Ancient Iran
The ancient name for Iran:
What is Persia?
The language that Iranians speak:
What is Farsi?
This natural resource made Iran critically important to other countries:
What is oil?
This king of Iran was unpopular with many Iranians for rapidly secularizing the country and for his lavish lifestyle.
Who was the Shah?
What is leapfrog?
Persian word for king:
What is "shah"?
Capital of Iran:
What is Tehran?
Countries that invaded Iran during WWII:
What are Great Britain and the Soviet Union?
This Shia imam was completely against the Shah and America and was Iran's first leader after the revolution:
Who is Ayatollah Khomeini?
President who beat Jimmy Carter in 1980 partly due to Carter's handling of the Iranian Hostage Crisis:
Who is Ronald Reagan?
Religion that replaced Zoroastrianism as Iran's most popular religion:
What is Islam?
Head scarf that Iranian women are required by law to wear:
What is a hijab?
Reason for Iranians storming the US embassy and taking 52 hostages for over a year:
What was the Shah fleeing to America?
This one-term US president was unsuccessful in attempts to resolve the Iranian Hostage Crisis:
Who was Jimmy Carter?
Neighboring country that Iran fought a devastating war against during the 1980s:
What is Iraq?
Innovations that the Persian Empire did first:
What are an official language, postal system, and road system?
Branch of Islam that most Iranian Muslims practice:
What is Shia?
What was SAVAK?
Prime Minister who was overthrown by the CIA after trying to nationalize Iran's oil:
Who is Mohammed Mossadegh?
Iranian holiday that features feasting, egg dying, and large bonfires:
What is Nowruz?
Religious belief that Zoroastrianism was the first to include:
What is belief in one god (monotheism)?
Neither Israel or the US wants Iran to enrich too much of this material so that they can't build nukes:
What is Uranium?
Style of government practiced in Iran today:
What is a theocracy?
The prophet of the first monotheistic religion:
Who is Zoroaster?
The approximate population of Iran today:
What is 82 million?