The six most common tactics of terrorism include bombing, hijacking, arson, assault,
_____, and hostage taking.
a. forgery
b. human trafficking
c. domestic violence
d. kidnapping
In military terms, _____ increase striking power without increasing the strength of a unit.
a. force multipliers
b. special forces
c. unconventional tactics
d. impact magnifiers
In the mid-1800s, anarchists wanting to inflict large numbers of casualties used _____.
a. snipers
b. bombs
c. poisoning water supplies
d. arson
A _____ bomb is a two-stage bomb that actually explodes the air in the blast area.
a. dirty
b. pipe
c. segmented
d. thermobaric
Transnational support _____ the ability of terrorist groups to move and hide.
a. greatly increases
b. greatly decreases
c. minimally increases
d. minimally decreases
Although terrorist tactics change over time, the most common weapon of terrorism has
been and is still ____.
a. the bomb
b. hostage-taking
c. arson
d. rape
The simplest method for constructing a nuclear device is to use ____.
a. HEU
b. radium
c. technetium-99m
d. I-131
The role of women in terrorist groups is mainly determined by the _____ of an organization.
a. demographics
b. political orientation
c. military tactics
d. religious ideology
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, _____ refers to the use of
information technology by terrorists to promote a political agenda.
a. dark web surfing
b. cyberterrorism
c. virtual campaigning
d. phishing
To date, the most common tactic of cyberterrorism is _____.
a. the defacement of websites
b. Trojan horses
c. identity theft
d. network crashing
Methods for engaging in _____ include viruses and worms.
a. biological terrorism
b. cyberterrorism
c. domestic terrorism
d. selective terrorism
A group calling itself _____ claims to have hacked the headquarters of the U.S.
military's Central Command, although they only invaded public social media.
a. Anonymous
b. Trojans Warriors
c. Operation Buckshot
d. the Cyber Caliphate
Natural poisons, viruses, bacteria, and plagues are all types of _____ agents.
a. chemical
b. synthetic
c. biological
d. radiological
Which of the following statements regarding the challenges in employing a chemical
weapon are true?
a. Terrorists need a delivery system to spread the chemical agent.
b. The heat from most explosives incinerates the chemical agent.
c. Weather patterns can neutralize the chemical agent.
d. Contact with air or water can neutralize the chemical agent.
Which biological agent was sent through U.S. mail shortly following the 9/11 attacks?
a. Anthrax
b. Smallpox
c. Botulism
d. Ebola virus
Nerve, blood, choking, and blistering agents are types of _____ agents.
a. chemical
b. biological
c. viral
d. nuclear
_____ is often used in the construction of nuclear weapons.
a. Highly enriched uranium
b. Platinum
c. Radium
d. Thorium
A dirty bomb is an explosive device designed to spread _____.
a. biological material
b. radioactive material
c. prions
d. chemical agents
_____ can make a minor group appear to be politically important.
a. Transnational support
b. Media coverage
c. Religious ideology
d. Organizational commitment
Three of the most tempting transnational targets for terrorists are _____.
a. education, energy, and industry
b. tourism, energy, and shipping
c. local business, shipping, and receiving
d. tourism, education, and shipping
Three of the most tempting transnational targets for terrorists are _____.
a. education, energy, and industry
b. tourism, energy, and shipping
c. local business, shipping, and receiving
d. tourism, education, and shipping
Which force multiplier transcends normative political and social boundaries, increasing violence,
and decreasing opportunities for negotiation?
a. Transnational support
b. Technology
c. Religion
d. Media coverage
According to Alisa Stack-O'Conner, female terrorism has been largely ignored by
researchers because _____.
a. it is unimportant
b. it is extremely rare
c. women are seen as victims
d. men are easier to study
Women tend to play service and support roles in _____ terrorist groups.
a. religious
b. domestic
c. revolutionary
d. socialist
A suicide in which an individual sacrifices his or her life to benefit the primary
reference group is called a(n) _____ suicide.
a. purposeful
b. selective
c. altruistic
d. individuated
According to Pape's theory, suicide terrorism is most likely to occur when a
nationalistic or ethnic group is resisting occupation by a foreign power that has a
democratic government, and the _____.
a. people under the democratic government will permit indiscriminate slaughter in the occupied area
b. occupiers and the people in the occupied areas have different religious traditions
c. occupied peoples have a tradition of passive resistance that has been ineffective
d. occupied and the occupiers have similar levels of weaponry and the conflict is at a standoff
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), and
the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) are examples of _____ terrorists.
