1. Which event has caused the American people to often see terrorist acts through a lens
that doesn’t necessarily take into account the historical depth or geographical breadth of
terrorism?
c) The terrorist attacks on Mumbai in 2008
d) All of these are correct.
2. Which of the following can be seen as a terrorist or terrorist group?
a) Irish Republican Army
b) al Qaeda
3. Which most closely defines the strategy of terrorism?
a) A subnational group that performs acts of violence on places and people for religious
purposes
d) All of these are correct.
4. What makes it difficult to definitively say a certain group of people is a “terrorist
group”?
a) Some acts of violence border on what is violent enough to be considered terrorism but
may not fall under the scope of other terrorist activities.
b) Leaders of some terrorist groups also perform charitable acts, which makes it hard to
consider their group one of terrorism.
5. Terrorism has a long history but is primarily associated with which political and
economic system?
a) Mercantilism
d) Idealism
6. According to your book, which geographic location was associated with the highest
number of terrorist attacks in 2001?
a) Israel/Palestine
b) the Middle East
7. What effect have globalization and global communication networks had on terrorist
factions?
a) Reduction of state-sponsored terrorism
b) Increase in use of media to get terrorist goals across
8. Why is military force often an ineffective tool for countering terrorist activity?
a) Terrorists are militarily more powerful than states realize.
b) Populations in democracies tend to support state intelligence gathering and
surveillance.