INS 3003 Final Test Questions and
Answers All Correct (2024/2025
Update) Graded A+
Who is the state and why is it state threatened - Answer- - state leaders whose policies
don't align w conservative and fundamentalist views
- ex. Anwar Sadat: assassinated in 1981 by a radical jihadist group in Egypt
Who are nationalists and why are they threatened - Answer- - anyone who adheres to
any other individualized identity (Iraqi, Egyptian, Jordanian, etc)
- issue bc there is supposed to be a broader identity of the Ummah
Who are the moderates and why are they threatened - Answer- - majority of people
disagree with extremist teachings and interpretations, don't want militant jihad
- most threatened by terrorist groups
back to the question "why do they hate us" - Answer- not bc of colonialism bc we aren't
a colonial power, but bc of our presence in the Middle East, support of Israel, and global
influence
Why terrorism? - Answer- non-state actor, targeting civilians makes an impact, symbolic
What is asymmetrical warfare - Answer- warfare where belligerents have a significant
discrepancy in military power, so the weaker power uses conventional tactics
What is the objective of asymmetrical warfare - Answer- trying to weaken a power or
force a change in behavior, possible to weaken a smaller force but not likely w US
What is our response to asymmetrical terrorism - Answer- strong response to show you
wont give in, ex. War on Terror
what is the demonstration effect - Answer- idea that developments in one location have
a direct effect on the developments in other locations
who is the audience of the demonstration effect - Answer- their own people, in their
community, sending a message to show they can address their grievances, trying to
gain support from their own people by vilifying Western powers
,what is the objective of the demonstration effect - Answer- recruit support, pain the west
in a bad light
what is our response of the demonstration act - Answer- try to show that we are not that
power that they are making us out to be, show that the terrorists are the people actually
causing damage
what is transnational terrorism - Answer- to extend or operate across national
boundaries, not state specific; money, globalization of transportation, communication,
and info help facilitate terrorism
what happened during the fort hood shooting - Answer- military member opened fire at
fort hood, declared as workplace violence, Hasan went on trial and said he carried out
his attack in the name of islam, military members were not initially allowed to receive
Purple Hearts from this event
what did the 2015 national defense authorization act do - Answer- said that if a
perpetrator was in contact with a known foreign terrorist prior to the attack, military
victims would be eligible for the Purple Heart
what happened with the underwear bomber - Answer- tried to set off a bomb in his
underwear, not a US citizen, mirandized, people thought he should be tried under a
military tribunal or put into a different prison (should he be mirandized or treated as an
enemy combatant)
what is being mirandized mean - Answer- officially putting someone into the US civilian
court system
why do people argue in favor of Guantanamo - Answer- for this type of situation so that
they can't radicalize people in US prison systems
why do people argue against Guantanamo - Answer- human rights violations and not
allowed proper trial there
who was Dzhokhar Tzarnaev and what did he do - Answer- Boston marathon attack,
controversial because he was a nationalized US citizen (should he lose his citizenship if
he commits a terrorist attack)
how does the patriot act define domestic terrorism - Answer- an attempt to intimidate or
coerce a civilian population to influence the policy of a gov by intimidation or coercion,
or to effect the conduct of a gov by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping
does the federal government have a legal charge of domestic terrorism - Answer- no!
that's why McVeigh (OKC) and roof (Charleston) were not convicted as terrorism, but
under other charges
, how can a US citizen be charged with terrorism - Answer- has to be suspected of acting
on behalf of the FTO (foreign terrorist org) list
what is terrorism (and how does it differ from war) - Answer- - non-state entities, no
legitimacy to declare war
- terrorist attacks are not announced
- terrorists do not try to negotiate or use diplomacy
- civilians are their targets of choice so their targets are not legal
what is the just war tradition and what does it entail (Geneva and Hague conventions) -
Answer- - war is legal
- can only be declared by a legitimate gov
- must be declared openly, purpose is so that the state can seek to negotiate or prepare
itself
- war should be the last resort
- only military targets can be intentionally attacked
are terrorists crazy/can we use psychology and criminology to understand them -
Answer- they are rational actors so no!!!!! (even suicide bombers)
what is an example of conventional bombing - Answer- German bombing of Warsaw
targeting their civilian population
what is an example of firebombing - Answer- Brits and US used this against Germany
and Japan (Dresden, Hamburg, Tokyo)
what is a daisy cutter bomb - Answer- dropped by parachute, probe extends and
detonates the bomb before it makes contact to increase impact
what is the MOAB - Answer- mother of all bombs, bunker focused
who created the first tactical nuclear weapon - Answer- Russia
what are tactical nuclear weapons - Answer- smaller weapons that can carry artillery,
can be used on the battlefield with lower impact
what are the reasons we don't use nuclear weapons - Answer- destructiveness,
battlefield utility, they're wrong or immoral
what does Nina Tannenwald refer to as "nuclear taboo" - Answer- crossing a line of
what's acceptable, taboo to even threaten to use nuclear weapons
what occurred in Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Answer- an atom bomb was used, damage
was comparable to conventional bomb, mushroom cloud, shadows were burned into
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