Iranian Constitution
The predominant school of Islam in Iran.
What is Shia?
The last Tsar of Russia
Who is Nicholas II?
The "peaceful" revolution in England that inspired many American colonists to have a revolution of their own.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
Verses from this book are directly cited in the 1979 Iranian constitution.
What is the Qu'ran?
The term used to refer to the religious leader of Iran.
What is Faqih?
The two sides in the Russian Civil War.
What are the Reds and the Whites?
This leader of Iraq invaded Iran in 1980.
Who was Saddam Hussein?
The meaning of the word "Islam".
What is submission?
John Locke published this document in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution.
Succeeded Ruhollah Khomeini as the Faqih after his death. He is the current leader of Iran.
Who is Ali Khamenei?
The year of the first Russian Duma.
What is 1906?
This influential thinker argued that people have the right to overthrow governments if they become corrupt.
Who is John Locke?
The prophet Mohammed lived in this century.
What is the 7th century AD?
The idea that supreme authority is vested in the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
The first Shah of the Pahlavi dynasty.
Who is Colonel Reza?
The term for the ruling class in Marxist thought.
What is bourgeoisie?
This man was ousted from power in Iran in 1953 after he sought to nationalize control of oil.
Who is Mohammed Mossadeq?
The last shah of Iran.
Who was Mohammed Reza?
The year the Articles of Confederation were approved by Congress.
What is 1777?
The idea that legitimate political authority may be held by Shiite religious scholars.
What is Velayet-e Faqih?
This group was exempt from the authority of the 1918, 1924, and 1936 Russian constitutions.
What is the Communist Party?
The primary people responsible for the storming of the U.S. embassy in Iran in 1979
Who were college students?
Followers of Muhammed’s son-in-law, Ali, who form their own branch within Islam.
What is Shia or Shiite?
This day is Constitution Day.
What is September 17?