Iran or Persia?
The Story
Comic Book Terms
The Satrapis
What Year?
100

The major religion of Ancient Persia

Zoroastrianism

100

Describe what Marji believes a "hero" is

*answers will vary*


100

A distinct section of a comic - contains a combination of image and text

panel

100

How many daughters did Uncle Anoosh have back in Moscow

2

100

Internet

1983

200

The capital of Ancient Persia

Persepolis 

200

Where does Marji's father say the "real Arab Invasion" is coming from?

Inside their own government 

200

kind of panel spanning width of the page; if it runs off page entirely, known as a ‘bleed’

Splash

200

Who was the one person in Marji's family that respected her desire to be a prophet?

Her grandma

200

The first flushing toilet

1596

300

The man who was the first Shah of Persia and later changed its name to Iran

Reza Shah

300

Why did Ramin believe that his father was a hero, and wasn't a "bad guy"?

His father killed Communists and Communists are evil

300

Teardrops, sweat drops, question marks, or motion lines artists draw besides characters’ faces to portray emotion

Emanta

300

How do Marji's parents smuggle the posters across the border from Turkey to Iran?

Sew them into her father's jacket
300

Gunpowder

800s

400

The man who took over after the Shahs and after the Iranian Revolution

Ayatollah Khomeni

400

When Uncle Anoosh's uncle declares his homeland to be free, what country did it become? 

Azerbaijan

400

word or phrase whose sound suggests/imitates a natural sound

Onomatopoeia

400
Why does Uncle Taheer need to leave the country?

He needs surgery after his heart attack

400

The Dishwasher

1886

500

The specific type of Islam that is followed by Ayatollah Khomeni

Shia Islam

500

Why do Marji's parents decide to keep her in Tehran, even after the bombings start?

It's the only place she can learn French

500

When narrator speaks directly to reader indicated by hard line separating narrator’s speech at bottom/top of panel from image within panel

Voice Over

500

What is Marji's dad's name?

Ebi

500

Doorknob

1878