Deck 2: A Brief History of Terrorism

Question 1

In the earliest social groups, or tribes, violence could be identified, controlled, or quickly dealt with by:

A) Failure to control a bad temper.
B) Anger leading quickly into terrorism.
C) A quick buildup and then retreat back to normalcy.
D) either individual or group retaliation.

Answer 1

either individual or group retaliation.

Question 2

By definition, the assassination of Julius Caesar, in 44 BC:

A) Was an act of reprisal.
B) Was politically motivated.
C) Was an act of terrorism.
D) Was murder.

Answer 2

Was an act of terrorism.

Question 3

An act of violence can be described as a logical progression in microseconds, except for:

A) Immediate consequences
B) Formation of intent.
C) Execution of intent.
D) Escape from the scene.

Answer 3

Escape from the scene.

Question 4

The potent combination of religious and political fanaticism is the legacy of:

A) Ariel Sharon.
B) Ayatollah Khomeini.
C) The Muslim Brotherhood.
D) The Brotherhood of Assassins.

Question 5

Those who commit the political crime of murdering a Head of State can often enjoy a type of special protection in the form of:

A) Life in prison.
B) U.N Human Rights Commission.
C) Political asylum.
D) The Geneva Convention.

Question 6

There is no global consensus as to a definition of:

A) State Sponsored Terrorism.
B) Insurgency.
C) State Terrorism.
D) Terrorism.

Question 7

State-sponsored terrorism can achieve strategic ends where the use of conventional armed forces is neither:

A) Practical nor effective.
B) Accepted or easily deployed.
C) Suited nor adapted.
D) Supported nor accepted.

Question 8

In general, terrorist acts too often have started a:

A) Cycle of violence.
B) Way of solving problems.
C) Cessation of wrongs.
D) Quick peace.

Question 9

Modern day terrorism and the events unfolding globally have a considerable amount to do with:

A) A fire brand and extreme version of religion.
B) Youth unemployment particularly in the UK and Europe.
C) Disenchanted youth seeking a religion with which to identify their grievances.
D) Islamic jihad.

Question 10

The country from which the original terminology of "assassins" emerged was:

A) Persia.
B) Syria.
C) India.
D) Morocco.

Question 11

Islamism is not a ________ but one that responds to the stress and strains of the twentieth century.

A) Religion of choice
B) Medieval program
C) State of mind
D) Twenty-first century program

Question 12

During the struggle to gain a homeland free of Nazi terror, ________ had also committed terrorist acts against the indigenous population.

A) The Palestinians
B) the Jewish Irgun
C) The Jews
D) the people of Warsaw

Question 13

The Crusade's campaigns had other, more worldly benefits, except for:

A) Spices that allowed food to last longer and taste better.
B) Support from the Muslim cause in the Middle East.
C) An increase in trade in Europe.
D) Travels to new lands and learning about new and interesting cultures.

Question 14

Intrinsic meaning is lost when words like ________ or ________ are used loosely to describe an human disaster with a large number of victims, regardless of the cause.

A) Murder or ethnic cleansing
B) terrorism or insurgency
C) Abortion or baby killing
D) Genocide or Holocaust

Question 15

Protesters on the streets of ________ calling for the death of Indira Ghandi for her involvement in the storming of the Golden Temple in Amritsar were largely ignored by police.

A) Vancouver.
B) Toronto
C) Delhi
D) New York

Question 16

Modern societies are composed of diverse religious, ethnic and racial groupings that often seem out of context with the ruling structures.

Question 17

An act of violence can be described as a logical one step progression.

Question 18

Violence perpetrated for ideological reasons, and for a systematically promoted cause or complaint, is significantly similar.

Question 19

During the religious revolution in Iran during the 1970s, Ayatollah Khomeini became the religious leader of the Shiites in that country.

Question 20

Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and Hinduism are not, by doctrine, violent religions. Generally speaking, neither are most of the other major religions.

Question 21

If terrorist acts were perceived as the proper way to "right the wrongs" committed by government, then the use of political assassins would always be looked upon with disfavor.

Question 22

"Ethnic cleansing" is a term used in recent years to justify the slaughter of specific groups of people.

Question 23

Not until the middle of the twentieth century was the murder of a head of state, or any member of his family, formally designated as terrorism.

Question 24

Even nations whose official policy specifically rejects the use of terror have been guilty of providing financial and operational aid, often clandestinely, to those who would promote and perform their terrorism.

Question 25

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is virulently anti Semitic, denies that the Holocaust took place and wants to see Israel wiped off the face of the earth.

Question 26

In May 2002, Colin Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State, clearly refused to designate the governments that are supporting terrorism.

Question 27

Hundreds of wars and attempts at extermination of certain groups of people have stemmed from religious, ethnic, racial, and tribal differences since the Crusades.

Question 28

The patron uses the beneficiary of state terrorism to perpetrate acts of terrorism as a means of spreading its ideology throughout the world or, in some cases the patron ultimately expects the beneficiary to gain control of a state or impart its ideology to the general public.

Question 29

Genocide implies the existence of a coordinated plan aimed at total extermination.

Question 30

The instigators and initiators of a genocide are cool-minded theorists first and barbarians only second.