According to a United Nations Security Council report issued in Nov. 2004, terrorism (1) r------- to any act "intended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians or non-combatants with the (2) p------- of intimidating a population or compelling a government or an international organization to do or abstain (3) f------- doing any act". There are several important (4) ch------- of terrorism. First, it involvoes violence and the threat of violence. Second, each (5) a------- of terrorism is devised to maximize the severity and length of the psychological (6) im------, for instance, the attack on national symbols. Third, terrorists often deliberately use civilians or non-combatants as direct (7) t-------. Fourth, something that many acts of terrorism have in (8) c------- is a political purpose.