The use of threat or violence to subjugate others, usually for political purposes, is known as __________.
a. fear-mongering
b. warfare
c. terrorism
d. harassment
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What is one of the major differences between common criminals and terrorists?
a. Criminals rarely take public credit for their activities.
b. Terrorists have higher motives than simple criminals.
c. Criminals are often praised by others in their group.
d. Terrorists make less money than criminals.
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Most researchers agree that terrorism involves the threat or use of violence against __________.
a. politicians
b. police
c. soldiers
d. civilians
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What do some anthropologists believe influences whether ethnic relations will become violent?
a. the absence of strong unifying interests
b. obvious differences in clothing or physical features
c. language differences between the two groups
d. the predominance of one group in leadership roles
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What did Mary Kay Gilliland discover in her ethnographic work in Croatia?
a. Social inequalities between Croats and Serbs had been growing for years.
b. Croat nationalism had already been a subtle presence for a few decades.
c. There was little concern for ethnic differences, and mixed marriages were common.
d. Yugoslavia was willing to allow Croatia to secede peacefully, with some conditions.
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In addition to encouraging the emergence of democratic governments, what else would minimize the risk of war?
a. creating nongovernment organizations to cover larger geographic regions
b. encouraging nations to be more economically independent
c. giving more power to transnational groups like the United Nations
d. producing more food and ensuring more equal distribution
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Which of the following statements is true of participatory political systems?
a. They rarely go to war with each other but are more warlike in general.
b. They rarely go to war with each other and are less warlike in general.
c. They frequently go to war with each other and are more warlike in general.
d. They frequently go to war with each other but are less warlike in general.
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Throughout history, nations with which type of political system rarely go to war against each other?
a. totalitarian dictatorships
b. participatory democracies
c. monarchies
d. fascist dictatorships
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Which of these nations was forbidden to join in the international arms race after World War II, and has thrived economically as a result?
a. the United States
b. Japan
c. France
d. Poland
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According to some commentators, the decision in 1991 to go to war with Iraq after it invaded Kuwait fits what theory of war?
a. threat-to-resources
b. religious-conflict
c. colonial-conquest
d. fear-of-disaster
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