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Iran Worksheet
Identify and explain the significance of the following people:
1. Reza Khan-
2. Muhammad Mossadegh-
3. Ayatollah Khomeini-
4. Muhammad Khatami-
5. Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montarezi-
Identify and explain the significance of the following
6. jihad –
7. modernizing tyrant –
8. veleyat-e-faqih9. hezbollahi –
10. Pasdaran-
11. What is meant by the phrase, “In the dawn of freedom, there is no freedom.”?
12. Explain the differences between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam.
13. Explain how the Iranian and Bolshevik revolutions were similar.
Fill In
14. The _________________ dynasty made the ___________ branch of Islam Persia’s state religion.
15. The ____________________________ brought Persia’s first constitution and first elected parliament, the
_________________.
16. With support from ________________, ________________, and _______________, Mossadegh
nationalized AIOC holdings.
17. Iran has two heads of state, one _________________________________, the other
__________________________________.
18. The ______________________ is made comprised of eighty-six Muslim expert, elected every eight years,
chosen from among the purest and most learned Islamic jurists.
19. The 2005 presidential is viewed as undemocratic due to the Council of Guardians screening out
hundreds of candidates they deemed as ___________________ and
_______________________________.
20. The radicals in Iran favor state control over the _______________, wish to keep out
_______________________, and to continue _________________________.
21. Reformists favor ________________________________, __________________,
___________________________, _________________________________, and
___________________________________________.
22. Islam has a structural problem in its combining of __________________ and
__________________, making it difficult to split ________________ and __________________.
23. The two impulses behind the 1979 Iranian revolution were the _______________ and the
____________________________.
24. Today’s student protesters in Iran are pushing for ________________________,
________________________, and __________________________.
25. Unlike the Arab kingdoms on the southern shore of the Gulf, Iranian women ______________,
__________________, __________________________, and __________________________.
Multiple Choice
26. Since the Islamic Revolution, non-Muslims have been treated _____________, especially the
__________________, Iran’s largest minority religion.
27. Iran’s political system is unique in that it combines democratic characteristics with
a. authoritarian ones
b. theocratic ones
c. confederal ones
d. totalitarian ones
e. corporatist ones
28. The Safavid rulers introduced to Iran for the first time
a. authoritarian political leadership
b. separation of religious and political power
c. democracy
d. Sh’ism as the official state religion
e. A strong enough army to conquer neighboring lands
29. Muhammad Reza Shah’s White Revolution focused on
a. increasing the power of the clerics
b. land reform
c. industrialization
d. reestablishing traditional values and customs
e. controlling inflation
30. Fundamentalist religion as defined by Ayatollah Khomeini was characterized by all of the
following EXCEPT
a. social conservatism
b. separation of religious and political power
c. literal interpretation of Islamic texts
d. resentment of the US and other western nations
e. political traditionalism
31. Which of the following socio-economic groups has been MOST likely to criticize clerical control
of Iran?
a. lower class farmers
b. lower middle class white collar workers
c. wealthy merchants
d. professional upper middle class people
e. retired workers on fixed incomes
32. Which of the following is the best description of women’s involvement in national politics in Iran?
a. Iran has had no women presidents, but women are much better represented in the
legislature than they once were
b. Iran has had women cabinet members and legislators for many years
c. Iran has good representation of women on the state and local levels, but not on the national
level
d. Iran has had women judges that sit on national courts, but they have few women legislators
e. Women are largely underrepresented in every area of government.
33. The era of the Islamic Republic from 1989 to the present is distinct from the era from 1979-89 in
that in the current era
a. charismatic legitimacy is much less important
b. rule of law is much weaker
c. the Majles has more policy-making power
d. the country has been plagued by war
e. the Guardian council has more power
34. Which of the following was the most important reason that reformers lost many seats in the 2003
Majles elections?
a. the people blamed the reformers for the economic downturn that preceded the election
b. the Supreme Leader publicly denounced them
c. the Guardian Council disqualified many of their candidates
d. their political parties were disorganized, and their candidates received little financial
support
e. prominent reformist leaders were involved in personal and political scandals in the months
leading up to the election
35. Ayatollah Khomeini’s statement, “Economics is for donkeys” was meant to
a. explain why the Iranian economy was in such bad shape
b. make fun of the reformist clerics that were trying to seize control of the economy
c. emphasize the importance of oil to the Iranian economy
d. affirm the superiority of religious, rather than secular leaders
e. criticize the interference of the United Nations in Iran’s economic policy-making process
36. Which of the following is not a power of the Iranian president?
a. devising the budget
b. proposing legislation to the Majles
c. signing of treaties, laws and agreements
d. vetoing decisions of the Guardian Council
e. appointing provincial governors
37. The political party system in Iran may be best characterized as
a. fluid and unstable
b. well established and competitive
c. controlled tightly by reformists
d. competitive between two broad-based parties
e. highly ideological and not centered around individual personalities
38. The main economic problem that has plagued the Islamic Republic is
a. a falling GNP per capita
b. instability in the price of oil
c. a lack of educated citizens to take jobs created by the new economy
d. overpopulation
e. a large number of landholders who have refused to give their land to the government