Deck 9: The Threat at Home: Terrorism in the United States

Question 1

What was the primary motivation for the attacks of September 11,2001?

A)to obtain an economic advantage against the West
B)to ascertain military weaknesses in the United States
C)a martyrdom mission for jihad
D)a protest against capitalism

Answer 1

C

Question 2

What was the Armed Forces for National Liberation?

A)the informal name for the Cuban Army
B)one of the most prolific terrorist organizations in U.S.history
C)the peaceful branch of the Puerto Rican independentistas
D)the Texas Branch of the KKK

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The Fort Hood,Boston Marathon,and San Bernardino attacks demonstrate that ______.

A)terrorists can raise an abundance of funds to orchestrate attacks by dozens of actors
B)homegrown sympathizers of the international jihadist movement can live among us undetected
C)the DHS can detect and stop homegrown terrorists before they strike
D)many attempts by terrorists to inflict casualties fail

Answer 3

B

Question 4

What series of events marked the first occasion in U.S.history for chemical,biological,and radiological terrorism?

A)pipe bomb clusters in New York and New Jersey
B)post 9/11 anthrax attacks
C)Boston Marathon Bombings
D)Orlando nightclub attacks

Question 5

What did the Symbionese Liberation Army gain notoriety for?

A)kidnapping and brainwashing Patty Hearst to join them in robbing banks
B)freeing Timothy Leary from prison
C)shutting the Oakland school superintendent
D)advocating for Puerto Rican statehood

Question 6

Which institution does the Patriot movement deem evil and dangerous?

A)United Nations
B)European Union
C)Republican Party
D)Tea Party

Question 7

One of the more well-known Post 9/11 conspiracy theories is that ______.

A)former President Obama was not born in the United States and is a Muslim
B)FEMA has created concentration camps for right-wing Americans
C)the political leadership of the U.S.is comprised of the Illuminati
D)the U.N.is essentially a New World Order

Question 8

The Animal Liberation Front (ALF)and Earth Liberation Front (ELF)______.

A)are not single-issue groups
B)are only concerned with the rights of African-Americans
C)most likely share personnel and have coordinated activities
D)have no noticeable activism in the United States

Question 9

What were the three biggest concerns of the New Left in the 1960s and 1970s?

A)controlling big government,reducing high taxes,and reducing gun control
B)promoting school prayer,restricting abortion,and increasing immigration legislation
C)the Vietnam War,the civil rights movement,and the status of African American inner cities
D)dismantling the Federal Reserve,promoting survivalist training,and building militias

Question 10

What was one of the Phase 1 conspiracy theories of the far right?

A)The British were infiltrating groups of colonists to get access to military secrets.
B)Members of Al Qaeda were infiltrating the FBI in order to learn national security secrets.
C)The Zionist Operation Government has implanted Jewish bankers in U.S.financial institutions.
D)Soviet cavalry units were preparing to invade Alaska across the Bering Strait from Siberia.

Question 11

What was the relationship between the assailants in the 2015 San Bernardino and the location of the attack,the Inland Regional Center holiday party?

A)One of the assailants,Tashfeen Malik,received assistance at the center.
B)One of the assailants,Syed Rizwan Farook,was currently employed at the center.
C)One of the assailants,Syed Rizwan Farook,was recently fired from the center.
D)There was no relationship; the attack was random.

Question 12

What is one of the main characteristics of the Purist Klan?

A)a rejection of controversial or racist statements
B)a focus on using mainstream political methods
C)an emphasis on white civil rights
D)aggressive and vitriolic rallies

Question 13

______ are a common target of moralist terrorists.

A)Churches
B)Abortion providers
C)College campuses
D)U.S.Senators

Question 14

Most lone-wolf attacks are motivated by religion,anti-government sentiment,or ______.

A)domestic violence
B)patriotism
C)racism
D)money

Question 15

The Orlando Nightclub Shooting is an example of ______ and ______.

A)anti-Semitism; hate crime
B)lone-wolf terrorism; anti-government terrorism
C)jihadist terrorism; hate crime
D)White supremacy; moralist terrorism

Question 16

Ever since the Soviet Union collapsed,most acts of terrorism in the United States have originated from ______.

A)China
B)South America
C)the Middle East
D)Europe

Question 17

What type of extremism is future-oriented,seeking to reform or destroy an existing system prior to building a new and just society?

A)right-wing
B)left-wing
C)traditionalism
D)fascism

Question 18

Which of the following definitions best describes ethnonationalism?

A)being identical to racial supremacist violence in every way
B)promoting racial unity in a nation with diverse ethnic groups
C)synonymous to patriotism because symbols of one's nation is a vital belief
D)a form of nationalism where the true definition of a nation is defined in ethnic terms

Question 19

What types of principles are traditionally embraced by the American right?

A)convention and nostalgia
B)inventiveness and forward-thinking
C)anti-religion and racial inclusivity
D)pro-government and bureaucracy

Question 20

The May 19 Communist Organization was made up of remnants of the Black Panthers,the BLA,the Republic of New Africa,and ______.

A)the United Freedom Front
B)the Weather Underground
C)the Students for a Democratic Society
D)Chinese Nationalists

Question 21

The KKK is purely an American phenomenon.

Question 22

American definitions of left and right extremism are often imprecise when trying to describe international sources of political violence.

Question 23

The Weathermen,also known as the Weather Underground Organization,have always condemned any acts of violence or destruction.

Question 24

The United Freedom Front was unique in its ability to remain underground and active for an extended period of time.

Question 25

Current right-wing terrorism is mainly influenced by the social activism of the 1960s.

Question 26

Most lone-wolf extremists have clearly identifiable associations with terrorist organizations.

Question 27

Most members of the Black Liberation Army were either captured or killed.

Question 28

There are no current,active,non-Klan White supremacist groups in the United States.

Question 29

Immediately after the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P.Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City,the United States saw a massive increase in Patriot organizations and militias.

Question 30

One post-9/11 "truther" theory is that World Trade Center Building number 7 was brought down by controlled explosions.