PSC 203 Exam 3 Study Guide

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Nationalism that motivates people to commit political violence would be most consistent with which explanation?

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ideational

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Political violence is defined as

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politically motivated violence outside of state control.

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Which of the following could be categorized as an individual explanation for political violence? nationalism, humiliation, fundamentalism, institutions resistant to participation

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humiliation

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War crimes and human rights violations can be defined as

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

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Terrorism can be best defined as the

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use of violence by nonstate actors against civilians in order to achieve a political goal.

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

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are essentially meaningless.

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Which of the following best describes the relationship between authoritarianism and terrorism? Authoritarian regimes are less likely to foster terrorism and are more capable of repressing domestic terrorism.

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Authoritarian regimes are less likely to foster terrorism and are more capable of repressing domestic terrorism.

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The individual primarily associated with the original articulation of the political theory of communism is

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Karl Marx.

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Lenin’s term for the group of people who would need to carry out revolution in a less advanced country is the

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vanguard of the proletariat.

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What was shock therapy?

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a series of proposed economic reforms that would convert postcommunist countries rapidly over to a free market system