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Global Terrorism

Subjects : literacy, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. How many people were arrested due to the New York protests on saturday?






2. We care because we have gotten threats from AQAP - and even acts such as these 2 terror attacks.






3. The US provided yemen with ___ and ____ - but they kept AQ at bay.






4. Revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occuring in the Arab world.






5. Some of the spaces AQ currently is in are ____






6. To set oneself' on fire






7. The arab world's most poverished country.






8. How many people of the world live on less than 2$ a day?






9. This man took over before Saleh re-returned.






10. ___ planes bombed city attacks.






11. What fraction of the population of Yeme in going hungry?






12. They have lost control in some cities - so these people had to take over.






13. What 2 countries is the Haqqani Network in?






14. Where were the protestors in New York arrested?






15. What 3 cities have major clashes in Yemen been?






16. Who was also killed along with Al Awlaki?






17. They have lost control in some cities - so these people had to take over.






18. Some of the spaces AQ currently is in are ____






19. Where were the protestors in New York arrested?






20. AQ wants the west to go ___






21. Al Qaeda has changed in two ways: More ______ into _____ - went for ____ and ______ attacks.






22. Grievences of the middle east






23. Increasing global connectedness through rapid commmunication and transport.






24. The new leaders of Al Qaeda went for _____.






25. Yeme is worried about ___ due to ___ ports.






26. The US owns __ trillion dollars of this wealth.






27. In what other cities have the protests in New York caused?






28. 3 terror groups that have targeted the US the most are...






29. President of Yemen






30. AQ wants the west to go ___






31. To wear the other side down






32. Al Qaeda has changed in two ways: More ______ into _____ - went for ____ and ______ attacks.






33. In the 1980s the US moved to expand free market ___ within the ___ system






34. What fraction of the population of Yeme in going hungry?






35. What is yemen scarce on?






36. Yeme is worried about ___ due to ___ ports.






37. The ____ has made a deal to persuade ___ to step down even after 3 decades.






38. The US provided yemen with ___ and ____ - but they kept AQ at bay.






39. The group in Mali - Mauretania and Niger - forges links with other groups like Boko Haram






40. What 2 countries is the Haqqani Network in?






41. Grievences of the middle east






42. Old warriors who were based in Afghanistan and Pakistan that had been left over from Mujahadeem - traced back to OBL






43. Current Head of Al Qaeda






44. What killed Al Awlaki?






45. The group in Mali - Mauretania and Niger - forges links with other groups like Boko Haram






46. What 3 countries have rules been kicked out?






47. In the 1980s the US moved to expand free market ___ within the ___ system






48. The person that was killed along with Al Awlaki was the publisher of a terrorist magazine called ___.






49. Old warriors who were based in Afghanistan and Pakistan that had been left over from Mujahadeem - traced back to OBL






50. What killed Al Awlaki?