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The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) operates in _____ and Europe.
a. Kuwait
b. Afghanistan
c. Greece
d. Turkey
The _____ is an organization of 54 African states to promote peace, security, and economic development.
a. Transnational Government
b. Islamic Courts Union
c. African Union
d. Freedom Congress
The Mau Mau rebellion occurred in _____.
a. Algeria
b. Kenya
c. Côte d'Ivoire
d. Sudan
The _____ are an ethnic group inhabiting northern Iraq, southern Turkey, and northern Iran.
a. Kurds
b. Serbs
c. Tamils
d. Chechens
Which country is best characterized as being composed of separate religions and cultures, with no common traditions?
a. Turkey
b. Greece
c. Liberia
d. Nigeria
The most violent area of Nigeria is in the most southern part of the north, which is _____.
a. subject to multiple cultural and religious influences
b. controlled by insurgents who subscribe to the predominant religion
c. largely inaccessible and lacking natural resources
d. under the control of a revolutionary group with a socialist agenda
The Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (National Organization of Cypriot Fighters, EOKA) was created by Georgios Grivas to regain control of Cyprus from _____.
a. Britain
b. France
c. Germany
d. Greece
Nigeria has tremendous oil and gas reserves, but _____.
a. insurgents have destroyed most of that infrastructure
b. the wealth is controlled by small groups of rival political elites
c. international embargos make sales virtually impossible
d. they can only be accessed in remote areas under the control of rebels
Boko Haram is one of the most militant ____ groups in the world.
a. Sunni
b. Shia
c. Sufi
d. Salafi
In 1995, the PKK began using the rhetoric of _____.
a. Mao
b. Islam
c. Christian fundamentalism
d. Western capitalism
Much of the strife in China's Xinjiang region can be attributed not only to religious differences but also to the desire to control the area's _____.
a. oil and gas reserves
b. financial centers
c. tourism industry
d. gold mines
The _____, a heavy bladed machete used in agricultural work, was the favored weapon of the Mau Mau rebels.
a. panga
b. scythe
c. sickle
d. skiver
The indiscriminant bombing, sabotage, and random assassination tactics used by the FLN against French outposts are referred to as _____ terrorism.
a. endemic
b. broad
c. nonspecific
d. blind
Which event after the end of WWII is associated with the formation of a nationalistic terror group in Cyprus?
a. France withdrew from Morocco and Tunisia.
b. The United Kingdom established Middle East military headquarters in Cyprus.
c. A new British policy aimed to keep Greek and Turkish populations equal in number.
d. Britain sided with the Turks in Cyprus.
According to Bouchat, the root cause of the instability in Nigeria is the manipulation of _____ for political and economic advantages.
a. cultural differences
b. religion
c. tribal loyalties
d. race
The Peoples' Republic of China has been fueling _____ hostility by seeking to force ethnic Turkmen in the Xinxiang region to accept Chinese immigration and domination.
a. Utsul
b. Hui
c. Hmong
d. Uighar
The Uighars are ethnic Turkmen, mostly Sufi Muslims, who have lived in and governed parts of China's _____ province for 200 years.
a. Xinjiang
b. Shanghai
c. Hunan
d. Beijing
The Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) was a violent revolutionary group seeking to regain control of Algiers from _____.
a. France
b. Turkey
c. Spain
d. Russia
In early operations, the FLN used women _____.
a. to carry weapons and communiqués
b. as suicide bombers
c. in traditional domestic roles
d. as decoys to distract security forces
The Sikhs' most sacred site is _____.
a. the Wailing Wall
b. the Temple Mount
c. the Golden Temple
d. Angkor Wat
Sikh Separatists hope to create an independent state in the Indian province of _____.
a. Bengal
b. Punjab
c. Kerala
d. Orissa
According to French military officer, David Galula, nationalistic terrorism is best defeated _____.
a. through a political solution that diffuses tensions
b. by withdrawing military forces to avoid escalating violence
c. through military means alone, applied with ruthlessnessterm-22
d. by demanding an immediate cessation of hostilities
The term _____ terrorism is used by J. Bowyer Bell to describe violence that results from the process of colonization and then decolonization.
a. endemic
b. broad
c. nonspecific
d. blind
The ideas of Boko Haram date to 1995, when a number of Nigerians grew disgruntled with ideas from _____.
a. Christian missionaries
b. the leftist government
c. tribal leaders
d. secular education
Boko Haram morphed into a formal movement under the leadership of _____, an anti-intellectual who rejected modernity and science.
a. Abdullah Ocalan
b. Mohammed Yusuf
c. Habib Akdas
d. Mustafa Kemal
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