Early Iran: 1800s-1906
The two major powers who created zones of influence in Iran
The democratically elected body that emerged from the constitutional revolution of 1906
The Majlis or Parliament
The name of Mossadegh's coalition party of secular groups and members of the ulama
The National Front
The name of the secret police that the shah established
The name of the Islamic cleric that took over Iran after the revolution
Ayatollah Khomeini
The concession that gave the British control of Iranian Oil
The D'Arcy Oil Concession
The group who had a say in the creation of legislation after the constitutional revolution
Islamic Clerics
The body who took control of the Iranian army in 1952
The Majlis or Parliament
The name of the Islamic cleric that began to criticize the shah in the 1960s for his closeness to the United States
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
The veil that women were forced to wear under the Islamic Republic
The Hijab
The majority sect of Islam in Iran
Shi'a
The reason for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Iran in 1917
The Russian Revolution
The name of the British company that controlled Iranian oil fields
The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
The renegotiated amount of oil revenue the Iranians received once the shah was returned to power
50%
The rules in the new Iranian constitution that gave Khomeini and Islamic clerics say over all political and religious matters
The Guardianship of the Jurist
The name of the Dynasty that ruled over Iran from 1779 to 1925
Qajar Dynasty
The side Iran took during World War I
Neutral
The groups bribed by the CIA during the coup against Mossadegh
Members of the Majlis (Parliament), military leaders, and religious leaders
The international body that criticized the shah for his human rights abuses in the 1970s and prompted him to open up Iran politically
Amnesty International
The name of the group Khomeini used to control the government after the shah fled Iran
The Islamic Revolutionary Council
The amount of money given to the shah for the Tobacco Concession and the percentage of profits that went to the shah for the D'Arcy Oil Concession
$15,000 and 16%
The group marginalized by Reza Shah's modernization efforts
Islamic leaders
The reason the shah fled to Rome in 1953
Fears that the coup attempt might fail
The joking way Iranians referred to the two political parties in Iran after Mossadegh's overthrow
"Yes and Yes Sir"
The position that was supposed to be an elected one, but Khomeini refused to allow a vote on it in 1980
The President