PS 204 Chapter 7

Which of the following statements about the relationships between regime type, terrorism and revolution is accurate?

Both revolution and terrorism are less likely to arise under democratic regimes.

Which of the following best represents the relationship between fundamentalism and political violence?

Extreme forms of fundamentalism may use violence, but it is a mistake to associate fundamentalism directly with violence.

The modern concepts of revolution and terrorism can be first traced back to which important modern event?

French Revolution

Which of the following statements about revolutions and their results is accurate?

Ideational factors typically play little to no role in the successful institutionalization of revolutionary regimes.

Which of the following statements about the concept of "cosmic war" is accurate?

It is sometimes bound up with religious belief but is often espoused by secular terrorist groups.

Which of the following is true of differing explanations for political violence?

Most political scientists attempt to form a unified theory of political violence that incorporates different explanations equally.

In which of the following ways does a coup d'état differ from a revolution?

Regime change is much more likely.

Which of the following best characterizes the relationship between revolution and violence?

Revolutions are most often violent, though some argue that nonviolent revolutions have occurred.

In which of the following ways must the study of terrorism necessarily differ from the study of revolutions?

There is less focus on outcomes.

In which of the following ways do institutional explanations of political violence differ from ideational explanations?

They tend to be more particularistic.

Some warn that too much centralized power to fight terrorism could lead to:

a surveillance state.

Nihilism is in large part a belief that all institutions and values:

are essentially meaningless.

Which of the following is widely believed to involve (or have involved) state-sponsored terrorism?

fighting over the Indian province of Kashmir

Which of the following could be categorized as an individual explanation for political violence?

humiliation

The people of Country X experienced over the course of the last decade a slight expansion of their rights and economic conditions—women's suffrage was expanded, more political parties were allowed to form, and per capita income increased slightly. A large middle class began to desire a continuation of this trend toward full democracy, yet the illiberal regime in power refused to enact additional reforms at the pace the people desired. Opposition groups formed and a popular, violent revolution began against the state. What category of explanation would this overall process best fit into?

ideational

States most often engage in state-sponsored terrorism as a means of:

influencing foreign policy.

It has been argued that the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution are examples of which model of revolution?

relative deprivation model

Individual-focused studies of terrorism, noting in part the emphasis on community and purity of cause, have drawn comparisons between terrorist groups and:

religious cults.

The statement "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter":

runs against a core purpose of political science, which is to define terms objectively.

In the third phase of their evolution, such as in the work of Theda Skocpol, studies of revolutions have:

shifted their emphasis from the public to the state.

Terrorism can be defined as:

the use of violence by nonstate actors against civilians in order to achieve a political goal.

Guerrilla war can be defined as:

the use of violence by nonstate actors who accept the traditional rules of war and target the state in order to achieve a political goal.

War crimes and human rights abuses can be defined as:

the use of violence by states against civilians in order to achieve a political goal.

Studies of the relationship between economic conditions and terrorism find that:

there is not a strong correlation between economic deprivation and terrorism.

Political violence is defined as:

violence outside of state control that is politically motivated.