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MASARYK UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN STUDIES
MVZ 203 / 448
Terrorism, Political Violence, & the Law
Spring 2010
Final Examination Study Guide
Date of Exam: Wednesday, May 26th
, 8-9:30 am OR Friday, June 4th
, 8-9:30 am
NOTE THE EXAM ROOM: U43 FSS
Terms & Concepts From Lectures & Course Materials: You will define terms and concepts
drawn from our lectures and discussions. You should have reviewed and studied ALL
materials placed on reserve for the class. You should have reviewed and studied the MIDTERM
review sheet and your exam. The material covered will include supplemental materials such as
articles by Pape, Tucker, The Geneva Convention, Fatwas issued by OBL, etc. and the
“Backgrounder” materials. THUS, you should review material from both BEFORE the midterm
and SINCE the midterm.
Lecture Terms: You will define terms drawn from our principal texts, Hoffman’s Inside
Terrorism, Sageman’s Leaderless Jihad and the Final Report of the 9/11 Commission. To be
prepared, you should be comfortable writing a few sentences for each of the following (define
the term, explain why it is relevant for terrorism studies, and provide an example):
1) Twelve Mechanisms of Radicalization
2) The EQ of Terrorism
3) Jerrold Post & Terrorism
4) Beliefs & Misconceptions of Terror
5) Borum on Reasons for Radicalization
6) What Happens to Brain With Fear
7) Limits of Psychological Approach
8) Terrorism as Goal-Directed Behavior
9) Terror Groups as Credible Actors
10) Macro Level Motivations for Actors
11) Case of the NWLF 1970s
12) Case of Madrid 2004
13) Ted Gurr on Group Terror Dynamics
14) Models for Terror Groups, Pre-911
15) Models for Groups, Post-9/11
16) Terror Group Size vs. Functionality
17) Models for Terror Networks
18) Suicide Bombings, IEDs/VBIEDs
19) Examples of Terror Symbols & Use
20) Rand 2008; How Terror Groups End
21) ‘Old’ & ‘New” Terrorism Revisited
22) Management of “New” Terrorism
23) Challenges of Management / Concerns
24) 05 May: Suicide Terrorism; Case Study
of Bombings – LTTE & Israel
25) 12 May: Terrorism Symbols & Signs
26) 19 May: Trajectory of Terrorism / Al
Qaeda / Final Exam Study Sheet
released
27) Title 22, US Code
28) CHAPTER 3, 9/11 Commission Report
29) Countries designated “State Sponsors of
Terrorism” according to DOS, 2005