STS 402 (602) Final Exam Study Guide Questions With Correct Answers.
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STS 402 (602) Final Exam Study Guide Questions With Correct Answers.
After the Soviets began leaving Afghanistan in 1988, the United States
- paid more attention to potential profits than the region's political problems
- ignored issues and events in the region
- celebrated the end of the col...
STS 402 (602) Final Exam Study Guide Questions With
Correct Answers.
After the Soviets began leaving Afghanistan in 1988, the United States
- paid more attention to potential profits than the region's political problems
- ignored issues and events in the region
- celebrated the end of the cold war
The group Hamas originated in...
Gaza
Head of Counterterrorism Richard Clarke, in the mid-1990s, failed to convince
high ranking officials of the dangers the US faced from a then obscure
Osama Bin Laden
Who coined the term cyberterrorism in the early 1990s?
Barry Collin
Some key deficiencies in the current US agriculture emergency-management
system include
- an overall decline in the pool of diagnostics
- a lack of resources
- inadequate forensic coordination among government entities
Which of the following organizations is responsible for Israel's internal security?
Shin Bet
A large family operating in the tribal area of Pakistan, with ISI and militant group
relations, who can plan and administer complex terrorist attacks is the
Haqqani network
Jytte Klausen's (2015) team, in a study sponsored by the National Institute of
Justice, found that aspects of terror media on Twitter include...
-Glorifying martyrdom
generating propaganda
-creating fear
The Irgun's strategy using terrorism after World War II included
-Attacks on the urban centres of Palestine
-an international campaign to wage sympathy
-targeting British officers.
Chechen female suicide bombers are known as
- Islamic martyrs
- women who suffered during Russian-Chechen conflicts
- Black widows
Guatanamo Detention Center is
- located on a 45 square mile navy station
- located on the southeastern coast of Cuba
- a prison divided into nine camps
The most controversial aspect of Israel's counterterrorism policy is...
Selective assassination
The 1993 World Trade Center bombing had links to
Egyptian IG
, On November 5, 2009, U.S. Army Major Nidal Milk Hasan went on a shooting
spree killing thirteen people in
Fort Hood, TX
The phrase "the poor man's nuclear weapon," although misleading, is often used
to refer to a
dirty bomb
Qassam rockets, famous for their inaccuracy, are made in
Gaza
The first secular Palestinian group to use suicide terrorism was the
Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
A raid by Indian troops in 1984 on theGoldeTemple (Temple of God), the sacred
shrine of Sikhism in Amristar (in response to a Sik faction seeking independence)
led to
- Sikhs forming terrorist cells
- targeting of Indian Security forces
- the assassination of India's Prime Minister
Terrorists behave differently from ordinary criminals in that criminals
rarely train
A deadly suicide mission by jihadists that took place in September 2004, resulting
in 330 deaths that included 156 children, occurred in
North Ossetia
According to Marc Sageman, what is the first step of radicalization?
Alienation
According to Global Witness, in West Africa al Qaeda spent 10 years moving into
unregulated
Diamond trading
Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef
- was a detainee of Guatanamo until 2005
- Considers himself a founder of the Taliban
- was Taliban ambassador to Pakistan before the U.S. invasion
The term terrorism, first used by British philosopher Edmund Burke, appeared
During a violent period in revolutionary France from 1794-1795
The United States courted Franco's fascist government after World War II, in spite
of Franco's support for Hitler, because of wanting
American air bases in Spain
A dirty bomb consists of ordinary explosives mixed with
radioactive material
Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount with armed escorts, in September of
2000, sparked what uprising?
Al Aqsa Intifada
What group grew out of the Iranian Revolution, acting as a terrorist clearinghouse
during its first years, to later to become one of the strongest nonstate groups in
the Middle East
Hezbollah
Operation Cast Lead refers to
An air and artillary assault on Gaza followed by a ground invasion in 2008
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