Chapter 2 Flashcards
(45 cards)
An explosive device or homemade bomb sometimes using military munitions —also referred to as roadside bombs
Improvised explosive device (IED)
Generally describes the period of conflict( Catholic vs. Protestant) in Nothern Ireland between 2968 and the Belfast Agreement of 1998
Troubles
Term to describe governments that support terrorist groups either by ideology or through material support and training
State-sponsored terrorism
True/False
Terrorist often see society as monstrous and out to get him/her?
True
Act of violence can be described as a logical three-step progression
- Formation of intent
- Execution
- Immediate consequences
True/False
Terrorist acts committed individually satisfies a person more than within a group because they can claim all the credit
True
True/False
Adrenaline can produce tunnel vision
True
A term used to describe a sectarian group of Muslims who were employed by their spiritual and political leader to spread terror in the form of murder and destruction among their religious enemies, with the promise of instant acceptance of being directly transported to paradise if they were killed themselves
Assassin which comes from the Arabic term hashashin hashish eater
Became the religious leader of the Shi’ites in Iran during its religious revolution in the late 1970s
Ayatollah Khomeini
Whether internal(against its own people or dissenters) or external (using or funding outside terrorist groups or individuals) offers a real threat to international stability and security
State-sponsored terrorism
True/False
During the 20th century various countries began to use terrorist organizations to promote state interest in the international domain.
True
Depopulation or deporting (war) crime often during wartime and associated with genocide(crimes against humanity)
Ethnic cleansing
Countries that sponsor terrorism
Cuba Iran Sudan Syria Iraq no longer on list Libya working its way back into international community North Korea
Advantages of state sponsored terrorism:
Low cost-- financially Low cost---politically High yields-- financially High yields-- politically Low risk-- politically and financially
First crused
1095-1099
A conspiracy aimed at the total destruction of a group and thus requires a concerted plan of action
Genocide
Turks were not originally from Turkey as most people think they were
Nomadic people from Central Asia
True/False
Religious terrorism:
Suicide recruiters recruit people that are already suicidal already
True
True/False
Suicide bombers generally don’t work alone and require a network to train them to acquire materials and target selection
True
One of the oldest religions, it refers to the doctrine of the prophet Mohammed dating back to the 6th century
Islam
True/False
Has split into religions: Shia and Sunni ( Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda adherents are followers of Sunni who believe in the preaching a of prophet Mohammed
True
An ideology that demands an individual’s complete adherence to the sacred law of Islam and rejects as much as possible outside influence
Islamism
True/False
Islamism is a huge change from traditional Islam, it tries to apply western-style geographic law that depends on where one lives
True
Is a term that the west has come to know and fear. It dates back to the Middle Ages and means struggling or striving and applies to any effort exerted by anyone
Jihad
