Deck 4: Canada and the Caribbean

Question 1

In 2000, two liberal Cabinet members, including the Finance Minister and former Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin, attended a fund-raising event for a group identified as a front for:

A) Babbar Khalsa.
B) The International Sikh Youth Foundation.
C) The FLQ.
D) The Tamil Tigers.

Answer 1

The Tamil Tigers.

Question 2

A member of ________, Omar el Sayed was arrested in Edmonton, Alberta; he had entered Canada on a forged Dutch passport in 1998. He was arrested for possession of fake identification papers,
And was wanted on drugs and weapons charges in Germany.

A) Al Qaeda
B) the PLO
C) PFLP
D) Hezbollah

Answer 2

Hezbollah

Question 3

No defined policy on refugees existed in Canada until the late ________, until then, it was supposed that it would be dealing with European refugees from the Second World War.

A) 1970s
B) 1950s
C) 1960s
D) 1940s

Answer 3

1960s

Question 4

Through Canada's criminal code, the term ________ is defined as a person or group, trust, partnership, or fund, or an unincorporated association or organization.

A) Entity
B) New World Order
C) Immigrant
D) Refugee

Question 5

Canada is being used as a base for ________ for international terrorists.

A) Transport and Logistics
B) Organizing
C) Fund-raising
D) All of the above

Question 6

The trade in illegal drugs between Canada and the United States is viewed as significant and the terrorist group that may be involved in this trade would likely be the ________ with bases of Operation in Toronto and Montreal.

A) Tamil Tigers
B) Hezbollah
C) Akali Dal
D) The FLQ

Question 7

Many of the al Qaeda terrorists who operated so successfully in Europe, and then in the United States, did so on ________ visas.

A) Immigrant
B) Visitor
C) Temporary work
D) Student

Question 8

A number of terrorists have been caught entering Canada with:

A) Intent to attack the U.S.
B) Weapon.
C) Chemical and biological weapons.
D) False Passports.

Question 9

Canada has had an official multicultural policy since ________, which in so many regions has had the negative effect of ghettoizing non-English speaking communities.

A) 1961
B) 1971
C) 2001
D) 1982

Question 10

Financing of all Sikh temples in India was controlled by the:

A) Babbar Khalsa.
B) Dal Khalsa.
C) Shiromani Gurdawara Pradbandhk Committee (SGPC).
D) Indian Government of Indira Gandhi.

Question 11

Bhindranwale's Dal Khalsa movement had attracted global support in Sikh communities that were in favor of an independent Sikh homeland, and none more so than Dal Khalsa members in:

A) British Columbia.
B) Punjab.
C) Sri Lanka.
D) Quebec.

Question 12

In March 1984, the Indian government appealed for the extradition of ________ from Canada.

A) Abu Hamza al Masri
B) Inderjit Singh Reyat
C) Mahmud Ahmed
D) Talwinder Singh Parmar

Question 13

Canada is one of the few Western governments that did not recognize and list ________ as a terrorist organization until a change in government in 2006.

A) Hamas
B) The Tamil Tigers (LTTE)
C) Al Qaeda
D) Hezbollah

Question 14

Nizar Ben Muhammed Nawar was one of 1300 ________ students who entered Montreal in 1999 and immediately dropped out of sight along with more than 100 other students after the 9-11 Attacks.

A) Saudi Arabian
B) Tunisian
C) Somali
D) Iranian

Question 15

This use of ________ to encourage the dehumanization of one's enemy is but another manifestation of the doctrine found throughout the centuries to justify mass murder and torture.

A) Fear
B) Terror
C) Hatred
D) Demonization

Question 16

Canada is associated with terrorist activity and has been a home base for terrorist organizations dating as far back as the 1960s.

Question 17

The FLQ (Front du Liberation de Quebec) crisis in 1970 was the first time that Canada came face-to-face with terrorist violence.

Question 18

Thanks to its very liberal attitudes and policies, Canada incarcerates those who claim refugee status.

Question 19

A report issued by CSIS in 2002 stated, "... there were more international terrorist organizations active in Canada than anywhere in the world."

Question 20

Canada is part of the British Commonwealth and therefore pays allegiance to the Crown.

Question 21

The Congress Party of India helped destroy a new Punjab-based Sikh party, the Dal Khalsa.

Question 22

On October 31, 1984, two of Indira Gandhi's Hindu bodyguards attacked and killed her, blaming her for the desecration of the Golden Temple.

Question 23

The Babbar Khalsa was founded in India in 1978.

Question 24

The Air India disaster, which claimed more than 300 lives, was the single-largest loss of life to aircraft terrorism prior to the attacks on September 11, 2001.

Question 25

By 1985, reports and intelligence from CSIS indicated that a Sikh backlash for the Amritsar attacks was probable but could not specifically identify a target.

Question 26

Only two people have so far been sentenced for involvement in the Air Indian bombing.

Question 27

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is a violent separatist organization fighting in Sri Lanka.

Question 28

When they arrive in Canada, many Tamils find that much of their community life is controlled by LTTE front organizations.

Question 29

Canada has one of the longest "undefended borders" in the world.

Question 30

Canada may assume that it is a not a prime target for terrorist attacks even if that premise is based solely on an edict from Osama bin Laden.