Understanding Terrorism Quiz # 11

Twelve Words is A rallying slogan for the racial supremacist right wing in the United States. Originally coined by a convicted member of the terrorist group The Order, the Fourteen Words are “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for White children.”

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“Ground Zero”The location in New York City of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It is the site of the World Trade Center’s destroyed Twin Towers and Building 7.

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Kerner Commission is A term used to refer to the presidentially appointed National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, which released a report in 1968 on civil disturbances in the United States.

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Kuclos is A symbol adopted by the Ku Klux Klan consisting of a cross and a teardrop-like symbol enclosed by a circle. Literally, Greek for “circle.”

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Leaderless Resistance is A cell-based strategy of the Patriot and neo-Nazi movements in the United States requiring the formation of “phantom cells” to wage war against the government and enemy interests. Dedicated Patriots and neo-Nazis believe that this strategy will prevent infiltration from federal agencies.

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“Long Hot Winter ” is A term used during the 1960s to describe urban racial tensions that sometimes led to rioting.

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Lynch Mobs are Groups of White American vigilantes who murdered their victims by hanging, burning, or shooting them to death. Most victims of lynching were African Americans. Lynchings were sometimes carried out in a festive atmosphere.

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Military-Industrial Complex is A term first used by President Dwight Eisenhower to describe the potential threat of economic and political dominance by corporate interests.

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Militias are Organized groups of armed citizens who commonly exhibit antigovernment tendencies and subscribe to conspiracy theories. The armed manifestation of the Patriot movement.

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“Mud People” is A derogatory term given to non-Aryans by followers of the Christian Identity movement.

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Nativism is an American cultural nationalism. A cornerstone of Ku Klux Klan ideology.

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New Left is A movement of young leftists during the 1960s who rejected orthodox Marxism and took on the revolutionary theories of Frantz Fanon, Herbert Marcuse, Carlos Marighella, and other new theorists

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New World Order is A right-wing conspiracy theory in the United States claiming the existence of an international plot to create a one-world government.

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“Off The Grid” is A tactic used by hard-core members of the Patriot movement who believe in the New World Order conspiracy theory.

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One-Seedline Christian Identity is A Christian Identity mystical belief that argues that all humans, regardless of race, are descended from Adam. However, only Aryans (defined as certain northern Europeans) are the true elect of God.

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Osawatomie is An underground periodical published by the Weather Underground Organization during the 1970s.

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Phineas Actions are Acts of violence committed by individuals who are “called” to become Phineas Priests. Adherents believe that Phineas Actions will hasten the ascendancy of the Aryan race.

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Port Huron Statement is A document crafted in the United States in 1962 by members of Students for a Democratic Society. It harshly criticized mainstream American values and called for the establishment of a “new left” movement in the United States.

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Prairie Fire is An underground manifesto published by the Weather Underground Organization during the 1970s.

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Racial Holy War (“RaHoWa”) A term given by racial supremacists to a future race war that they believe will inevitably occur in the United States

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Ruby Ridge is An August 1992 incident in Idaho when racial supremacist Randy Weaver and his family were besieged by federal agents for failure to reply to an illegal weapons charge.

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Single-Issue Terrorism is Terrorism that is motivated by a single grievance.

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Survivalism is A philosophy of complete self-sufficiency. Sometimes adopted by those who practice the tactic of going “off the grid.”

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“Truther” Movement is A conspiracy-based movement in the United States that rejects the official account of the events of September 11, 2001.

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The Turner Diaries is A short novel written by National Alliance founder William Pierce under the pseudonym Andrew MacDonald. It depicts an Aryan revolution in the United States and is considered by many neo-Nazis to be a blueprint for the eventual racial holy war.

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Two-Seedline Christian Identity is A Christian Identity mystical belief that rejects the notion that all humans are descended from Adam (see One-Seedline Christian Identity). According to this belief, Eve bore Abel as Adam’s son but bore Cain as the son of the Serpent.

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Naco is The location in Texas of an April 1993 incident in which federal agents besieged the Branch Davidian cult’s compound after a failed attempt in February to serve a search warrant for illegal firearms had ended in the deaths of four federal agents and several cult members.

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Weather Collectives are Groups of supporters of the Weather Underground Organization.

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1st Marine Parachute Infantry Regiment is An elite French unit that is similar to the British Special Air Service and the American Delta Force

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_____ Parachute division is an elite French army unit that can deploy as a quick-reaction force to deal with terrorist threats.

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