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Heinzen wrote a series of articles, providing hints on how this new form of tyrannicide might take place, writing these suggestions as fictional newspaper reports of anticipated future terrorist killings.  What does the SECOND article focus on?

In his lecture, Hoffman mentioned that over the years, as early as 2001, radical leaders encouraged their followers to “attack the infidels in their own homelands” if they couldn’t join the caliphate. Why did Hoffman say this took until 2014 to take hold as a method of terror around the world?

According to Brigitte Nacos, how did Margaret Thatcher describe news coverage for terrorism?

Which region tends to have the most fatalities from terrorism-related attacks over time?

What terrorist tactics is the 1970s mostly known for?

What was the slogan used by the Weathermen during the Chicago “Days of Rage” in October 1969?

From the Hoffman text, Chapter 8: “Even when terrorists’ actions are not as deliberate or discriminating, and when their purpose is in fact to kill innocents civilians, the target is still regarded as ______ because it represents the terrorists’ defined ________.”

What was the significance of the Munich Massacre? Check all that apply.

What is NOT one of the terrorist “do and don’ts” from the Hoffman text, Chapter 8, that was a part of the al-Qaeda evidence retrieved in the Afghanistan training camps that amounted to “Tips for the Traveling Terrorist” to avoid attracting attention by Westerners?

Match the following terms to their definitions (according to the Hoffman textbook).