University of California, Davis

SAS 7V

Midterm 1

1)A sudden, unconstitutional deposition of a legitimate government by a small group of the state establishment (military) to replace the deposed government by another is a/an                                                     .

2. Roughly how many people were killed in the 9/11 attacks?

3. People who agree with the goals of a terrorist group, help spread ideas, and provide money and other support are the:
4. Which one of the following is NOT one of the “twin realities” that Richard English considers when situating terrorism as a subspecies of warfare?
5. Which of the following would be associated with an atavistic state?
6. Buddism is consider a/an       religion.
7. According to Phillip Bobbitt, one reason that Saddam Hussein was especially dangerous was because he was especially                               .
8. According to Phillip Bobbitt the world is changing form a collection of nation states to collection of             .
9. According to Max Boot (interview on book “Invisible Armies”), which country was the U.S. rela­ tively at creating a legitimate government from scratch?
10. According to Max Boot (interview on book “Invisible Armies”), more people were killed in the 9/11 attacks than in the Pearl Harbor attacks.
11. Pinker’s explanation that a state with monopoly on violence can reduce the temptation of attack would fall under which of the four categories he presented?
12. The Age of Networks is best characterized by:
13. The Age of Deterrence is characterized by:
14. What did Dr. Blanken mean by “licking through a hard candy shell”?
15. Which of the following is NOT a “legal school” of the Shia branch of Islam?
16. The main branch/legal school of Islam in Syria is                .
17. The main branch/legal school of Islam in Iraq is               .
18. Which group’s name means “Western Education is Forbidden”?

19. A Southeast Asian terrorist group with its roots in Darul Islam and that advocates the establish­ ment of Sunni Islamic law in Indonesia is                            .
20. Lashkar­e­Tayyiba is the armed wing of the            ­ based religious organization.
21. During the European Middle Ages cruelty                                             .
22. Breach loading weapons and interchangeable parts changed warfare because              .
23. In the Age of National Mass Warfare (1648­mid 19th century) why could men join the armed forces?
24. In the Age of Networks, according to Dr. Blacken, modern technology allows for which of the fol­ lowing combinations for small groups to gain power?
25. Which country is primarily Sunni Muslim?
26. Which branch of Islam believes that only the prophet Muhammad’s descendants should become caliph?
27. The jihadist terrorist group al­Shabaab is based in which country?
28. Apprehension and extrajudicial transfer of a person for one state to another is referred to as:
29. Victor Hanson reasons that modern governments not want to use traditional Western conven­ tional warfare because                                      .
30. The Holocaust of the European Jews was considered “unique” in comparison to other geno­ cides due to:
31. All of the following acts were excluded from the 1948 UN Convention as “Genocide” except       .
32. Islamism is considered a/an          religion.
33. Sunni Muslims believe that the Mahdi, or the “Rightfully Guided One” is yet to come to Earth and make his presence felt.
34. In John Arquilla’s article on the military budget boondoggles, how many fighter places have been shot down by the enemy in the last 40 years.?
35. According to T.X. Hammes (Future of Conflict), war is                   in frequency and/but is                 
36. in duration.

37. According to T.X. Hammes (Future of Conflict), which country has used “little green men” as surrogates to keep their own forces off the battlefield?
38. The Mother of All Bombs shown exploding in one of the assigned videos was dropped in             .
39. In the context of the friendly fire incident involving two Black Hawks shot down in the friendly fir incident in northern Iraq in 1994, the slow, uncoupling of practice from the written procedure was referred to as:
40. The next generation advances in military industrialized complex will be           .
41. Which of the following lists the stages of genocide in the correct order?
42. An Arabic term for holy war is       .
43. In John Arquilla’s article on the military budget boondoggles, which of the following is concerned with “hitting a bullet with a bullet”?
44. According to T.X. Hammes (Future of Conflict), Rutgers University engineers developed a “glider drone” capable of crossing underwater                       .
45. According to T.X. Hammes (Future of Conflict), the number of Americans killed every         is roughly the same number as those that died in the 9/11 twin towers attack.
46. In the video ISIS drones, how many soldiers appeared to be harmed and need assistance?
47. There are several important ways in which war is distinguished from other types of violence, one of these criteria is                        .
48. An interstate war mentioned by professor Maoz in his lecture on “Is war declining” was              .
49. According to Prof. Maoz, one theory on why was is declining is because             .
50. Parag Khanna (TED talk) made a point to identity a country in the greater European which was the least connected. Which country was this?
51. According to Parag Khanna (TED talk) which city is the largest in Africa and has plans for a vast rail network?
52. In his interview at Stanford’s Hoover Institute, General James (Jim) Mattis’s response to a ques­ tion about budget increases for the military felt that which branch should receive a larger slice due to the rise of China militarily?

