Early Iran: 1800s-1906
1906-1945
1945-1953
1953-1979
1979-1980
100

The two major powers who created zones of influence in Iran

Russia and Britain
100

The democratically elected body that emerged from the constitutional revolution of 1906

The Majlis or Parliament

100

The name of Mossadegh's coalition party of secular groups and members of the ulama

The National Front

100

The name of the secret police that the shah established

The SAVAK
100

The name of the Islamic cleric that took over Iran after the revolution

Ayatollah Khomeini

200

The concession that gave the British control of Iranian Oil

The D'Arcy Oil Concession

200

The group who had a say in the creation of legislation after the constitutional revolution

Islamic Clerics

200

The body who took control of the Iranian army in 1952

The Majlis or Parliament

200

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

200

The veil that women were forced to wear under the Islamic Republic

The Hijab

300

The majority sect of Islam in Iran

Shi'a

300

The reason for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Iran in 1917

The Russian Revolution

300

The name of the British company that controlled Iranian oil fields

The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company

300

The renegotiated amount of oil revenue the Iranians received once the shah was returned to power

50%

300

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

400

The name of the Dynasty that ruled over Iran from 1779 to 1925

Qajar Dynasty

400

The side Iran took during World War I

Neutral

400

The groups bribed by the CIA during the coup against Mossadegh

Members of the Majlis (Parliament), military leaders, and religious leaders

400

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

400

The name of the group Khomeini used to control the government after the shah fled Iran

The Islamic Revolutionary Council

500

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%

500

The group marginalized by Reza Shah's modernization efforts 

Islamic leaders

500

The reason the shah fled to Rome in 1953

Fears that the coup attempt might fail

500

The joking way Iranians referred to the two political parties in Iran after Mossadegh's overthrow

"Yes and Yes Sir"

500

The position that was supposed to be an elected one, but Khomeini refused to allow a vote on it in 1980

The President