What Brought About the End of the Shining Path

question 23

Multiple Choice

What brought about the end of the Shining Path?

• A) The President of Columbia aggressively went after them using the support from Plan Columbia.
• B) The capture of Abimael Guzman on September 12, 1992 along with eight others and his computer that contained their membership roster, organizational structure and weapons caches.
• C) Three of their members were killed when a bomb they were assembling exploded on March 6, 1970.
• D) On April 22, 1997, government antiterrorism experts launched an attack on a residence taken captive by them. Using sophisticated listening devices to track the captor's presence, 140 troops, utilizing five tunnels dug under the residence, surprised and killed all of the captors, with one hostage dying in the attack.

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Definitions:

ATP

Adenosine triphosphate, a nucleotide that serves as the primary energy carrier in cells, providing energy for many biochemical cellular processes by undergoing enzymatic hydrolysis.

Chemical Energy

The potential of a chemical substance to undergo a transformation through a chemical reaction or to transform other chemical substances.

Mechanical Energy

The sum of potential and kinetic energy in physical systems, often involved in performing work or causing motion.

Kinetic Energy

The energy that an object possesses due to its motion, which is dependent on the mass of the object and the square of its velocity.