53. In his interview at Stanford Hoover Institute, General James (Jim) Mattis’s view was that the fun­ damental nature of war has changed over the years.
54. According to Kim Cragin (Countering Terrorism in Charting a Course), after attacks in Paris and Brussels it became increasingly obvious that which terrorist group posed the greatest threat to North America, Western European and Australia?
55. In the scenario leading to war, which country retained persons who held a joint U.S. citizenships (from Foreign Affairs article “A vision of Trump at war” by Philp Gordon)?
56. Which U.S. president proposed the “Mad Man” theory (from Foreign Affairs article “A vision of Trump at war” by Philip Gordon)?
57. According to Prof. Maoz most historically have been fought over            .
58. According to Prof. Maoz, which type of war is related to “gang warfare”?
59. War is a norm that is becoming obsolete, Zeev Maoz compares this to            .
60. According to Parag Khanna (TED talk), the world’s largest megacity is now located in which country/region?
61. According to Parag Khanna (TED talk) which world region is in the lead for building infrastruc­ ture?
62. In his interview at Stanford’s Hoover Institute, General James (Jim) Mattis noted that since WW II there have been five major conflicts, four of which did not end well. Which one was the out­ lier?
63. In his interview at Stanford’s Hoover Institute, General James (Jim) Mattis’s view was that the fundamental nature of war has changed over the years.
64. According to Kim Cragin (Countering Terrorism in Charting a Course), a small (750 to several thousand), transregional terrorist network based in Pakistan that might pose a threat to the U.S. in the future is       .
65. In the “Trump at war” scenarios, which country’s 25 sailors were killed by the U.S. when their patrol boat aggressively approached a U.S. cruiser (from Foreign Affairs article “A vision of Trump at war” by Philip Gordon)?
66. While campaigning President Trump stated that “We can't continue to allow            to rape our country (from Foreign Affairs article “A vision of Trump at war” by Philip Gordon). Which country was he referring to?

67. According to Maurice Greenberg author of “Trends in U.S. Military Spending”, even though U.S. accounts for 22% of the world’s GDP and only 4% of the world’s population, the U.S. accounts
68. % of the world’s military spending.
69. According to Maurice Greenberg, author of “Trends in U.S. Military Spending”, what percentage of military payroll outlays goes to retired military pay?
70. Of the                                                     detainees, at least        were wrongfully held (from CIA Torture report).
71. Fog of War: What historical figure or event did McNamera use to illustrate his lesson: “In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil’?
72. In Fog of War we learned the Robert McNamara’s middle name was              .
73. From Fog of War: Which of the following countries were allies of the U.S. in the Vietnam War?
74. In Chapter 4 authored by Michael Meese (The American Defense Budget 2017­2020), a pie chart revealed that about                     the fiscal year 2017 federal spending was discretionary.
75. A fact presented in Chapter 4 by Michael Meese (The American Defense Budget 2017­2020), was that the U.S. defense budget was larger than the next                      nations combined.
76. According to Maurice Greenberg, author of “Trends in U.S. Military Spending”, U.S defense in recent years (i.e. 2009 to 2012) is in the neighborhood of                      % of GDP.

77. From Fog of War: Agent orange             .
78. From Fog of War: When Fidel Castro was asked by Robert McNamara about Soviet Union’s nu­ clear weapons he noted that he was aware they were on the island and/but he recommended
79. their use.
80. The Contra rebels in Nicaragua were attempting to overthrow of the Sandinista government of what Nicaraguan president (who as of 2006 has returned to power)?
81. The September 6th 1970 hijackings that led to three airlines being blown up Jordan and Egypt were carried out by                 .
82. According to Peter Neumann (Negotiating with terrorists) concerning the “how in negotiations pointed out that a negotiator at Camp David for the Israeli government argued that, not only should primary concessions be discussed (i.e. stated demands), but secondary concessions as well. What was this secondary concession?
83. Which major U.S. company was attacked by the WannaCry ransomware?
84. The artistic representation of characters is          .

85. According to Joseph Nye, whereas the U.S. is the 4th most competitive economy in the world, China is the                       ?
86. Joseph Nye discussed the importance of context for power noting the hypothetic at where State A has 10,000 tanks and State B has 1,000 tanks. Clearly in a desert battle State A would likely have superior power. In what context did he note that this power superiority might not hold?
87. Joseph Nye used the concept ‘rise of the rest’ in the context of the decline of the U.S. This would be an example of                         decline.
88. Joesph Nye felt that it was highly likely that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would be charged with                                       .
89. According to Barry and Lindley­French in their chapter on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (in Charting a Course), there are                                formal partner countries in NATO.

90. According to Barry and Lindley­French in their chapter on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (in Charting a Course), Europe is “free riding” in NATO.
91. According to Joseph Nye, the Second Face of Power is           .
92. A combination of hard and soft power is or has been referred to as       .
93. According to Barry and Lindley­French in their chapter on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (in Charting a Course), NATO has                                  member countries.
94. According to Barry and Lindley­French in their chapter on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (in Charting a Course), “Full­spectrum deterrence” refers to                                      .
95. Intimidation of political opponents by the government during the French revolution would be considered      terrorism.
96. People who agree with the goals of a terrorist group, help spread ideas, and provide money and other support are the: .
97. Suppose a military attack killed both soldiers and non­soldiers such as family members, custodi­ ans, and teachers. In defining terrorism, Richard English would consider this as a problem con­ cerned with           .
98. According to Philip Bobbitt, in theory it would be technically possible to disarm North Korea.
99. Professor Bobbitt noted that if the 4th hijacked plane that crashed in a Pennsylvania field had hit the Capital Building, its target, and spilled fiery jet fuel into the building during roll call the morn­ ing, a large fraction of the legislative leadership would have been killed. Had that happened what was his concern outside of the tragic loss of life?