THE SHAH
The Shah's full name
Who was Mohammed Reza Shah?
A devastating event occurring in 1978 that was seen as a trigger of the revolution
What is the burning of Rex Cinema?
This item of clothing was made mandatory for all women of Iran.
What is the Hijab?
The type of government that Ayatollah ruled over
What is an Islamic Republic?
The number of wives that the Shah had in his lifetime
What is 3?
The name of the Shah's dynasty
What is the Pahlavi Dynasty?
A group of people that disapproved of the Shah and his pro-western government.
Who are Communists?
These laws were abolished after the revolution.
What is family protection laws?
This is what Ayatollah compared women's rights to.
What is prostitution?
This graphic novel was written by a women who lived through the Iranian revolution
What is Persepolis?
The Shah was thought to be a puppet of this country
What is the US?
The popular Prime Minister of Iran in 1951
Who was Mossadeq?
The diplomatic standoff between the US and Iran from 1979 to 1981
What is the Iranian Hostage Crisis?
Ayatollah declared himself a messenger of....
Who is Allah?
The countries that wanted Iran's rule
What is the US and Britain?
Adjectives to describe the Shah's rule
What is oppressive, cruel, brutal and corrupt?
What is the National Front?
The revolution caused this natural resource crisis in 1979
What is an oil crisis?
Ayatollah was the first cleric to refute this principle in the 1940s
What is secularism?
The most common name that the Western world had for Iran
What is Persia?
The month and year that the Shah left Iran in exile
What is January 1979?
The number of Iranian women who were elected/appointed into parliament the year after the law allowing them to do so, was passed.
What is 8?
The day that is thought to have marked the point of no return for the revolution
What is Black Friday?
The month and year that Ayatollah became the official supreme leader of Iran
What is December 1979?
The year that the US sponsored a Coup to overthrow Iran's Prime Minister
What is 1953?