Deck 3: The United States of America

Question 1

Timothy McVeigh was a member of the ________ movement that developed in the early 1990s, a group that believed in the true American ideals of individualism, armed citizens, and minimum
Interference from governments.

A) The Weather Underground
B) The KKK
C) Patriot movement
D) Black Panthers

Answer 1

Patriot movement

Question 2

The FBI has defined ________ "as groups of individuals who are based and operate entirely in the United States and Puerto Rico without foreign direction and whose acts are directed at elements of
The U.S. government or population".

A) Terrorism
B) Domestic terrorism
C) The Weather Underground
D) Jihadization

Answer 2

Domestic terrorism

Question 3

Two independent Pentagon experts concluded that five separate bombs caused the destruction of the ________ in April 1995.

A) Oklahoma City Federal Building
B) The US Embassy Bombings in Africa
C) The Bali Night Club
D) The World Trade Center

Answer 3

Oklahoma City Federal Building

Question 4

Some militia members firmly believe that the U.S. government is deeply involved in a conspiracy to create a "________."

A) A league of Nations
B) Dictatorship
C) New World Order
D) A Global Free Trade Agreement

Question 5

The explosive charge detonated in the garage of the WTC, in 1993, consisted primarily of about:

A) 1,200 to 1,500 pounds of homemade (nitrogen-fertilizer) explosive, urea nitrate.
B) 50 pounds of plastic C4 explosive.
C) 40 - 50 sticks of construction grade dynamite.
D) 200 pounds of high-grade nitroglycerine.

Question 6

During the summer months of 2001 the 9-11 hijackers including the trained pilots undertook surveillance flights across the U.S. at the same time they tested:

A) The strength of aircraft cockpit doors.
B) Their ability to fly the types of aircraft they would hijack.
C) Their unarmed combat skills.
D) Security systems at airports.

Question 7

Following the attacks on 9-11 the U.S. wanted Pakistan to break off all relations with which country?

A) Saudi Arabia
B) Afghanistan
C) Iraq
D) Iran

Question 8

What interrogation tactic if used in the U.S. would be deemed unlawful?

A) Threats and personal intimidation
B) Torture
C) Sensory deprivation
D) Imprisonment without trial

Question 9

In the aftermath of 9-11, ________ have been in the forefront of information sharing and cooperation.

A) The FBI
B) Homeland Security
C) Britain and Europe
D) The FBI and the CIA

Question 10

The failure of the United States and other intelligence organizations to correctly intercept the 9-11 operatives could be blamed on:

A) Jamaat al Fuqra.
B) Historical events.
C) Al Qaeda.
D) Security failures.

Question 11

The "War on Terrorism" materialized through a pre-9-11 directive concerning ________ and evolved into National Security Presidential Directive 9 entitled, "Defeating the Terrorist Threat to
The United States."

A) Jamaat al Fuqra
B) CIA
C) Al-Qaeda
D) Islamic Jihad in America

Question 12

One of the main perpetrators captured by the United States as one of the masterminds of the 9-11 attacks was:

A) Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
B) Mahmud Ahmed.
C) Maleeha Lodhi.
D) Abu Hamza al Masri.

Question 13

The experiences in Britain and Europe from ________ could well be the example for the next attack on the United States

A) al Qaeda
B) radicalized Muslims
C) ETA
D) The Irish Republican Army

Question 14

The jihadi-Salafi ideology is the driver that motivates young men and women, either born or living in the West, to carry out:

A) Terrorist attacks.
B) Jihad.
C) Suicide attacks.
D) Autonomous jihad.

Question 15

________ - This is the phase in which the group members accept their individual duty to participate in jihad and self-designate themselves as holy warriors, or mujahideen

A) Radical Muslims
B) Al Kanadi
C) Al Hamdi
D) Jihadization

Question 16

Terry Nichols and Timothy McVeigh were both members of local right wing militia groups.

Question 17

In the mid 1990s international terrorism in the U.S. was considered was considered a major threat.

Question 18

The first World Trade Center bombing in 1993 became a significant marker of the first salvo by foreign terrorists using politically motivated actions that attack random victims.

Question 19

Six conspirators, four ethnic Albanians from the former Yugoslavia, a Turkish immigrant, and a U.S.Citizen from Jordan, planned to buy M16's AK-47 as well as rocket propelled grenades, and mount an attack on the New Jersey Army Base at Fort Dix and kill as many service personnel as they could.

Question 20

The U.S. government has been steadfast on its position relative to enemy combatants that now reside at Guantanamo Bay. The United States has also adopted tactics that have been broadly accepted by such groups as Amnesty International for its actions.

Question 21

The value of watch lists is now certain as, presumably, terrorists do not plan to fly using their official name or with a genuine passport.

Question 22

When an individual makes an airline reservation, arrives at a U.S. port of entry, or applies for a U.S. visa, or is stopped by state or local police within the United States, the frontline screening agency (TSA) conducts a name-based search of the individual against applicable terrorist watch list records.

Question 23

The U.S. government does not recognize those captured in both Afghanistan and Iraq as being prisoners of war, but rather as "enemy combatants."

Question 24

Since 9-11, dozens of "enemy combatants" have been sent to third-party countries such as Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, and Jordan.

Question 25

Since its enactment in October 2001, the Patriot Act has not been a vital component in winning the War on Terror and protecting the American people.

Question 26

The U.S. drug-using population still continues to help finance terrorism around the world by being a major consumer of the entire spectrum of illegal drugs.

Question 27

Following the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, the FBI determined that Muslim men, including participants in the attack, had been recruited at the al-Kifah refugee office in Brooklyn and sent to training camps in Iraq.

Question 28

The jihadist comes from a varied ethnic background and, contrary to popular belief, is not economically destitute, but rather has a full-time job and is well educated. There is little evidence to suggest that they have any criminal background, therefore making them more unremarkable.

Question 29

In October 2001, U.S. forces began their attack on Iraq, along with a coalition of forces, aimed at dislodging the Saddam Hussein and capturing Osama bin Laden.

Question 30

Germany was the major launching pad for the four primary members of the 9-11 suicide plot developed by Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan.