Deck 12: International Terrorism

Question 1

A "clash of civilizations" perspective would see contemporary terrorism as reflecting primarily

A)economic grievances and inequality.
B)nationalist conflicts.
C)cultural conflicts.
D)injustice.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

A statist response to international terrorism prefers to frame the attacks of September 11, 2001, as

A)an assault on the United Nations.
B)something the United States deserved.
C)crimes against humanity.
D)an act of war against the United States.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Definitions of terrorism usually emphasize that it is

A)committed by states.
B)involved in attacks of military targets.
C)usually directed at civilians.
D)an extremely recent phenomenon.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

A terrorist group's level of violence might vary depending on

A)how old and established it is.
B)which religion motivates it.
C)what it hopes to achieve.
D)how large it is.

Question 5

Statists do not think terrorists should be put on trial.

Question 6

Religion has

A)always been the primary motivation for terrorism.
B)been on the decline as a motivation for terrorism.
C)been increasing as a motivation for terrorism.
D)never been a significant motivation for terrorism.

Question 7

Terrorism usually targets particular individuals.

Question 8

There is agreement that only nonstate groups commit acts of terrorism.

Question 9

A cosmopolitan strategy for dealing with international terrorism

A)would more closely resemble a law enforcement model.
B)is favored by realists.
C)assumes that terrorism's root causes are unknowable.
D)would only work for religiously motivated terrorism.

Question 10

Terrorist attacks on the scale of September 11, 2001, may be new for the United States but they have occurred many times elsewhere in the world.

Question 11

Working through international/multilateral organizations is a critical element of a

A)realist approach to international terrorism.
B)statist approach to international terrorism.
C)cosmopolitan approach to international terrorism.
D)None of the above is true.

Question 12

A statist perspective is most likely to see the attacks of September 11, 2001, as acts of war.

Question 13

Most definitions of terrorism emphasize that it is associated with nonstate actors.

Question 14

By most definitions, terrorism is aimed at military targets.

Question 15

When those favoring a statist response to international terrorism think about the causes of the September 11 attacks, they are inclined to

A)blame the misery and desperation that results from global poverty.
B)point to fundamental conflicts of values and interests.
C)dismiss any attempt to identify the root causes.
D)blame United States policy in the Middle East.

Question 16

A statist response to international terrorism is most consistent with

A)realism.
B)liberalism.
C)feminism.
D)Marxism.

Question 17

The attacks of September 11, 2001, stand out because

A)they were the first terrorist attacks on United States soil.
B)their scale was unprecedented.
C)they were the first example of genuinely international terrorism.
D)this is when international relations scholars started thinking about the problem of terrorism.

Question 18

Since the early 1980s, the importance of religiously motivated terrorism has increased compared to more traditional ethnic and nationalist terrorism.

Question 19

"Regime change" as a counter-terrorism strategy assumes that

A)terrorist groups often could not function without the active or passive support of states.
B)most terrorism is committed by states.
C)it is futile to look for the root causes of terrorism.
D)going after terrorist groups themselves only makes the problem worse.

Question 20

The Bush Administration's response to the attacks of September 11 can best be viewed as

A)statist.
B)cosmopolitan.
C)neither statist nor cosmopolitan.
D)a mix of statist and cosmopolitan.

Question 21

Statists are more likely to argue that terrorists should be tried in state as opposed to federal courts.

Question 22

The use of international organizations such as the United Nations would most likely be a key element of a ____________________ response to the threat of terrorism.

Question 23

A statist strategy for dealing with international terrorism stresses the importance of putting pressure on _________________ in addition to the terrorist organizations themselves.

Question 24

A statist response focuses on eliminating the root causes of terrorism.

Question 25

A ___________________ response is more likely to emphasize international law enforcement in response to terrorism than a _____________________ response.

Question 26

The Bush Administration's response to the September 11 attacks included elements of statist and cosmopolitan strategies.

Question 27

Why do some think it matters whether we see terrorism as crime or acts of war?

Question 28

A policy of regime change is usually associated with a cosmopolitan response to terrorism.

Question 29

A ___________________________ strategy is more likely to see terrorism as acts of war.

Question 30

A __________________ strategy is more likely to emphasize the root causes of terrorism than a ____________________ strategy.

Question 31

A statist response to the threat of terrorism often includes a call for regime change.As terrorist organizations are generally nonstate actors, why is regime change viewed as an effective strategy?

Question 32

A __________________ response to international terrorism suggests that attacks such as those of September 11, 2001, should be treated as crimes rather than ___________________.

Question 33

A ______________ response to international terrorism is most consistent with a realist perspective on international relations.

Question 34

The attacks of September 11, 2001, confirmed for many Samuel Huntington's prediction that international relations in the post-Cold War world would be characterized by a ______________________.

Question 35

How is terrorism different from other forms of political violence?

Question 36

The Bush administration generally argued that the absence of __________________ is the root cause of terrorism.

Question 37

Although terrorist groups are often lumped together as part of the same phenomenon, it may sometimes make more sense to draw distinctions among different groups.Why and how might such differentiation be useful and necessary?

Question 38

A cosmopolitan response is most likely to view ____________________ as the root cause of international terrorism.

Question 39

Prior to 1980, most terrorists groups were organized with ___________________ objectives.

Question 40

______________________ usually involves attacks of civilian targets with the objective of instilling fear.

Question 41

Why is it so difficult to agree on a definition of terrorism?