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Chapter 08 Quiz
The New Terrorism and Evolving Security Threats
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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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