Exam 10: Understanding War and Terrorism

Terrorism caused globalization.

Miguel reads the newspaper every day. He understands that terrorism is a large social problem in the world today. He also knows that the statistics show that he has much greater chance of being a gun victim rather than a victim of a terrorist attack. Still, knowing this, he feels that the number one priority of his government should be counterterrorism. Miguel's opinion has been colored by ______.

Carver Industries develops and constructs weapons, body armor, and bomb detection equipment. They are a huge customer of the steel industry as well as the IT industry. Their business goes up whenever there is political talk of war and terrorism. Not only does Carver Industries benefit but so do all the companies that supply them with the raw materials. Explain the "permanent war economy" and its relation to the "power elite" in this example.

Tucker notices that some of the formatting in his emails is different from how he sent them when his partner shows the emails to him. He had sent the emails while on a business trip to the Middle East. He wonders if any of his other records are being looked at or scrutinized regarding his business trip. He understands that this is all legal due to the ______.

War does not allow for societies to reorder themselves or change the structure internally.