Iran's Revenue Sources Under Shah

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What was the primary source of revenue that contributed to Iran becoming a rich country under the leadership of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi?

A. Revenue from oil

B. Investment from the Soviet Union

C. Taxes on foreign trade

D. Revenue from agricultural exports

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Revenue from oil

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The handout states that Iran was an ally of which major global power during the 1950s and 1960s?

A. The United States

B. France

C. The Soviet Union

D. The United Kingdom

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The USA

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3.

The opposition to the Shah primarily objected to the new Iranian society because they viewed it as being based on what concept, which they identified with American influence?

A. Feudalism

B. Socialism

C. Materialism

D. Isolationism

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Materialism

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Who was the member of the Muslim clergy that led the opposition against the Shah and later headed the new government?

A. Ayatollah Kahn Khomeinei

B. Mohammad Khatemi

C. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

D. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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A. Ayatollah Kahn Khomeinei

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5.

In what year did the Shah's government collapse, leading to the replacement by an Islamic republic?

A. 1989

B. 1977

C. 1979

D. 1997

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1979

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6.

What immediate action did the new government, led by the Ayatollah Khomenei, take regarding the legal system?

A. Restored Islamic Law

B. Allowed all previous civil liberties

C. Established a constitutional monarchy

D. Adopted the Western civil code

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A. Restored Islamic Law

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What event, lasting over a year, was cited in the handout as a major eruption of anti-American feelings in 1979?

A. The shutting down of American oil company operations

B. The capture of American journalists

C. The bombing of the US embassy in Beirut

D. The seizure of 52 Americans in the United States embassy in Tehran

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D. The seizure of 52 Americans in the United States embassy in Tehran

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8.

After Khomeini’s death, a more moderate government allowed some civil liberties. Which moderate Muslim cleric later became president in 1997, pushing for more freedoms for women and the press?

A. Ayatollah Kahn Khomeinei

B. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

C. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

D. Mohammad Khatemi

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D. Mohammad Khatemi

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Despite a brief period of reform, conservative clerics soon reversed the new freedoms. Which new president, elected in August 2005, was described as an extremist who called for the destruction of Israel and denied the Holocaust?

A. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

B. Hassan Rouhani

C. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

D. Mohammad Khatemi

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A. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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What concern did other nations express regarding President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's defense of Iran’s nuclear program, which he claimed was peaceful?

A. That Iran would share its technology with moderate states

B. That Iran would sell its oil too cheaply

C. That Iran was seeking nuclear weapons

D. That Iran would reduce its oil production

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C. That Iran was seeking nuclear weapons