Geography
What region of the world are Iran and Saudi Arabia located?
the Middle East
What does Shah or Shahshahshah mean?
King
King of Kings
What form of religion is practiced by both Iran and Saudi Arabia?
Islam (Muslims)
Where do Saudi Arabians get most of their weapons from?
United States
What is the main resource US wants from the Middle East?
Oil
How would you describe the climate of Iran and Saudi Arabia?
Arid or dry
What language do most Saudi Arabians speak?
Arabic
What is a Theocracy?
government that rules by religion
What helped create tensions between Iran and the United States?
1979 Hostage Crisis
What is another name for the Middle East?
Southwest Asia
What language do most Iranians speak
Farsi
A majority of Saudi Arabians follow this sect of Islam
Sunni
What human rights violations do we believe are occurring in Iran? Name at least 2 of the 3
Rapes, beatings, and executions
Iran has problems with what when it comes to the United States?
The government
What is the name of the most profitable pathway for oil in the middle east?
Strait of Hormuz
What do the morality police do?
They enforce dress code and public behavior
A majority of Iranians follow this sect of Islam
Shia
What is a proxy war? Which two countries are at a proxy war with each other?
a war instigated by a major power which does not itself become involved. Iran and Saudi Arabia
What were the negotiations and sanctions intended to do in Iran?
Reduce nuclear threat
What is a chokepoint? How does it apply to this region?
geographic locations where the flow of people and goods can be constricted and choked off in the event of a conflict
Moving of oil with tankers
What is Wahhabism?
A strict form of Islam that insists on a literal (word for word) interpretation of the Quran (Islamic Holy Book).
What changed because of the Iranian Revolution?
Type of government from monarchy to theocracy
Which alliance was formed after World War 2?
NATO
What is a sanction?
A threatened penalty, often money, for disobeying a law or rule.