Iran and United States

Iran is a country in which region?

• Africa

• Central America

• Europe

• Middle East

Which happened first?

• The Shah was overthrn

• Iran's Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, is removed in a US backed coup

• Americans at the U.S. Embassy were taken hostage by Iranian students

• The U.S. withdrew from t he Iran nuclear deal

Today, Iran's government is a ________.

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

• Military Dictatorship

The U.S. is currently concerned that Iran is _______.

• becoming Israel's ally

• working toward building nuclear weapons

• using up its oil resources

• about to undergo another revolution

Iran was formerly part of the ______________ empire

• Mesopotamian

• Persian

• Ottoman

• Roman

What does the word Shah mean?

• emperor

• caesar

• king

• lord

I am a religious leader, I was an outspoken critic of the king of Iran, I led a revolution to return Iran to traditional Islamic values

• Shah Reza

• Mohammad Mossadegh

• Ayatollah Khomeini

• Jimmy Carter

I was elected by the Iranian people, I nationalized Iran's oil, I was overthrown in a CIA led coup

• Shah Reza

• Mohammad Mossadegh

• Ayatollah Khomeini

• Jimmy Carter

I owe my position and am loyal to the allies of WWII, I only gave 16% of the oil profits of my country to the people of Iran, I use my secret police force to suppress critics of my power, I attempted to westernize Iran

• Shah Reza

• Mohammad Mossadegh

• Ayatollah Khomeini

• Jimmy Carter

I am the 39th president of the US, the Shah was my ally and I granted him asylum in the United States after the revolution for cancer treatment, I attempted to free U.S. hostage during the Iran Hostage Crisis

• Shah Reza

• Mohammad Mossadegh

• Ayatollah Khomeini

• Jimmy Carter