Question 1

_________ organizations are composed of a large number of members who are located in rural areas .

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Guerilla

Question 2

ELF is an example of a left-leaning _______________ group committed to the protection of the environment.

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domestic terrorist

Question 3

As the only crime contained therein, the U.S. Constitution defines _________ as levying war against the United States or "… adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort."

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treason

Question 4

__________________involves a breach of public trust and/or abuse of position by government officials and their private-sector accomplices .

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Question 5

The first organized terrorist activities were committed by members of minority _________ groups .

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Question 6

If the goal of a political criminal is ______, he or she conceals conventional criminal motivations behind a mask of conviction and altruism.

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Question 7

When spying involves corporations and the bribing of employees to reveal trade secrets, the crime is referred to as __________________.

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Question 8

___________________ terrorists  use violence to frighten those in power and their supporters in order to replace the existing government with a regime that holds acceptable political or religious views.

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Question 9

An international, fundamentalist Islamist organization known as _____________________ is comprised of independent and collaborative cells whose goal is reducing Western influence on Islamic affairs.

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Question 10

The term __________________ is used to signify illegal acts that are designed to undermine an existing government and threaten its survival.

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Question 11

__________________is illegal interference with the process of an election .

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Question 12

The Aryan Nation, the Posse Comitatus, and the Ku Klux Klan are all examples of _______________________ terrorist groups.

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Question 13

Terrorists have a(n) ________ focus and tend to operate in small bands.

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Question 14

__________________ are perpetrated by state authorities against the people they are supposed to serve.

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Question 15

The __________________ is sometimes used to justify torture and prevent another attack .

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Question 16

The use of _________________ is controversial because there seems to be no agreement on whether it is torture or a relatively harmless instrument of interrogation .

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Question 17

If someone engages in the crime of _________, that person obtains information about a government, organization, or society that is considered secret or confidential and does so without the permission of the holder of the information.

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Question 18

The motivations behind political crimes may stem from _________ or _________ sources.

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Question 19

Since the end of _______, terrorism has accelerated its development into a major component of contemporary conflict.

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Question 20

Some political criminals are motivated by altruism or _________. They truly believe their crimes will benefit society and are willing to violate the law and risk punishment in order to achieve what they view as social improvement .

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Quiz 11: Political Crime and Terrorism

_________ organizations are composed of a large number of members who are located in rural areas .