Dynastic History
Safavid Empire (1501-1736), ____ Dynasty (1794-1925), ____ Dynasty (1925-19__)
Fill in blanks in order.
Qajar
Pahlavi, 79
What does the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance do?
censors media deemed un-Islamic
What is the title given to the most powerful chief executive and head of state in Iran?
Supreme Leader
What is Shari'a?
System of laws based on Islam
What is the largest ethnic group of Iran?
Persians
What is the Resurgence Party?
dominant party under one party state of the shah post operation ajax
What was the White Revolution's goal (name just one)? Name some examples of its immediate changes to Iran's society.
reforms meant to undermine support for left and commie, get independence of Iran
women right to vote/work, new landowners, more education programs
What is the Expediency Council?
leading officials gather to settle disputes between Majlis and Guardian Council
What is a rentier state?
natural resource blah blah ik this
What is the dominant sect of Islam in Iran? How does it differ from the other one?
Shi'a/Shiite
believe hereditary heirs right to rule > chosen caliphate
What was the name of the Turkish descending dynasty?
Qajar
What revolution created the Majlis and the Guardian Council?
Constitutional Revolution of 1905-1909
Majlis
What is the concept that justifies clerical rule that was espoused by Ayatollah Khomeini that Shi'a clerics hold responsibility over all aspects of society?
Jurist guardianship
What is the largest minority ethnic group?
Azeri
Why did Reza Shah Pahlavi have to abdicate? How did he get into power?
Brit and Russ declare war on Germany who they relied on before
coup d'etat
What was the Green Movement caused by?
protest after many believe 2009 elections were fraudulent
What's my second last name?
Pena
What's my middle name?
Valeria
Name of the faith officially persecuted by the state
Baha'i
Who was the leader of the National Front that temporarily held power in the Majlis that was arrested and sentenced to life in Operation Ajax?
Mohammed Mossadeq/Mossadegh
What was the "Tehran Spring"?
reduced restrictions of freedom of press and speech under prez Khatami 1997-2005
Name the 2 administrative elective institutions; then the single theocratic elective institution; then 1 of the 3 theocratic unelected institutions
president, majlis (name 2)
assembly of religious experts (name)
supreme leader, guardian council, expediency council (name 1)
What are foundations (bonyads)?
institution managing large state-owned enterprises that were created post Islamic revolution to manage property confiscated from the pre revolution elites
What geographical feature of Iran helped it stay free from colonization for longer than its neighbors and what about the land made them expansionist in their early history?
plateau
not arable