8.4.4 Review (Middle East)

When was the Iranian Hostage Crisis?

• 1979

• 1980

• 1988

• 1978

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

The secular government of Iran changed to this form of government after the Islamic revolution

• Communist

• Democratic

• Theocratic (religious-based)

• Monarchy

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
• Persian
• Qing
• Mongols

What two countries were involved in the Iranian Hostage Crisis ?

• North & South Africa

• Iran & United States

• Iran & Iraq

• China & Japan

The Shah wanted to modernize Iran and encouraged Western business and culture.

• True

• False

Khomeini wanted a traditional, strictly religious society.

• True

• False

Khomeini established a theocratic (religious-based) type of government.

• True

• False

The Shah wanted to westernize Iran.

• True

• False