Chapter 08 Quiz

. Terrorists of this national identity attacked the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich:

Afghani.

Kurdish.

Irish.

Palestinian.

. ______ is a Shiite group operating from Lebanon and targeting Israel and its supporters.

Hezbollah.

Hamas.

Al-Qaeda.

ISIS.

. Which country was MOST strongly implicated in interfering in the 2016 presidential election?

North Korea.

Russia.

China.

Iran.

. Which of the following countries is LEAST likely to be considered an important potential source of cyberterrorism by the United States?

China.

Iran.

Russia.

Germany.

. American counterintelligence operations in ___________ after 2006 showed some positive but limited results.

Iraq and Afghanistan*

Russia and China

North Korea and Iran

North Korea and China

. The conflict involving the Irish Republican Army was a conflict rooted in

Religion.

Economics.

Politics.

Demographics.

. The Basque separatist group ETA

First fought against the Franco regime.

Renounced terrorism in the 1970s.

Is more violent now than at any time in its past.

Wants all Basques to speak Spanish.

. Two radical versions of Islam, Wahhabism and Salafism, have been funded extensively by

Syria.

Iraq.

Saudi Arabia.

Algeria.

. Wars in these two Muslim countries were key tools in promoting violent Islamic fundamentalism:

Iran and Turkey.

Yemen and the United Arab Emirates.

Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Afghanistan and Iraq.

. Research has shown that although extreme violence such as suicide attacks seems ____, terrorists believe that they act with complete ____.

Irrational . . . rationality.

Rational . . . irrationality.

Somewhat rational . . . indifference.

Irrational . . . fear.

. Research has shown that which of the following statements about terrorists is correct?

They have a high sense of security.

They tend to be middle aged.

They come almost exclusively from poor countries.

They are mostly male.

. The full price tag for U.S. counterterrorism activities lies between

$3 and $5 trillion.

$240 and $300 million.

$42 and $53 billion.

$20 and $40 billion.

. Which of the following groups fought in Italy in the 1970s?

Red Brigades.

Red Army Faction.

ETa.

IRa.

. An Iraqi suicide bomber attacking a U.S. target engages in

Sharia.

Jihad.

Jahiliya.

Koran.

. Anticolonial terrorist attacks were prominent in the

1890s.

1920 to 1950s.

1970s.

1990s.

. Al-Qaeda fights to create a

Democratic Middle East.

Pluralistic Muslim superpower.

Caliphate.

Sunni monarch.

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