a. ethnic
b. religious
c. domestic
d. urban
A recent analysis of European law enforcement data suggests that _____ is the most
dangerous threat to Europe.
a. separatist violence
b. nuclear weaponry
c. biological agents
d. cyberterrorism
For much of the twentieth century, individuals from the _____ religions in Ireland were
engrossed in bitter struggles with each other.
a. Catholic and Jewish
b. Muslim and Catholic
c. Protestant and Jewish
d. Catholic and Protestant
The modern "troubles" in Northern Ireland began in 1969 with a civil rights movement
by _____ and the reaction to it by _____.
a. Protestants; Catholics
b. the IRA; Provisionals
c. Catholics; Protestants
d. Provisionals; the IRA
The British army played an important role in the rebirth of the IRA because of its early
policies and tactics, which involved _____.
a. reconciliation between Catholics and Protestants
b. an overreaction to Catholic and independence-minded groups
c. cooperation with Catholic and independence-minded groups
d. suppression of Protestant groups wanting continued union with Great Britain
_____ is the political party of Irish republicanism, seeking to end British rule in
Northern Ireland.
a. The Supreme Council
b. Sinn Fein
c. IRA
d. Society of United Irishmen
State repression developed in Ireland because _____ held power throughout most of
modern Irish history.
a. Republicans
b. the RIC
c. the RUC
d. Unionists
_____ was elected prime minister of the Republic of Ireland in 1927 and was soon at
odds with the IRA.
a. Eamon de Valera
b. Bobby Sands
c. Patrick Pearse
d. James Connolly
Provisionals (Provos) is the nickname given to members of the Provisional _____.
a. Irish Protestant Army
b. Irish Resistance Army
c. Irish Religious Army
d. Irish Republican Army
The Anglo-Irish Peace Accord of 1985 attempted to stop terrorist violence in Northern
Ireland by _____.
a. devising a system of political autonomy
b. disbanding Sinn Fein
c. strengthening Unionist power
d. uniting Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland
The _____ region of France and Spain has been a source for separatist terrorism for more than 50
years.
a. Basque
b. Burgundy
c. Aquitaine
d. Lower Normandy
Francisco Franco's victory in _____ led to the repression of Basques because of their
past support of communists during that struggle.
a. Reign of Terror
b. World War II
c. the French Revolution
d. the Spanish Civil War
Anti-Terrorist Liberation Groups (GAL) began to torture and murder suspected ETA
terrorists and terrorist supporters on behalf of _____.
a. local businesses owners tired of paying for protection
b. the European Union
c. the French Government
d. the Spanish Government
In the 1960s, the ETA initiated a cycle of violence that caused violent repression,
leading to more violence against the repression, and so on, a phenomenon referred to
as _____.
a. tit-for-tat violence
b. a dirty war
c. reciprocal terrorism
d. revolutionary repression
One of the successful strategies used by the Spanish government to combat the
violence surrounding Basque separatism was the creation of _____.
a. the Supreme Council
b. death squads
c. a new Constitution
d. a Basque national police force
The conflict involving the Tamils in Sri Lanka largely centers on ethnic conflict
between the Tamils and the _____.
a. Sinhalese
b. Hindus
c. Indians
d. Ceylonese
The LTTE, through its Black Tigers group, was the first modern secular group to use
_____.
a. suicide bombers
b. biological agents
c. viral agents
d. nuclear agents
Manoj Joshi traces the struggle in Sri Lanka to the autonomy _____ gained at the end of
World War II.
a. India
b. Pakistan
c. Egypt
d. Libya
The _____ provides arms and logistical support to the LTTE.
a. Sinhalese majority
b. Tamil diaspora
c. Indian military
d. Sri Lankan government
Sri Lankan security forces effectively obliterated the LTTE terrorists by establishing
_____ followed by a military offensive.
a. commando units
b. "no-fire zones"
c. diplomatic relations
d. amnesty for terrorists
_____ networks are active in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, and the
United Kingdom.
a. Chinese
b. North Korean
c. Middle Eastern
d. Ethnic Russian
In January 1972, British paratroopers opened fire on _____ protestors in Londonderry
on a day that became known as Bloody Sunday.
a. monarchist
b. Protestant
c. Catholic
d. secularist
In 1992, _____ produced a paper calling for peace in Northern Ireland.
a. Unionist forces
b. Sinn Fein
c. the Royal Ulster Constabulary
d. Independent Monitoring Commission
On Good Friday 1998, Britain and Ireland signed the _____ Agreement, which called for
independent human rights investigations, compensation for the victims of violence, and
decommissioning of paramilitary groups.
a. Ulster
b. Belfast
c. Dublin
d. Londonderry
Pirapaharan's LTTE's terrorists have conducted more successful _____ than any other
terrorist group in the world.
a. IED attacks
b. cyberterrorism attacks
c. suicide bombings
d. kidnappings
Which event after the end of WWII is associated with the formation of a nationalistic
terror group in Cyprus?
a. France withdrew from Morocco and Tunisia.
b. The United Kingdom established Middle East military headquarters in Cyprus.
c. A new British policy aimed to keep Greek and Turkish populations equal in number.
d. Britain sided with the Turks in Cyprus.
The Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (National Organization of Cypriot Fighters, EOKA)
was created by Georgios Grivas to regain control of Cyprus from _____.
a. Britain
b. France
c. Germany
d. Greece
The Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) was a violent revolutionary group
seeking to regain control of Algiers from _____.
a. France
b. Turkey
c. Spain
d. Russia
The indiscriminant bombing, sabotage, and random assassination tactics used by the
FLN against French outposts are referred to as _____ terrorism.
a. endemic
b. broad
c. nonspecific
d. blind
According to French military officer, David Galula, nationalistic terrorism is best
defeated _____.
a. through a political solution that diffuses tensions
b. by withdrawing military forces to avoid escalating violence
c. through military means alone, applied with ruthlessness
d. by demanding an immediate cessation of hostilities
The _____, a heavy bladed machete used in agricultural work, was the favored weapon
of the Mau Mau rebels.
a. panga
b. scythe
c. sickle
d. skiver
The Mau Mau rebellion occurred in _____.
a. Algeria
b. Kenya
c. Côte d'Ivoire
d. Sudan
Which country is best characterized as being composed of separate religions and
cultures, with no common traditions?
a. Turkey
b. Greece
c. Liberia
d. Nigeria
According to Bouchat, the root cause of the instability in Nigeria is the manipulation of
_____ for political and economic advantages.
a. cultural differences
b. religion
c. tribal loyalties
d. race
Nigeria has tremendous oil and gas reserves, but _____.
a. insurgents have destroyed most of that infrastructure
b. the wealth is controlled by small groups of rival political elites
c. international embargos make sales virtually impossible
d. they can only be accessed in remote areas under the control of rebels
The most violent area of Nigeria is in the most southern part of the north, which is
_____.
a. subject to multiple cultural and religious influences
b. controlled by insurgents who subscribe to the predominant religion
c. largely inaccessible and lacking natural resources
d. under the control of a revolutionary group with a socialist agenda
Boko Haram is one of the most militant ____ groups in the world.
a. Sunni
b. Shia
c. Sufi
d. Salafi
The ideas of Boko Haram date to 1995, when a number of Nigerians grew disgruntled
with ideas from _____.
a. Christian missionaries
b. the leftist government
c. tribal leaders
d. secular education
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) operates in _____ and Europe.
a. Kuwait
b. Afghanistan
c. Greece
d. Turkey
The _____ are an ethnic group inhabiting northern Iraq, southern Turkey, and northern
Iran.
a. Kurds
b. Serbs
c. Tamils
d. Chechens
Much of the strife in China's Xinjiang region can be attributed not only to religious differences
but also to the desire to control the area's _____.
a. oil and gas reserves
b. financial centers
c. tourism industry
d. gold mines
The Uighars are ethnic Turkmen, mostly Sufi Muslims, who have lived in and governed
parts of China's _____ province for 200 years.
a. Xinjiang
b. Shanghai
c. Hunan
d. Beijing
Sikh Separatists hope to create an independent state in the Indian province of _____.
a. Bengal
b. Punjab
c. Kerala
d. Orissa
Boko Haram morphed into a formal movement under the leadership of _____, an anti-intellectual
who rejected modernity and science.
a. Abdullah Ocalan
b. Mohammed Yusuf
c. Habib Akdas
d. Mustafa Kemal
The _____ is an organization of 54 African states to promote peace, security, and
economic development.
a. Transnational Government
b. Islamic Courts Union
c. African Union
d. Freedom Congress
In 1995, the PKK began using the rhetoric of _____.
a. Mao
b. Islam
c. Christian fundamentalism
d. Western capitalism
In early operations, the FLN used women _____.
a. to carry weapons and communiqués
b. as suicide bombers
c. in traditional domestic roles
d. as decoys to distract security forces
The term _____ is used by J. Bowyer Bell to describe violence that results terrorism
from the process of colonization and then decolonization.
