Comparative Government Chapter 7

Revolution is most accurately defined as:

A public seizure of the state in order to overturn the existing government and regime.

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

A surveillance state

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

Are essentially meaningless

In terms of achieving their stated long-term outcomes, terrorists:

Are usually unsuccessful

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.

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

Elites are the agent of change.

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.

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

Fighting over the Indian province of Kashmir

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

French Revolution

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

Influencing foreign policy

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

It is often bound up with political conspiracy theories.

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.

When looking at terrorists' backgrounds, we find that they:

Often come from educated backgrounds

The people of Country X.......

Relative deprivation

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, nothing in part the emphasis on community and purity of cause, have drawn comparisons between terrorist groups and:

Religious cults

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.

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

Revolutions often result in less freedom and equality.

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.

Guerrila 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 humans rights abuses can be defined as:

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

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

There is less focus on outcomes.

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

There is not a strong correlation between economic deprivation and terrorism

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

They tend to be more particularistic.

The 1989 revolutions in Eastern Europe, with the exception of Romania, serve as an example of revolutions:

With very limited or no violence.

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

humiliation

What type of explanation for political violence can essentially be seen as a quest for a "root source" for violence?

institutional

Political violence is defined as:

violence outside of state control that is politically motivated.