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Chapter 08 Check My Learning Quiz
The New Terrorism and Evolving Security Threats
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8.1 Describe the logic, strategies, and methods of terrorism.
8.2 Explain emerging security challenges through the lenses of realism and liberalism.
8.3 Describe how alternative approaches view terrorism and emerging security challenges.
8.4 Apply approaches to contemporary security challenges at three levels of analysis.
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Terrorists of this national identity attacked the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich:
Afghani.
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Kurdish.
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Irish.
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Palestinian.
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______ is a Shiite group operating from Lebanon and targeting Israel and its supporters.
Hezbollah.*
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Hamas.
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Al-Qaeda.
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ISIS.
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Which country was MOST strongly implicated in interfering in the 2016 presidential election?
North Korea.
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Russia. *
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China.
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Iran.
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Which of the following countries is LEAST likely to be considered an important potential source of cyberterrorism by the United States?
China.
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Iran.
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Russia.
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Germany.*
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American counterintelligence operations in ___________ after 2006 showed some positive but limited results.
Iraq and Afghanistan*
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Russia and China
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North Korea and Iran
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North Korea and China
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The conflict involving the Irish Republican Army was a conflict rooted in
Religion.*
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Economics.
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Politics.
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Demographics.
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The Basque separatist group ETA
First fought against the Franco regime.*
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Renounced terrorism in the 1970s.
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Is more violent now than at any time in its past.
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Wants all Basques to speak Spanish.
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Two radical versions of Islam, Wahhabism and Salafism, have been funded extensively by
Syria.
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Iraq.
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Saudi Arabia. *
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Algeria.
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Wars in these two Muslim countries were key tools in promoting violent Islamic fundamentalism:
Iran and Turkey.
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Yemen and the United Arab Emirates.
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Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
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Afghanistan and Iraq.*
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Research has shown that although extreme violence such as suicide attacks seems ____, terrorists believe that they act with complete ____.
Irrational . . . rationality.*
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Rational . . . irrationality.
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Somewhat rational . . . indifference.
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Irrational . . . fear.
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Research has shown that which of the following statements about terrorists is correct?
They have a high sense of security.
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They tend to be middle aged.
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They come almost exclusively from poor countries.
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They are mostly male.*
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The full price tag for U.S. counterterrorism activities lies between
$3 and $5 trillion.*
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$240 and $300 million.
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$42 and $53 billion.
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$20 and $40 billion.
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Which of the following groups fought in Italy in the 1970s?
Red Brigades.*
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Red Army Faction.
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ETa.
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IRa.
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An Iraqi suicide bomber attacking a U.S. target engages in
Sharia.
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Jihad. *
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Jahiliya.
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Koran.
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Anticolonial terrorist attacks were prominent in the
1890s.
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1920 to 1950s.*
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1970s.
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1990s.
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Al-Qaeda fights to create a
Democratic Middle East.
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Pluralistic Muslim superpower.
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Caliphate.*
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Sunni monarch.
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International terrorism rejects ______ and defies _______.
International law . . . international organizations.*
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Domestic law . . . domestic institutions.
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Sharia law . . . the Koran.
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Use of weapons of mass destruction . . . religious precepts.
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According to international law, individuals suspected of terrorist acts are subject to _____, which is being moved from one country to another to face charges.
Extradition.*
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Rendition.
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Extrajudicial repression.
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Indemnification.
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Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Terrorists may use weapons of mass destruction in the future.
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Terrorist groups seek to influence governments or key decision makers.
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Terrorist groups are often relatively easy to infiltrate.*
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Historically, terrorism has been used primarily by Islamic fundamentalists.
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Terrorists largely rely on ____ to compel others to comply with demands.
Coercion and extortion.*
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Persuasion and personality.
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Ultimatums and reparations.
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Carrots and sticks.
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Which of the following does NOT characterize the logic of terrorism?
The argument for collective responsibility.
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The need to work within the international system.*
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The justified act of retaliation.
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The method of last resort.
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Which of the following groups has NOT been defeated or largely subdued?
IRa.
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Hezbollah.*
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ETa.
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RAF.
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The 1914 Sarajevo assassination represented
A shift in the global power balance caused by nonstate actors.*
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A solidifying in global power structures that helped Austria and Germany mobilize.
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A bid for global power by Serbia.
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An example of how states can sponsor terrorism.
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Which of the following is NOT a strong feature of realist counterterrorism policy?
Public diplomacy in terrorist areas.*
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Drone strikes on terrorists.
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Disruption of terrorist financial operations.
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Homeland security measures, including monitoring electronic communications.
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From a liberal perspective, criminalizing terrorism means
Prohibiting victims of terrorism from suing terrorists in civil courts.
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Detaining terrorists for years without trial, such as at Guantanamo.
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Destroying terrorists wherever they are, regardless of whether the host country agrees with the strikes.
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Treating terrorism as a violation of domestic and international law.*
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Constructivists argue that there are three fundamental pillars on which terrorism is built. Which of the following is NOT one of these pillars?
The belief that some fundamental injustice has occurred.
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The belief that terrorists' targets are the only ones responsible for this injustice.
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The belief that only violence can direct attention to the injustice.
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The belief that religion is the only force to stop global injustice.*
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Terrorists are MOST likely to
Have low self-esteem.*
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Have a high sense of security.
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Be in their forties or fifties.
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Resist pressures from peers in groups.
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The latest wave of terrorism is sparked primarily by
Anarchists.
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Radical socialists.
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Anticolonialists.
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Religious fundamentalists.*
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Guerrilla warfare is BEST described as
Political violence by identifiable, irregular combat units, usually to seize state power, win autonomy, or found new states.*
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Acts of violence by Marxist groups determined to overthrow procapitalist governments.
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Freedom fighters that combat in the name of Allah in Africa.
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Fighting that takes place in tropical regions of Latin America, Asia, and Africa.
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The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 gave a number of young educated and radical Saudis, such as _____, their first battlefield.
Rambo.
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Qaddafi.
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Bin Laden.*
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Che Guevara.
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Bin Laden identified this country as Satan:
The Soviet Union.*
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Saudi Arabia.
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Canada.
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Iran.
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