Terrorism test 1

Social construct

The way people view reality. Groups construct a frame work around a concept defining carious aspects of their lives through the meanings they attribute to the construct.

Academic consensus definition

Combines common elements of the definitions used by leading scholars in the field of terrorism.

Selective terrorism

A term used by Michael Collins during the irish war of independence, Collins did not launch indiscriminate terror attacks. Ratherhe selectively targeted the british military

Nidal Malik Hason

American soldier of Palestinian descent. Hasan was a U.S Army psychiatrist who became self- radicalized. Went on a shooting spree in for hood texas.

Group target

A collection of a particular people who are attacked by terrorist simply because they belong to a particular group.

Reign of terror

The revolutionary government accused thousands of french nobles and clergy of plotting to restore the monarchy

Radical democrats

Sought a more equitable distribution of wealth throughout all economic classes.

Socialist

Radical democrats who sought wealth equality in capitalist societies.

Communist

Socialist who believed in a strong centralized economy controlled by a strong central government.

Joseph Stalin

Dictator who succeeded Lenin

Vladimir Lenin

Led the communist in a civil war and set up a dictatorship to enforce communist party rule in Russia.