Chapter 10: Terrorism

What was a legal system developed to keep the races apart and maintain white privilege in a country where white Africans were outnumbered four to one by Black Africans?

Apartheid

What type of terrorism is the designation used to indicate terrorism perpetuated by nongovernmental groups?

sub-state

Sometimes referred to as "______", what new model of terrorism is largely based on informal networks of friends who are inspired to commit acts of terrorism in support of a larger cause or organization to which they have no real connection or ties, except that they share a religious and/or political worldview?

leaderless Jihad

Which President said that the war against terrorism "is a different war from any our nation has ever faced, a war on many fronts, against terrorists who operate in more than 60 different countries. And this is a war that must be fought not only overseas but also here at home."

President George Bush

ISIS is a terrorist group that emerged out of Al Qaeda in ______ and expanded into Syria in 2011 after the start of the Syrian civil war.

Iraq

At its core, terrorism is about ______.

destruction and harm

none of these

In The United States of Jihad, terrorism expert Peter Bergen writes that since 9/11, "______ people in the United States have been charged with some kind of Jihadist terrorist crime ranging in seriousness from murder to sending small sums of money to a terrorist group."

330

The term guerrilla literally means ______ and originated in the Napoleonic wars after the French army invaded Spain as part of Napoleon' s attempt to conquer Europe.

little war

Terrorism is difficult to define because it ______

encompasses many different types of behavior

Between 2015 and 2016, attacks against civilians increased by ______ according to the Global Terrorism Index.

17%

Guerrilla warfare is also known as ______.

low-intensity warfare

insurgency warfare

none of these

The word ______ is inherently a negative term with tremendous power to remove whatever legitimacy or moral authority an organization or movement may aspire to possess.

terrorist

The KKK is an example of a(n) ______.

right-wing terrorist group

Mujahideen means ______ who fight a Holy War for the people.

holy warriors

Boko Haram, is an Islamic terrorist group that is largely based in ______ and has been inspired by ISIS and, in fact, has pledged allegiance to ISIS

Africa

What is a conventional type of explosive, but one that is laced with radioactive elements that would be dispersed by the blast?

Dirty bomb

Far more common terrorist targets are civilian and noncombatant targets who are placed in the crosshairs precisely because they are civilians and are therefore vulnerable and are termed ______.

soft targets

One member of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah asserted that they see themselves as ______.

holy warriors

Which definition is the correct definition of terrorism?

The unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives

Premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience

The use of unexpected violence to intimidate or coerce in the pursuit of political or social objectives

all of these

Terrorists engage in extreme acts of ______ because they think it will help them to achieve some goal.

violence

The word ______ has come down through the ages to refer to anyone who is a fanatic for a particular cause.

zealot

Which of the following are similar ideas across various definitions that can be used to construct a working understanding of terrorism and a mental image of the essential qualities of terrorism?

terrorism usually targets defenseless victims

at its core, terrorism is about destruction and harm

the purpose of terrorism is to terrorized.

All of these

We tend to be more ______ of things that aren't likely to happen and surprisingly ______ about dangers that are more likely to affect us

fearful; unconcerned

In a lone wolf terrorist attack, the perpetrator is a ______ who is acting on his or her own.

single individual

Ted Kaczynski is an example of a(n) ______.

Pathological terroist