Types of terrorism

Question 1

Nationalist Terrorism

Answer 1

terrorism with the aim of achieving statehood

Question 2

Revolutionary Terrorism

Answer 2

seek to completely abolish a political system and replace it with new structures

Question 3

Subrevolutionary terrorism

Answer 3

does not aim to overthrow an existing regime but to modify its structure

Question 4

Establishment terrorism (i.e. state-sponsored terrorism)

Answer 4

terrorism employed by the government of factions within the government against its own citizens, factions within the government, or foreign governments and groups

Question 5

According to Bruce Hoffman, what are the three core characteristics of religiously-inspired terrorism

Answer 5

1. Function: Transcendental rather than political (terror is a direct response to theological imperative)
2. Goal: Elimination of broad categories of enemies
3. Constituency: No appeal to any other constituency than themselves

Question 6

Anarchism terrorism

Answer 6

aims to eliminate the government so that communities can flourish

Question 7

Religiously inspired terrorism

Answer 7

terrorism that is motivated by religion

Question 8

Four main types of terrorism

Answer 8

1. Anarchism
2. Nationalist
3. Revolutionary
4. Religiously - inspired