Deck 12: Domestic Terrorism

Question 1

The Earth Liberation Front (ELF)migrated from the United States to Europe.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The developed a general classification system of domestic terrorism in the 1980s.

A)CIA
B)JTTF
C)FBI
D)NSA

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The United States has a long history of political violence that has always been characterized as terrorism.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

According to the Constitution,people are free to hold extremist beliefs.

Question 5

The Earth Liberation Front (ELF)and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF)do not engage in sabotage and property destruction.

Question 6

Christian Identity is based on the premise that whites are created in the image of a white male diety.

Question 7

Vigilante terrorism,insurgent terrorism,and transnational (foreigners fighting on American soil)are typologies of terrorism.

A)domestic
B)international
C)narco
D)jihadist

Question 8

The election of President Barack Obama impacted right-wing and antigovernment extremism.

Question 9

Racism is at the heart of all right-wing terrorism.

Question 10

In June 2006,Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF)officers arrested a group of jihadists in Miami and Atlanta who were plotting to blow up the .

A)JFK Airport
B)Pentagon
C)New York Subway system
D)Sears Tower

Question 11

According to Peter Bergen,right-wing white supremacists and antigovernment groups have killed more people than jihadists have.

Question 12

The American prison system is a prime area of recruitment of homegrown jihadists.

Question 13

Antiabortion violence is a product of left-wing terrorism.

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a type of terrorism outlined by Ted Robert Gurr?

A)Vigilante terrorism
B)Insurgent terrorism
C)State-sponsored terrorism
D)Transnational terrorism

Question 15

According to Christopher Hewitt,what is the most effective method of preventing terrorism?

A)Extreme government surveillance
B)Proactive lock-up
C)Community policing
D)All of the above

Question 16

Homegrown terrorism is a uniquely American problem,limited to radical Islam.

Question 17

Vigilante terrorism stems from extremist right-wing views.

Question 18

The United States experienced more domestic terrorism in the 1970s than it has in the first decade of the twenty- first century.

Question 19

Leftist movements have largely given way to single-issue groups.

Question 20

Right-wing terrorist groups dominated terrorism in the United States from 1967 to 1985.

Question 21

Which of the following are young individuals or groups that embrace racial hatred and white supremacy?

A)SHARPS
B)Skinheads
C)Black Boots
D)YNM

Question 22

are people who believe that they are not subject to the laws and regulations of the United States.

A)Sovereign locals
B)Sovereign citizens
C)Sovereign patriots
D)Sovereign loyalists

Question 23

Who founded the Aryan Nations?

A)Nathan Bedford Forrest
B)William Potter Gale
C)Richard Butler
D)Wesley Swift

Question 24

The first terrorists of the Ku Klux Klan were known as:

A)The Knight Riders
B)Whiskey Rebels
C)Invisible Army
D)Zoot Suits

Question 25

was one of the founders of the Ku Klux Klan.

A)William Pierce
B)William Potter Gale
C)Nathan Bedford Forrest
D)Richard Butler

Question 26

The Ku Klux Klan was created in the wake of what war?

A)American Civil War
B)Spanish-American War
C)War of 1812
D)World War I

Question 27

Which of the following calls for a racial holy war (RAHOWA)?

A)Creativity
B)Free-Wheeling Fundamentalism
C)The New World Order
D)Nordic Christianity

Question 28

According to FBI classification,domestic terrorism involves violent political extremism,,and lone-wolf activities.

A)single-issue terrorism
B)religious ideology
C)insurgency
D)radicalization

Question 29

Which of the following is the belief that the lost tribes of Israel settled in Western Europe?

A)Anglo-Israelism
B)Free-Wheeling Fundamentalism
C)The New World Order
D)Nordic Christianity

Question 30

Which of the following is the term used to describe white supremacists who either selectively use Bible passages or personal scriptural interpretations to justify the patriot agenda?

A)Christian Identity
B)Free-Wheeling Fundamentalism
C)Anglo-Israelism
D)Nordic Christianity

Question 31

Who was the founder of the Creativity movement?

A)William Potter Gale
B)Nathan Bedford Forrest
C)Ben Klassen
D)William Pierce

Question 32

Adherents of which movement believe that White Protestants of Western European origins are the true descendants of Israelites?

A)Christian Identity
B)Free-Wheeling Fundamentalism
C)Anglo-Israelism
D)Nordic Christianity

Question 33

Which of the following claims that white people must struggle to defeat Jews and nonwhite races?

A)Christian Identity
B)Creationism
C)Creativity
D)Nordic Christianity

Question 34

is a violent right-wing racist group of the 1980s that killed Jewish radio talk show host Alan Berg.

A)Christian Identity
B)The Order
C)Fourteen Words
D)Creativity

Question 35

The election of _________________ had an impact on right-wing and antigovernment extremism.

A)George Bush
B)Bill Clinton
C)Barack Obama
D)Ronald Reagan

Question 36

A report issued by the indicated that right-wing extremists would be anxious to recruit military veterans coming from Iraq and Afghanistan.

A)DHS
B)FBI
C)CIA
D)NSA

Question 37

"We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children" is commonly referred to as:

A)Christian Identity
B)The Order
C)Fourteen Words
D)Creativity

Question 38

The African American group,Moorish Nation,is most closely aligned with .

A)jihadist ideology
B)eco-terrorist groups
C)the sovereign citizen movement
D)lone-wolf activities

Question 39

Which of the following is NOT one of Brent Smith's categories of terrorism?

