Terrorism and Counterterrorism Exam Review
Course Introduction
This course explores the complex phenomenon of terrorism, examining its historical development, ideological foundations, organizational structures, and methods utilized by various actors across the globe. Students will critically analyze the motivations behind terrorist activities, the psychological and sociopolitical impacts on societies, and the global responses to terrorism. The course also delves into counterterrorism strategies, including legal frameworks, intelligence operations, policy measures, and international cooperation. Through case studies and contemporary examples, students develop a nuanced understanding of the challenges and ethical dilemmas inherent in effectively combating terrorism in a globalized world.
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Understanding Terrorism Challenges Perspectives and Issues 6th Edition by Gus Martin
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Chapter 1: Terrorism: First Impressions
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Q1) The modern era of homeland security was implemented in the United States in response to which of the following threats to the republic?
A) the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan
B) the 1972 Munich Olympics terrorist attack
C) the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks
D) all of these
Answer: C
Q2) During the Roman age, the empire ______.
A) practiced what we would now call state terrorism
B) engaged in demonstrations of terror against those who did not submit to Roman authority
C) experienced frequent incidents of regicide
D) all of these
Answer: D
Q3) Ramzi Yousef bombed the World Trade Center.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The Nature of the Beast: Defining Terrorism
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Q1) Which of the following statements is most accurate?
A) All terrorists are extremists.
B) All extremists are terrorists.
C) All hate crimes are acts of terrorism.
D) Both "all extremists are terrorists" and "all hate crimes are acts of terrorism."
Answer: A
Q2) Among participants in a terrorist environment, which of the following represents a symbolic feature of the terrorists' enemies?
A) the onlooker
B) the analyst
C) the supporter
D) none of these
Answer: D
Q3) Freedom fighters are always the "good guys" in a cause.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Beginnings: the Causes of Terrorism
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Q1) When considering sociological explanations for acts of terrorism, sociologists
A) have discovered that many acts of terrorism, if not most, are explainable as the result of individuals who live at the margins of society
B) report that structural conditions such as deprivation may explain why many individuals choose to engage in political violence
C) generally conclude that some terrorists are politically idealistic marginal individuals
D) both "report that structural conditions such as deprivation may explain why many individuals choose to engage in political violence" and "generally conclude that some terrorists are politically idealistic marginal individuals"
Answer: B
Q2) Women rarely participate in terrorist movements.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Terror From Above: Terrorism by the State
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Q1) In your opinion, what sort of government was that of Saddam Hussein?
Q2) Briefly discuss the role of paramilitaries and how they can be effective in suppressing internal opposition.
Q3) Is "social cleansing" inherently a terrorist policy? Explain your answer.
Q4) Which of the following regimes engaged in state-sponsored terrorism in the modern era?
A) the regime of Idi Amin in Uganda
B) the regime of Muammar el-Qaddafi in Libya
C) the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq
D) all of these
Q5) Senator Joseph McCarthy presided over a period known as "McCarthyism" that involved which of the following countermeasures?
A) the "Palmer Raids"
B) internment camps
C) Senate hearings and investigations
D) suspension of the writ of habeas corpus
Q6) Vigilante domestic state terrorism is when governments "unleash" their proxies.
A)True
B)False
Q7) In your opinion, why do democracies sometimes use authoritarian methods?
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Chapter 5: Terror From Below: Terrorism by Dissidents
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Q1) What are the reasons behind the rise in cell-based organizational arrangements among revolutionaries and the decline in paramilitary arrangements? Describe the characteristics of cell-based and paramilitary arrangements.
Q2) In your opinion, what explains sectarian violence in societies which have long histories of residing together, such as Lebanon, Yugoslavia, and Northern Ireland?
Q3) Briefly discuss the motivations behind "lone-wolf" acts of political violence.
Q4) The Red Army Faction's leaders committed suicide in prison.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Foreign Terrorist Organizations are listed in which of the following publications?
A) The Annual Report on Terrorism
B) Country Reports of Terrorist Attacks
C) Foreign Terrorist Organizations
D) Country Reports on Terrorism
Q6) The Tupamaros represent a case of short-term success, long-term failure for dissident rebellion.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Violence in the Name of the Faith: Religious Terrorism
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Q1) A pogrom is an attempt to peacefully convert members of another faith. A)True
B)False
Q2) What kinds of targets do radical Christians typically attack? Why have these targets been selected?
