Test Bank: Terrorism & Homeland Security
Chapter 1— Defining Terrorism in Modern History
TRUE/FALSE
1. Terrorism is considered a violation of law in all nations.
ANS: F REF: p. 4 OBJ: 1
2. The Taliban and al Qaeda are one and the same organization.
ANS: F REF: p. 5 OBJ: 2
3. Theology gained greater appreciation by the masses during the Enlightenment.
ANS: F REF: p. 6 OBJ: 3
4. Terrorism came into existence during the American Revolution.
ANS: F REF: p. 6 - 10 OBJ: 3, 4, and 5
5. The French Revolution was much more violent than the American Revolution.
ANS: T REF: p. 6 - 10 OBJ: 4
6. Terrorist attacks occur more frequently in democracies than in countries with any
other form of government.
,ANS: T REF: p. 7 OBJ: 3
7. Guerilla warfare originated in Spain.
ANS: F REF: p. 5 and 9 OBJ: 4
8. European capitalists of the 1800s opposed all forms of socialism and anarchy.
ANS: T REF: p. 10 OBJ: 3 and 6
9. Modern terrorism surfaced with violent anarchists in the late 1800s.
ANS: T REF: p. 5 and 10 OBJ: 4 and 5
10. German born immigrant Most’s philosophy of the bomb is a call for violence to
produce
change in government.
ANS: T REF: p. 13 OBJ: 7 and 8
11. The definition of terrorism fluctuates according to the interests of the group defining the
term.
ANS: T REF: p. 5 and 17 OBJ: 1
12. Russia was the site of The Easter Rising of 1916.
,ANS: F REF: p. 22 OBJ: 8
13. Guerilla tactics were used throughout the Napoleonic Wars.
ANS: T REF: p. 5 OBJ: 4
14. European governments and capitalists came to fear class revolution as a series
of uprising swept across Europe in 1848.
ANS: T REF: p. 25 OBJ: 3, 4, 5, and 7
15. David Bell believes that total war began with the 1789 French Revolution.
ANS: T REF: p. 26 OBJ: 5
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. “Selective terrorism” as strategy was developed by __________.
a. Michael Collins of the IRA
b. Karl Marx
c. Karl Heinzen
d. Peter Prokoptin
ANS: a REF: p. 1 - 5 OBJ: 8, 9
, 2. The violence of the French Revolutionary period is colloquially known as _______.
a. Bloody Sunday
b. The Reign of Terror
c. The Rule
d. Black October
ANS: b REF: p. 8 - 9 OBJ: 3, 4, 5
3. __________ do not support centralized control of the economy.
a. Communists
b. Socialists
c. Anarchists
d. Capitalists
ANS: c REF: p. 10 - 13 OBJ: 6
4. The Irish Republican Army (IRA) developed out of a __________ desire.
a. Nationalistic
b. Socialistic
c. Economic
d. Capitalistic
ANS: a REF: p. 15 - 16 OBJ: 8
5. Modern terrorism, as defined in the text, surfaced with violent anarchists in the late
_____.
Chapter 1— Defining Terrorism in Modern History
TRUE/FALSE
1. Terrorism is considered a violation of law in all nations.
ANS: F REF: p. 4 OBJ: 1
2. The Taliban and al Qaeda are one and the same organization.
ANS: F REF: p. 5 OBJ: 2
3. Theology gained greater appreciation by the masses during the Enlightenment.
ANS: F REF: p. 6 OBJ: 3
4. Terrorism came into existence during the American Revolution.
ANS: F REF: p. 6 - 10 OBJ: 3, 4, and 5
5. The French Revolution was much more violent than the American Revolution.
ANS: T REF: p. 6 - 10 OBJ: 4
6. Terrorist attacks occur more frequently in democracies than in countries with any
other form of government.
,ANS: T REF: p. 7 OBJ: 3
7. Guerilla warfare originated in Spain.
ANS: F REF: p. 5 and 9 OBJ: 4
8. European capitalists of the 1800s opposed all forms of socialism and anarchy.
ANS: T REF: p. 10 OBJ: 3 and 6
9. Modern terrorism surfaced with violent anarchists in the late 1800s.
ANS: T REF: p. 5 and 10 OBJ: 4 and 5
10. German born immigrant Most’s philosophy of the bomb is a call for violence to
produce
change in government.
ANS: T REF: p. 13 OBJ: 7 and 8
11. The definition of terrorism fluctuates according to the interests of the group defining the
term.
ANS: T REF: p. 5 and 17 OBJ: 1
12. Russia was the site of The Easter Rising of 1916.
,ANS: F REF: p. 22 OBJ: 8
13. Guerilla tactics were used throughout the Napoleonic Wars.
ANS: T REF: p. 5 OBJ: 4
14. European governments and capitalists came to fear class revolution as a series
of uprising swept across Europe in 1848.
ANS: T REF: p. 25 OBJ: 3, 4, 5, and 7
15. David Bell believes that total war began with the 1789 French Revolution.
ANS: T REF: p. 26 OBJ: 5
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. “Selective terrorism” as strategy was developed by __________.
a. Michael Collins of the IRA
b. Karl Marx
c. Karl Heinzen
d. Peter Prokoptin
ANS: a REF: p. 1 - 5 OBJ: 8, 9
, 2. The violence of the French Revolutionary period is colloquially known as _______.
a. Bloody Sunday
b. The Reign of Terror
c. The Rule
d. Black October
ANS: b REF: p. 8 - 9 OBJ: 3, 4, 5
3. __________ do not support centralized control of the economy.
a. Communists
b. Socialists
c. Anarchists
d. Capitalists
ANS: c REF: p. 10 - 13 OBJ: 6
4. The Irish Republican Army (IRA) developed out of a __________ desire.
a. Nationalistic
b. Socialistic
c. Economic
d. Capitalistic
ANS: a REF: p. 15 - 16 OBJ: 8
5. Modern terrorism, as defined in the text, surfaced with violent anarchists in the late
_____.
