Middle East

Which leader succeeded in westernizing/modernizing Turkey?

• Sun Yixian

• Kemal Ataturk

• Reza Khan

• Ali Jinnah

He instituted the creation of secular schools in order to modernized the nation of Iran

• Ali Jinnah
• Jomo Kenyata
• Reza Khan
• Ataturk

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

• Ayatollah Khomeini

• Shah Pahlevi

• Mohammed Mossadeq

• Jimmy Carter

Iran is formerly known as this empire

• Ottoman

• Persia

• Qing

• Mongols

Even though he was practically a dictator, what was something good that Shah Reza did in Iran?

• Created a modern economy

• helped the middle class grow

• gave basic rights to women

• all of the above

What did the Ayatollah Khomeini refer to the US as ?

• A puppet of the west

• The cause of internal problems in Iran

• "the Great Satan" and an enemy of Islam"

• A great supporter of Khomeini

Iran used to be ruled by a king called the

• Shah
• Sheik
• Emir
• Shia

The belief that Jewish people should have their own country is:

• Zionism
• Jerusalem
• Jewishism
• Balfour Declaration

The term Zionism can be defined as a form of

• nonalignment

• nationalism

• collective security

• pacifism

Which country best describes this graphic organizer?

• Egypt

• Iraq

• Sudan

• United States