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Question 1:

All radicals are violent.
a) True
b) False

Question 2:

Personalities such as Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela, who once held radical ideas, could be described as extremists.
a) True
b) False

Question 3:

The movement in Islam that pursues the goal of transforming society so that it reflects what that movement considers to be the original objectives of the Koran and the Sunna could be labelled as a(n) ________.
a) terrorist movement
b) radical movement
c) extremist movement
d) religious movement
e) Islamic movement

Question 4:

A group of people ‘who propagate violence against perceived enemies of Islam in order to effect social and political change which accords with their radical religious (jihadist) ideals’ (page 305) could be referred to as ________.
a) radical Islamists
b) terrorists
c) extremist Islamists
d) progressive Islamists
e) fundamentalist Islamists

Question 5:

The “‘growing readiness to pursue and/or support—if necessary by undemocratic means— far-reaching changes in society that conflict with, or pose a danger’ to the so-called ‘established political order’” (page 305) describes what?
a) Extremism
b) Jihadism
c) Radicalization
d) Fundamentalism
e) Terrorism

Question 6:

The commission of premeditated violence, or the threat to commit such violence, aimed at destroying human lives and/or inflicting serious material damage that will disrupt social, economic, and political processes, and inculcate fear among a general population, describes what?
a) Terrorism
b) Extremism
c) Radicalism
d) Fundamentalism
e) Jihadism

Question 7:

What do individuals like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, and Yasser Arafat have in common?
a) The Nobel Peace Prize
b) Terrorism
c) Extremism
d) Radicalism
e) Pacifism

Question 9:

Which of the following acts were associated with the first wave of terrorism?
a) The bombing of public places
b) The mass execution of civilians
c) The assassination of high-profile figures
d) Eruptions of World War I and World War II
e) None of the above.

Question 10:

The second wave of modern terrorism took which of the following forms?
a) Anti-colonial resistance
b) The anti-slavery movement
c) The civil rights movement
d) The Oklahoma bombings
e) Israel-Palestinian conflict

Question 11:

Which of the following is not an example of right-wing terrorism?
a) Neo-Nazis
b) Al-Qaeda
c) Neo-Fascists
d) Skinheads
e) None of the above.

Question 12:

The view that attributes modern terrorism to a fundamental cultural and ideological incompatibility between Islam and the West is also known as ________.
a) ‘End of History’
b) ‘Clash of Civilizations’
c) ‘Jihad vs. McWorld’
d) ‘Orientalism’
e) ‘Clash of Cultures’

Question 13:

What was the positive outcome of the UN Security Council’s response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
a) The passage of a resolution to condemn al-Qaeda
b) The passage of resolution to arrest Osama bin Laden
c) Creation of the Counter-Terrorism Committee
d) Support for the ‘War on Terror’
e) None of the above.

Higher Education

Global Politics: Chapter Thirteen