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General
Pre Revolution
Leadership
Hostage Crisis
Iraq
100
Capital of Iran
What is Tehran?
100
After WW 2, the USA tried to strengthen ties with Iran to oppose this super power
Who is the Soviet Union?
100
The year of the Islamic Revolution
What is 1979
100
The USA took in the Shah for cancer treatments
Why did the Iranians protest at the US Embassy and take hostages?
100
Iraq
Shortly after the Islamic Revolution, what neighboring country invaded Iran in 1980?
200
Women represent
Over 50% of college students
200
The secret police of the Shah
What is the SAVAK
200
The USA supported this westernized corrupt leader for many years.
Who is the Shah?
200
444 days
How many days did the Hostage crisis last?
200
The brutal dictator of Iraq
Who is Saddam Hussein?
300
oil
What natural resource does Iran have plenty of?
300
Who trained the Sha's "torturers"?
Who is the CIA?
300
Prior to the Shah taking power, this Iranian elected leader nationalized oil.
Who is Mosaddegh?
300
The day Ronald Reagan was sworn in as next president. Iran made a statement of their hatred of Jimmy Carter.
When were the hostages released?
300
Crippling Econonmic Sanctions
What brought Iran to the bargining table to discuss their Nuclear Program.
400
Shi'ite
Majority sect of Iranian Islamic population
400
to have a secular government and to modernize and westernize Iran.
What did the Shah want to do in Iran?
400
1)Make Iran a pure Islamic state and 2) purge the country of western culture.
What were 2 goals of the Ayatollah Khomeini?
400
The President that the Iranians hated who had a close relationship with the Shah.
Who is President Jimmy Carter?
400
President George Bush famously declared Iran, Iraq, and North Korea all part of this
What is "The Axis of Evil"?
500
What challenge is the USA and its allies facing with Iran presently.
What is Iran's Nuclear Program?
500
What 3 areas of reforms did the Shah implement?
Health Care, education, and women's rights
500
Opponent to the Shah who became the Leader of Iran after the Islamic Revolution
Who is the Ayatollah Khomeini
500
Iran's Nuclear Weapons Program
What is the challenge facing the US and it allies .