AP6 Term Quiz

The term used by the shah to describe reforms in Iran between the end of World War II and the downfall of his regime in 1979

• White Revolution
• Black Revolution
• Iranian Revolution
• Fundamentalist Revolution

Title given to the ayatollah who sits atop all Iranian political institutions.

• President
• Supreme Leader
• Jurist's Guardian
• Pasdaran

86 man assembly of clerics elected directly by the people; broad constitutional interpretation responsibility; must have a seminary degree

• Majiles
• People of the Book
• Assembly of Religious Experts
• Guardian Council

A government ruled by religion; religious leaders are the head of the nation-state; rule on the grounds that they are the only interpreters of God's will and law.

• Theocracy
• Liberal Democracy
• Illiberal Democracy
• Authoritarian Goverment

Leaders of the last dynasty of the shahs

• Safavids
• Pahlavis
• Qajars
• Abbasids

An Iranian communist party

• Modern Thinkers Party of Islamic Iran
• Tudah Party
• Islamic Labor Party
• Worker-Communist Party

an expert in Islamic Law; leading Islamic jurist to interpret the meaning of religious documents and sharia

• Guardian Council
• Jurist Guardian
• Faqih
• Assembly of Religious Experts

Supports the notion that senior clerics have the best capacity to rule in a Muslim society; Iranian clergy should rule on the grounds that they are the divinely appointed guardians of both the law and the people

• Majiles
• Revolutionary Guard
• Jurists Guardianship
• Guardian Council

Arabic term for "assembly"; used in Iran to describe the parliament.

• Tudah
• Farsi
• Pasdaran
• Majiles

A country that obtains much of its revenue from the export of oil or other natural resources.

• Rentier State
• Import Substitution State
• Subsidized State
• Globalized State