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Iran

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the official language of Iran?

a)

Dravidian

b)

Farsi

c)

Hindi

d)

Urdu

2.

What is the capital of Iran?

a)

Kabul

b)

Baku

c)

Tehran

d)

Baghdad

3.

Who is this famous Iranian historical figure?

a)

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

b)

Hassan Rouhani

c)

Ayatollah Khomeini

d)

Mohammd Reza Shah

4.

What is the approximate current population of Iran?

a)

120 million

b)

47 million

c)

83 million

d)

12 million

5.

What was Iran called before it adopted the name "Iran"?

a)

Scythia

b)

Arcadia

c)

Persia

d)

Mesopotamia

6.

Which two countries launched a coup in 1953 in Iran to install the Shah?

a)

USSR and China

b)

US and UK

c)

France and Germany

d)

Greece and Turkey

7.

What did Iranian protestors seize in 1979 that led to the Iran Hostage Crisis?

a)

An American oil processing plant

b)

US Embassy

c)

Soviet Consulate

d)

A US military base

e)

Israeli Embassy

8.

With which country did Iran fight a war from 1980 to 1988?

a)

United Kingdom

b)

Iraq

c)

USA

d)

The Soviet Union

e)

Israel

9.

Why are there currently international sanctions on Iran?

a)

Iran's support for the war in Yemen

b)

The Iranian hostage crisis of 1979

c)

Iran will not recognize Israel as a country

d)

To stop Iran's nuclear weapons program

10.

Which of the two major branches of Islam do the majority of Iranians practice?

a)

Shia Islam

b)

Sunni Islam

11.

Iran is considered an Arab country.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Which leader did the Iranian Revolution of 1979 overthrow?

a)

Mahmoud Ahmedinejad

b)

Ayatollah Khomeini

c)

Mohammad Reza Shah

d)

Xerxes I

13.

Iran and Saudi Arabia are fighting a proxy war in which country?

a)

Qatar

b)

Yemen

c)

Sri Lanka

d)

Oman

14.

Which country is responsible for the assassination of the head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Qasem Soleimani, in 2020?

a)

Russia

b)

USA

c)

Israel

d)

Saudi Arabia

e)

Syria

15.

Which of the following is the flag of Iran?

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

Which US president was caught up in Iran-Contra scandal?

a)

George H. W. Bush

b)

Jimmy Carter

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

Bill Clinton