Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Since the death of Bin Laden in 2011, the danger from Al-Queda has in some ways become harder to deal with as it has become more of an ideology.
2. Family commitments have clearly prevented individuals from embracing jihad. Getting married and settling down is a significant factor in explaining desistance from crime in general.
3. Terrorist groups may emerge in poverty stricken countries, but their motives always extend beyond the fact that young men cannot find any alternatives to employment.
4. Most economic factors seem unhelpful in predicting terrorism, but uneven economic development is one difference between the Ivory Coast and Somalia.
5. The history of a country may also be influential. In, Chelli Plummer’s, “Failed States and Connections to Terrorist Activity”, he did not test it but claims it would be worth looking into.


1. True
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. True

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