A Major Flaw in the Argument That Poverty Causes Terrorism

question 64

Multiple Choice

A major flaw in the argument that poverty causes terrorism is that

• A) few terrorist leaders have come from conditions of poverty.
• B) terrorists groups have yet to change the economic system.
• C) those living in poverty always hope their economic circumstances will improve.
• D) poverty makes people more willing to suffer rather than revolt.

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