Terror in France from 1792-1794 saw less than 100,000 men, women and children killed.

Question 20

Because of the events of the events of 9-11, the Department of Homeland Security is now in place.

Question 21

Use of terrorist acts in conventional warfare does not derive from the victims or targets.

Question 22

Power of the government, when used to repress its people to the point of submission, is never terrorism.

Question 23

Terrorism often falls into the range of behaviors that are also seen as violation of laws.

Question 24

Terrorism, as defined by the DOD, is often considered to be spontaneous.

Question 25

Even the US Government cannot agree on a single definition of terrorism.

Question 26

Those who pursue terrorism, and sometimes are considered to be "freedom fighters" by their cohorts, but to others they will always remain labeled as "terrorists."

Question 27

"Limited political" and "sub-revolutionary" terrorism are the terms usually applied to those acts in which the goal is to influence, through coercive fear, certain public policies or practices.

Question 28

The National Abortion Federation points out that there is little evidence that the Pro-Life movement has stopped women from having abortions.

Question 29

The Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution defines "residents" as being citizens of the state in which they reside.