IAR Week 3 SS 8

Terrorism—A Challenge

Terrorism is one of the most serious threats and challenges that the world faces today. It is a war against democracy and a crime against humanity. It has crossed national boundaries and has international ramifications. Terrorism, in a way, is a new challenge to humanity in the 21st century.

Terrorism is violence used by a few unlawful, ruthless, heartless, and senseless criminals against fellow human beings. Terrorists have total disregard for human lives including their own. They commit crimes and cause bloodshed without any sense of guilt. To them, their cause is everything, and others are either for it or against it.

Violence is an essential part of terrorism. Terrorism is a systematic use of violence or the threat of violence to achieve specific goals. It attempts to use violence to cause widespread panic, fear, or terror to achieve its ultimate aim.

Question 3 and 4 are based on the passage below

The Emperor Penguin is the only penguin species that breeds during the Antarctic winter. It treks 31–75 miles over the ice to breeding colonies, which may include thousands of penguins. The female lays a single egg, which is then incubated by the male while the female returns to the sea to feed; parents subsequently take turns foraging at sea and caring for their chick in the colony. The average lifespan of the Emperor Penguin is 20 years, although observations suggest that some Emperor Penguins may live to 50 years of age.

Question 5 and 6 are based on the passage below

Excerpt from the Foreword of A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

My first recollection of Captain Carter is of the few months he spent at my father's home in Virginia, just prior to the opening of the Civil War. I was then a child of but five years, yet I well remember the tall, dark, smooth-faced, athletic man whom I called Uncle Jack.

He seemed always to be laughing; and he entered into the sports of the children with the same hearty good fellowship he displayed toward those pastimes in which the men and women of his own age indulged; or he would sit for an hour at a time entertaining my old grandmother with stories of his strange wild life in all parts of the world. We all loved him, and our slaves fairly worshipped the ground he trod.

He was a splendid specimen of manhood, standing a good two inches over six feet, broad of shoulder and narrow of hip, with the carriage of the trained fighting man. His features were regular and clear cut, his hair black and closely cropped, while his eyes were of a steel gray, reflecting a strong and loyal character, filled with fire and initiative. His manners were perfect, and his courtliness was that of a typical southern gentleman of the highest type.

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