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Vocabulary
Geography, People, Culture
Revolution of 1979
Nader Khalili
Misc.
100
A homeless person forced to leave his or her home country
What is refugee
100
The main language spoken in Iran
What is Farsi (or Persian)
100
The Shah of Iran
What is Reza Pahlavi
100
What did Nader Khalili do before he moved back to Iran?
What is designed sky-scrapers
100
When a government or person has total power and authority
What is totalitarian
200
The Shah's secret police
What is SAVAK
200
2500 years ago, Iran was at the center of which empire?
What is Persian Empire
200
The leader of the revolution; exiled from Iran
What is Ayatollah Khomeini
200
How did Khalili discover the need of the poor for better homes?
What is motorcycle trip
200
A cause of the Iranian Revolution
What is unequal distribution of wealth
300
An oven for baking, drying, or hardening a substance
What is Kiln
300
The capital of Iran
What is Tehran
300
One aspiration of the Revolution
What is end the dictatorship of the Shah, establish an Islamic Democratic Republic, end the SAVAK, return Ayatollah Khomeini
300
The dream of Nader Khalili
What is build sustainable, durable, affordable housing for the poor in Iran
300
When a king must abide by the rules of a constitution
What is Constitutional Monarchy
400
Law administered by military forces (the Shah ordered this to happen at the peak of the revolution)
What is martial law
400
The sea borders of Iran
What is Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf, and Caspian Sea
400
List one result of the revolution
What is Shah left Iran, Ayatollah returned, Iran became an Islamic Republic, end of the SAVAK, revolution brought about change without violence
400
One reason why the process of Geltaftan was brilliant!
What is safe, cheap, easy to build
400
People in Iran thought the Shah was corrupt, why?
What is modernizing cities, educating women, not keeping or promoting Islamic Law
500
A process of baking or firing clay homes to make them more durable
What is Geltaftan
500
List the land borders of Iran
What is Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Iraq
500
List one strategy of the revolution
What is student-led protests and demonstrations, writing letters and articles, worker strikes, etc.
500
Three materials required to build a Nader Khalili home
What is earth, water, fire
500
"Pros" of the Pahlavi Dynasty (list 2)
What is Local courts, promoted literacy, improved health care, modernized government, new buildings, increased farm land for the poor