a. endemic
b. broad
c. nonspecific
d. blind
The Sikhs' most sacred site is _____.
a. the Wailing Wall
b. the Temple Mount
c. the Golden Temple
d. Angkor Wat
The Peoples' Republic of China has been fueling _____ hostility by seeking to force
ethnic Turkmen in the Xinxiang region to accept Chinese immigration and domination.
a. Utsul
b. Hui
c. Hmong
d. Uighar
Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman are collectively referred to as _____.
a. the oil states
b. the Gulf States
c. the westernized nations
d. Persia
_____ is Arabic for "the God."
a. Allah
b. Mohammed
c. Jihad
d. Ali
There are two major branches of Islam: Sunni and _____.
a. Shi'ite
b. Sikhs
c. Sufi
d. Salafi
One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith is making a pilgrimage to _____.
a. Jerusalem
b. Karbala
c. Medina
d. Mecca
Bernard Lewis (1995) points to the _____ as the origin of modern confrontations
between the West and Islam.
a. Age of Discovery
b. Dark Ages
c. Middle Ages
d. Renaissance
In 1906, Zionists settled on _____ as the area in which they would establish their own
nation, although South America and Africa had also been considered.
a. Palestine
b. the Gaza Strip
c. the Gulf States
d. Eritrea
The _____ Empire was a Turkish empire reigning over the lands of southeastern
Europe, North Africa, and southwest Asia for over 600 years, until its rule ended in
1924.
a. Roman
b. Ottoman
c. Byzantine
d. Spanish
The early Zionist movement (late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries) was
focused on creating a _____ homeland.
a. Muslim
b. Jewish
c. Hindu
d. Catholic
The three most important cities in Sunni Islam are Mecca, _____, and Jerusalem.
a. Istanbul
b. Medina
c. Cairo
d. Nazareth
The Sykes-Picot Agreement divided the Middle East into spheres of _____, British, and
Russian influence.
a. American
b. German
c. Chinese
d. French
The British Mandate of Palestine, which gave the United Kingdom the right to extend
its influence in the Middle Eastern region, was sanctioned by _____.
a. the League of Nations
b. NATO
c. the Muslim Brotherhood
d. the United Nations
The Six Day War pitted _____ against its Arab neighbors.
a. Israel
b. Iraq
c. Iran
d. Jordan
_____, who was committed to maintaining control of the occupied territories, became
prime minister of Israel in September 1977.
a. Anwar Sadat
b. Gamal Nasser
c. Saddam Hussein
d. Menachim Begin
The _____ is a 1979 treaty between Egypt and Israel that was brokered by the United
States.
a. Treaty of Hünkâr İskelesi
b. Cyprus Convention
c. Camp David Peace Accord
d. Khasav-Yurt Accord
Saddam Hussein invaded _____ to gain control of its oil production and regain territory
lost by Iraq after World War I.
a. Jordan
b. Oman
c. Iran
d. Kuwait
Iranians violated international law in the early stages of their revolution by seizing the
_____ embassy in Tehran.
a. American
b. French
c. British
d. Chinese
The Islamic name given to a religious body that advises a government or a leader is
_____.
a. majilis council
b. imam
c. supreme council
d. Hamas
Ruhollah Khomeini was the Shi'ite grand ayatollah and leading figure in the 1979 _____
Revolution.
a. Iranian
b. Iraqi
c. Turkish
d. Libyan
In Iranian culture, the term refers to a(n) _____.ayatollah
a. low-ranking prayer leader
b. recognized scholar with authoritative writings
c. middle-ranking scholar
d. uneducated follower
The _____ is the central religious text of Islam.
a. Bible
b. Quran
c. Talmud
d. Dao De Jing
The _____ partially satisfied Arab honor.
a. Six Day War
b. first Gulf War
c. Yom Kippur War
d. Spring War
After the 1967 Six Day War, the _____ began a series of terrorist attacks against civilian
Israeli positions.
a. Baathist party
b. Palestine Liberation Organization
c. South Lebanese Army
d. SAVAK
In the 1950s, the leader of _____ created a secret military police force called SAVAK to locate
and destroy his enemies.
a. Turkey
b. Egypt
c. Iran
d. Iraq
The size of Israel was doubled as a result of the _____.
a. Six Day War
b. first Gulf War
c. Yom Kippur War
d. Spring War
Reza Shah Pahlavi's long-term failure was a result of his ____ policy.
