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Pol Vio Terr Tst 2
Political Violence and Terrorism - Test 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Boko Haram is a terrorist group that is affliated with what country | Nigeria |
| Al-Queada is responsible for which attacks in 1998 | bombing of the us embassy in kenya and tanzania |
| U.S. Support for the Phoenix Program occurred during which US Conflict? | Vietnam War |
| Describe Richard Reid | He was a lone wolf terrorist, who tried to blow a flight from Paris to Miami |
| The Intifada was an uprising among which group of people? | Palestinians in Gaza and Israel |
| The ETA is a separatist group from which part of the world? | Basque region of Spain |
| Hezbollah is tied to which state with regard to terrorist assistance | Iran |
| Pol Pot was the authoritarian leader of which country | Cambodia |
| SAVAK was the secret police used to stop political dissent in which country | Iran |
| The Iran-Contra scandal involved the United States covert sales of weapons to Iran in order to support efforts to topple a leftist regime in which country? | Nicaragua |
| Which Latin American country was not known for death squad activity and "disapperances" in the 1980's? | Costa Rica |
| Pan Am flight 103 was shot down in which part of the world? | Lockerbie, Scotland |
| Which leader initiated the removal of the Four Olds? | Mao Zedong |
| Which organization was put in charge of notifying the military in the event of the hijacking during 9/11? | Federal Aviation Administration |
| The "Killing Fields" of Cambodia were an outgrowth or at least made possible by which regional conflict? | Vietnam War |
| One of the attempts to assassinate Bin Laden did not work because of the presence of which person? | a member of the royal family and government official from United Arab Emirates |
| Al-Queada can be classified as nihilistic because | they do not offer an alternative to their current situation in the world but want to overthrow a system nonetheless |
| Yassir Arafat can best be identifed as the leader of what organization? | Palestinian Liberation Organization |
| The Hutus and Tutsi's engaged in genocide in this African nation | Rwanda |
| Religious communal terrorism is also as ____________ | Sectarian Violence |
| Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated in 1995 by a radical extremist for which religion | Jewish |
| State terrorism is LEAST likely to occur in which type of government system? | Democracy |
| 3 statements that are true regarding states's use of terrorism | Terrorism is an efficient, convenient and gernerally discrete way to confront the enemy / Sometimes conventional warfare is not practical or effective / Some nations are unwilling to appear as an aggressor and thus will work through these means |
| Which world leader was assassinated by Sikh in 1984? | Indira Gandhi |
| The Mujahedeen were Islamic fighters who confronted which world power in Afghanistan in the 1980's? | Soviet Union |
| The term "ZOG" refers to the alleged occupation/control of the American government by which group? | Jews |
| The Japanese terrorist cult Aum Shinrikyo (Supreme Truth) carried out which terrorist attack in 1995? | a Sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo Subway |
| Which pope stated that soldiers who die in the Crusades would ascent to heaven? | Urban II |
| Ideological terrorism was replaced with _________ terrorism after end of the Cold War | religious |
| The traditional Islamic veil has been banned for women in which country? | France |
| The target of the London bombings of 2005 was: | London Public Transport System |
| Why has preaching Jihadi beliefs been easier to do in the United Kingdom? | They have substantial access to freedom of speech in the UK |
| Why was Salman Rushdie targeted? | His comments about Mohammed in the book "The Satanic Verses" |
| The term "Al-Qaeda" means | The Base |
| Israeli support of Bin Laden's terror network did not contribute to: | 9/11 terror attacks |
| Richard Clarke was: | the head of the counter-terrorism during the Bush and Clinton administrations |
| Which communist organization committed genocidal terrorism in Cambodia? | Khmer Rouge |
| Shah Reza Phlavi can be best identified with which country? | Iran |
| Which country was known for trying to remove the Four Olds? | China |
| Al-Shabaab is a terrorist group from which African Country? | Somalia |
| ORDEN can best be identified with which country? | El Salvador |
| This Salvadoran Archbishop was murdered in 1980 | Romero |
| The term "ethnic cleansing" was coined during the war in which country? | Bosnia |
| The Thugee cult murdered millions of people in the 13th through 19th centuries in which country? | India |
| Arabic term for "struggle"; also refers to holy war | jihad |
| Hezbollah is translated to | God with us |
| The predominant branches or traditions in Islam are: | Shia / Sunni |
| How many commerical airliners were hijacked on September 11, 2001 | 4 |
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