US History Standards 22-23

Why did Iranian students take hostages from the US embassy, starting the hostage crisis?

• demand to put the Shah on trial in Iran
• demand to put the Shah on trial in USA
• send the Shah to the UN
• for helping during the Iran/Iraq War

This leader took over Iran after the Shah was removed in 1979 and implemented a theocracy

• Ayatollah Khomeini
• Shah Pahlevi
• Mohammed Mossadeq
• Jimmy Carter

How did Ayatollah Khomeini instantly change Iran? (Par. 3)

• He had a million-person parade in his honor
• He exiled Shah Reza
• He took over and fired Shah Reza
• He replaced their regular government with religious leaders called Mullahs

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What negative thing happened once Khomeini took over?

• People who went against Khomeini were imprisoned and tortured

• Women were forced to wear chadors

• Women lost social gains they had made under Shah Reza

• All of the above

When the US Embassy was taken hostage, how long were they kept hostage (par. 16-18)? 

• 66 days
• a year
• 444 days
• 444 weeks

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In the 1960s, the National Organization for Women (NOW) set up groups in Texas to work for

• Veterans
• Equal Rights
• Women's suffrage
• Jobs

How was the break-in at the Watergate discovered? 

• Phone call from across the street 
• Security guard heard strange noises
• The door lock was taped 
• Burglars tripped a silent alarm 

Who was the president at the time of the Watergate Scandal?

• Richard Nixon
• John F. Kennedy
• Gerald R. Ford
• Franklin D. Roosevelt

Where did the Watergate Scandal happen?

• Charleston, SC
• Huntington, WV
• Portland, OR
• Washington D.C.

When did Nixon resign?

• 1974
• 1938
• 1972
• 1980