a. economic
b. foreign
c. education
d. social
_____ was a founding member of Fatah and leader of the Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO).
a. Saddam Hussein
b. Yasser Arafat
c. Ariel Sharon
d. Mahmud Abbas
_____ was the name given to the infamous group responsible for the "Munich massacre"
of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games.
a. Black September
b. Red October
c. Bloody Sunday
d. Black Monday
The Temple Mount, which contains remnants of the Temple of Jerusalem, the Dome of
the Rock, and the al Aqsa Mosque, is sacred to _____.
a. Catholics, Anglicans, and Protestants
b. Hindus, Jews, and Muslims
c. Jews, Muslims, and Buddhists
d. Jews, Christians, and Muslims
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine, and the General Command are all splinter groups of _____.
a. the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
b. al Qaeda
c. the Muslim Brotherhood
d. ISIS (ISIL)
The Palestinian wing of the Muslim Brotherhood formed the nucleus of _____.
a. Hezbollah
b. al Qaeda
c. Force 17
d. Hamas
The Abu Nidal Organization, which faded from significance in the 1990s, abandoned
the _____ cause and became mercenaries.
a. Egyptian
b. Palestinian
c. Afghani
d. Iraqi
The founders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) wanted to create _____.
a. a Jewish state using terrorist tactics
b. an Islamic state using violent action
c. an Islamic state using diplomacy
d. peace among the Arab nations
Hezbollah's innovations include the umbrella-style organization and _____.
a. the dirty bomb
b. biological agent attacks
c. cyberterrorism
d. the suicide bomber
Although operating in other nations and known for its violence in Lebanon and Israel,
Hezbollah maintains close links with _____.
a. Jordan
b. Iraq
c. Saudi Arabia
d. Iran
The 1983 attack of the U.S. Marine barracks by a suicide truck bomber was carried out
by _____.
a. the Muslim Brotherhood
b. Hezbollah
c. Fatah
d. Hamas
In 1982, Syria allowed 1,000 members of the _____ to pass through to Lebanon in order to
connect with Hezbollah.
a. IDF
b. al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade
c. Revolutionary Guard
d. fedayeen
Hezbollah grew from a council of _____ scholars who claimed to be part of a spiritual
movement.
a. Sunni
b. Zionist
c. Shi'ite
d. Wahhabi
Hamas was formed in _____.
a. 1972
b. 1977
c. 1982
d. 1987
Which statement regarding Hamas' victory in the 2006 Palestinian elections is
accurate?
a. Hamas received remarkably little Western media attention following the election.
b. The Palestinian Authority (PA) received additional foreign aid.
c. Arab nations would not recognize Hamas' victory.
d. The United States and the European Union refused to recognize Hamas' victory.
The al Aqsa Intifada uprising was sparked by _____.
a. Anwar Sadat's signing of the Camp David peace accords
b. the fall of the Shah of Iran
c. Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount with armed escorts
d. the invasion of Iraq by the United States
The al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades' primary tactics have consisted of _____, sniper
shootings, ambushes, and kidnap-murders.
a. chemical attacks
b. remote-detonated bombings
c. drive-by shootings
d. missile attacks
As the term is used now, _____ refers to secular warriors of Fatah.
a. fedayeen
b. mossad
c. mujahedeen
d. knesset
_____ is an Arabic term that translates to mean uprising or resistance in English and is
often used to refer to the violence against Israel from 1987 to 1993 by those in pursuit
of a Palestinian state.
a. Intifada
b. Fatah
c. Aqsa
d. Jihad
The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades have been effective because they _____.
a. have unlimited finances
b. have a rigid hierarchical structure
c. use a nonviolent approach
d. operate in a network
The Israeli intelligence agency is known as _____.
a. Shin Beth
b. Mossad
c. Knesset
d. the IDF
Israel initially used bulldozing as a response to _____, although its use has since
expanded.
a. mortar attacks
b. suicide bombing
c. rocket attacks
d. illegal labor strikes
_____ is regarded as the spiritual leader of Hezbollah.
a. Abbas Musawi
b. Hassan Nasrallah
c. Sheik Mohammed Hassan Fadlallah
d. Sabri al Banna
Hezbollah is a configuration of political actors from the 1979 Iranian Revolution and
the _____ community of southern Lebanon.
a. Shi'ite
b. Sunni
c. Salafi
d. Wahhabi
The _____ Charter, published in 1988, declared that Palestine was a God-given land.
a. PLO
b. Hezbollah
c. Hamas
d. al Aqsa
The Israeli domestic security service is known as _____.
a. Shin Beth
b. Mossad
c. Knesset
d. the IDF