A)Right-wing extremists
B)Left-wing and single issue
C)International
D)Transnational

Question 40

Which of the following is a religion that incorporates the ancient Norse gods in a hierarchy under the Christian triune deity?

A)Christian Identity
B)Free-Wheeling Fundamentalism
C)Anglo-Israelism
D)Nordic Christianity

Question 41

As Donald Black (2004)states,the three main ingredients of modern terrorism are: an angry group of people or sometimes even a single enraged individual; the ability to ; and access to technology that can cause massive casualties.

Question 42

Which of the following is the phrase used by President George H.W.Bush to describe the world after the fall of the Soviet Union?

A)New World Order
B)Cold War Victory
C)New Generational Order
D)Free World Order

Question 43

Which group would NOT be classed as left-wing criminal extremism?

A)ALF
B)KKK
C)ELF
D)Earth First!

Question 44

__________________________ is based on the premise that God is white.

Question 45

Between 1995 and 1999,terrorists contributed to damages to farms and animal research laboratories totaling$28.8million.

A)ecological
B)religious
C)vigilante
D)international

Question 46

Which leader of the Order was killed by the FBI in a shoot-out in 1984?

A)Robert Matthews
B)Bedford Forrest
C)Ben Klassen
D)William Pierce

Question 47

When arrested,the Oklahoma City Bomber was carrying a copy of:

A)The Anarchist Cookbook
B)The Monkey Wrench Gang
C)The Turner Diaries
D)Minimanual of the Urban Guerilla

Question 48

Monkey wrenching has become a key tactic of _________________.

A)ecoterrorists
B)jihadist terrorists
C)narcoterrorists
D)cyberterrorists

Question 49

Which of the following books,written by William Luther Pierce,is considered to be a how-to manual for low level terrorists?

A)The Anarchist Cookbook
B)The Monkey Wrench Gang
C)The Turner Diaries
D)Minimanual of the Urban Guerilla

Question 50

What novel inspired ecoterrorists?

A)The Monkey Wrench Gang
B)The Turner Diaries
C)The Anarchist Cookbook
D)Hunter

Question 51

In October 2003,law enforcement officers found small Cincinnati grocery stores raising millions of dollars for Hamas through .

A)price fraud
B)money laundering
C)credit card skimming
D)counterfeiting

Question 52

The KKK was the brainchild of Confederate cavalry genius,.

Question 53

Researchers found that about 40 percent of _____________ in the United States had experienced some form of attack,vandalism,or harassment.

A)lumberyards
B)abortionclinics
C)chicken factories
D)animaltestinglabs

Question 54

Racism has been an important factor in American terrorism.It dates back to the and is still prominent today.

Question 55

David Nice (1988)found that there was no relationship between abortion clinic bombings and .

A)social standing
B)religious ideology
C)economic conditions
D)cultural beliefs

Question 56

Sovereign terrorists have had violent confrontations with police officers and other government officials,but their most common activity is:

A)paper terrorism
B)cyberterrorism
C)narcoterrorism
D)bombing federal buildings

Question 57

The is an African American group that does not recognize the validity of the U.S.government.

A)Anglo-Israelism
B)Moorish Nation
C)The New World Order
D)Nordic Christianity

Question 58

What factor dominates the left-wing movement today?

A)Single-issue violence
B)Political violence
C)Religious violence
D)Economic violence

Question 59

The sovereign citizen movement was traditionally linked to .

Question 60

Most violence associated with ecoterrorism has taken place in the American .

A)West
B)North
C)South
D)East

Question 61

wrote the fictional novel The Monkey Wrench Gang.

Question 62

The extremist right believes that a conspiracy of Jewish bankers works with the to create a New World Order in which Jews control the international monetary system.

Question 63

Who is PEN1,and why have they been a long lasting movement?

Question 64

David Nice (1988)found that abortion clinic bombings were positively correlated with every theory of violence,except the theory of ______________________________ .

Question 65

The 1985 novel,The Turner Diaries,was written by __________________________ under the pseudonym Andrew MacDonald.

Question 66

Homegrown Islamic extremists are Americans or American residents who adopt the
philosophy.

Question 67

The Moorish Nation subscribes to _________________________ extremism.

Question 68

Explain why law enforcement is making greater strides in understanding domestic terrorism.

Question 69

One of the incubators for homegrown jihadists is the ________________________________.

Question 70

Right-wing extremists claimed communism to be the primary conspiratorial force,but after the fall of the Soviet Union,it became the .

Question 71

The most common activity of sovereign citizens is .

Question 72

Richard Butler was the leader of the white supremacy group,.

Question 73

is a right-wing extremist known for bombing the Atlanta Olympics,a gay nightclub,and an abortionclinic.

Question 74

Explain the three historical phases of the KKK.

Question 75

What is Christian Identity and how has it helped to provide the basis for violence among the extremists?

Question 76

The United States has experienced two styles of homegrown attacks or attempted attacks - one involves individuals who become radicalized from personal experiences and the other involves some type of
.

Question 77

The is a white supremacist organization founded by William Pierce.

Question 78

was an American captured by U.S.forces while fighting with the Taliban in 2001.

Question 79

" " referred to small acts of sabotage against companies undertaking projects in undeveloped areas.

Question 80

Explain the difference between extremism and terrorism.