Q3) The greater jihad requires warfare on behalf of the faith. A)True
B)False
Q4) Briefly discuss the threat from the international <i>mujahideen</i> and their fellow-believers.
Q5) In your opinion, why will cult-like movements such as the Lord's Resistance Army and Aum Shinriky continue to appear from time to time?
Q6) Why were the <i>Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion</i> written? Who wrote it? Who believes in it in the modern era?
Q7) Christian and Muslim extremists are typically "exclusivist" in the sense that they believe that their faith is an exclusive "one (True) faith" for salvation. Compare and contrast the agendas of Christian and Muslim extremists. In what ways are their agendas similar? How do they differ?
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Chapter 7: Violent Ideologies: Terrorism From the Left and Right
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Q1) Briefly discuss the terrorist environment created by Peru's Shining Path.
Q2) Compare and contrast the far left and the far right.
Q3) Prior to the end of the Cold War, left-wing terrorism ______.
A) was rare and random
B) occurred frequently in Western democracies
C) occurred frequently in the Soviet Union
D) was primarily religious in nature
Q4) What was the general profile of European left-wing terrorism in the latter quarter of the 20th century?
Q5) Left-wing terrorist movements were predominant during the 1970s and 1980s.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Skinheads are anti-social associations of youths who are always racists.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Class struggle is at the center of rightist ideology.
A)True
B)False
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Q8) What was the general profile of Latin American left-wing terrorism in the latter quarter of the 20th century?
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Chapter 8: Terrorist Spillovers: International Terrorism
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Q1) Which of the following propositions best summarizes how the concept of Zionism is used as a justification for international political violence?
A) Jewish interests and civilians represent Western imposition of the state of Israel on Arab and Muslim land and are therefore legitimate targets.
B) Facilities and employees of multinational corporations represent Western economic exploitation and are therefore legitimate targets.
C) Ethnic and racial minorities represent the imposition of Western principles of equality and are therefore legitimate targets.
D) Foreign interests and civilians represent vestiges of Western empire building and are therefore legitimate targets.
Q2) Which of the following propositions most accurately reflects Cold War terrorist networking theory from the perspective of the West?
A) The Soviet Union and allies were behind most terrorist violence.
B) Terrorists supported each other with minimal control by government sponsors.
C) The West controlled more terrorist networks than the Soviet Union.
D) None of these.
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Chapter 9: Emerging Terrorist Environments:
Gender-Selective Political Violence and Criminal Dissident
Terrorism
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Q1) Which of the following propositions most accurately explains why the Afghanistan drug trade continued during the NATO intervention against the Taliban?
A) NATO was involved in the drug trade.
B) The Taliban were heavily involved in growing opium and manufacturing heroin.
C) None of the adversaries cared if the drug trade continued.
D) Some anti-Taliban drug traffickers were warlords allied with NATO.
Q2) Explain why male members of an enemy group are singled out for violence during periods of conflict.
Q3) In your opinion, how should the world community respond to drug-producing centers such as the Golden Crescent and Golden Triangle?
Q4) Discuss the international perception of gender-selective political violence. How has this perception evolved in the modern era? How has the international community responded to such violence? In your opinion, what is the future of this perception?
Q5) What do "honor killings" refer to?
A) assassinations by drug cartels of those who oppose them
B) the killing of women or girls who have "dishonored" a family or tribe
C) murders of dishonorable children
D) assassinations of criminals by government agents
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Chapter 10: Tools of the Trade: Tactics and Targets of Terrorists
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Q1) In your opinion, what lessons were drawn by insurgents from successful bomb attacks and other incidents against the United States in places like Beirut and Mogadishu?
Q2) Symbolic targets include
A) passenger carriers.
B) embassies.
C) famous people.
D) all of these.
Q3) Which of the following statements most accurately describes the use of the Internet and social networking media by extremists?
A) Terrorists rarely access the Internet because of possible surveillance by intelligence agencies.
B) Tweeting, texting, and other media platforms are used to record and tout claimed successes.
C) There exists a rudimentary and unsophisticated use of these technologies by extremists.
D) These technologies are irrelevant to terrorist operations.
Q4) In your opinion, what is the most likely threat scenario for the use of chemical weapons?
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Chapter 11: The Information Battleground: Terrorist Violence
and the Role of the Media
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Q1) Discuss what is meant by "the media as a weapon."
Q2) Which of the following media outlets have been used by violent extremists?
A) Twitter
B) encrypted smartphones
C) online magazines
D) all of these
Q3) Describe how organizations such as Lebanon's Hezbollah are effective manipulators of media information.
Q4) Regulation of the media in the United States ______.
A) can be undertaken during times of crisis
B) is possible when Executive Orders are issued
C) tends to rely on standards of self-regulation and media gatekeeping
D) "can be undertaken during times of crisis" and "is possible when Executive Orders are issued" only
Q5) Discuss Hezbollah's expertise in manipulating the international media.
Q6) Explain the central role of the media in the war on terrorism. Why is the "information battleground" such a key factor from the perspective of victims of terrorism? Why is it such a key factor from the perspective of the terrorists? Explain your answer.
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Q7) Should media gatekeeping be regulated in an active terrorist environment?
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Chapter 12: The American Case: Terrorism in the United States
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Q1) The Weather Underground Organization was formed ______.
A) to counteract the violence of left-wing terrorist organizations
B) when members of the Weatherman group went "underground" to engage in revolutionary violence
C) as an umbrella political party for the radical left
D) none of these
Q2) Domestic disturbances during the 1960s era included which of the following?
A) civil rights marches in the American South
B) urban riots
C) student activism on college campuses
D) all of these
Q3) The modern homeland security environment unfolded very quickly with the implementation of which of the following initiatives?
A) a bombing campaign against Syria
B) formal declaration of war against Al-Qa'ida
C) deportations of Muslim immigrants
D) passage of the USA PATRIOT Act
Q4) What have been the attributes of nationalist terrorism in the United States?
Q5) Briefly discuss the pattern and attributes of neo-Nazi terrorism.
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Chapter 13: Counterterrorism: the Options
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Q1) What is the role of intelligence agencies? How is intelligence collected?
Q2) Intelligence collection is undertaken by which of the following agencies?
A) Federal Bureau of Investigation
B) National Security Agency
C) MI-6
D) All of these
Q3) Counterterrorist statutory authority is derived, in part, from which of the following acts?
A) the Elimination of Terrorism Act
B) the Homeland Security Terrorism Reduction Act
C) the USA PATRIOT Act
D) the War Powers Act
Q4) INTERPOL is an international strike force called in to police trouble spots on behalf of the United Nations.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The Entebbe and Mogadishu operations are good examples of what kind of counterterrorist methodology? What is a basic risk with this option?
Q6) Is assassination an acceptable counterterrorist option? Explain your answer.
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Chapter 14: A New Era: Homeland Security
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Q1) Complete the following statement: "After the formation of the modern homeland security environment, the overarching mission of police agencies was to serve in a ______ capacity."
A) internal security
B) protect and serve
C) collaborative
D) law enforcement
Q2) Are repressive domestic laws an acceptable counterterrorist option? Explain your answer.
Q3) Provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act include which of the following?
A) the use of nationwide search warrants
B) deportation of immigrants who raise money for terrorist organizations
C) the use of roving wiretaps by investigators
D) all of these
Q4) Echelon was a surveillance technology used by the FBI in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe and critique the many missions of the Department of Homeland Security.
Q6) In your opinion, is the reorganization of homeland security a viable counterterrorist option?
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Chapter 15: What Next the Future of Terrorism
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Q1) How will governments counter terrorist financial operations in the near future?
Q2) In what ways are extremists using the Internet and other high technologies? In your opinion, what is the significance of extremist use of emerging technologies? What impact, if any, do you expect this to have on society?
Q3) Which of the following statements regarding ongoing patterns of violence is most accurate?
A) Terrorists still associate the United States and the West with international exploitation.
B) Weapons of mass destruction are now commonly used by terrorists.
C) Terrorists hide behind their ideologies and religions.
D) Both "weapons of mass destruction are now commonly used by terrorists" and "terrorists hide behind their ideologies and religions."
Q4) In Iraq, two unanticipated events arose during the American-led occupation: First, a guerrilla war broke out. Second, photographs from Abu Ghraib prison caused a crisis in how American policy was perceived. How did these events affect the near-future of terrorism?
Q5) Describe the threat from exotic technologies.
Q6) Briefly discuss the terrorist environment in the new millennium.
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