WorksheetsIranian Hostage Crisis
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
All of the following have a significance about the date the hostages were released EXCEPT
They were released the minute Jimmy Carter left office
It was the culmination of one year of negotiations
It was at the end of 444 days
It was the beginning of the US Embassy reopening in Tehran
Where were the hostages captured?
The Airport
The Capitol Building
American Embassy
Tehran, Iraq
Who was the former Iranian leader that the U.S. protected?
Mullah
Shah
Imam
Caliph
Around how long were the Americans held hostage?
1 month
6 months
More than a year
5 years
Which nation WAS NOT in some involved in the Iran Hostage Crisis?
Great Britain
USA & Iran
Egypt & Panama
Iraq
In 1979, the Iran Hostage Crisis involved a mob of Islamist revolutionaries who overran the U.S. embassy and took embassy workers hostage in protest of
U.S. detainment of Iranian diplomats in New York on charges of espionage
the sale of U.S. military equipment to Iraq.
U.S. naval movements in the Strait of Hormuz.
perceived attempts by the United States to undermine the Iranian Revolution.
How was the Iran Hostage Crisis resolved?
the hostages were all killed
the hostages were released as part of the agreement ending the Vietnam War
the hostages were freed upon Reagan's inauguration
the Camp David Accords led Israel to release the hostages
Who was the president at the start of the Iranian Hostage Crisis ?
Jimmy Carter
Donald Trump
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
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 biggest foreign policy failure during the presidency of Jimmy Carter was...
granting a presidential pardon to Richard Nixon
the fall of China to communism under Mao Zedong
his inability to negotiate the release of US hostages in Iran
the near nuclear war over Soviet missiles in Cuba
This leader took over Iran after the Shah was removed in 1979 and implemented a theocracy
Ayatollah Khomeini
Shah Pahlevi
Mohammed Mossadeq
Jimmy Carter
What event marked the beginning of the Iranian Hostage Crisis?
The storming of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran
The fall of the Shah of Iran
The signing of the Algiers Accords
The election of Ronald Reagan
Which U.S. operation was an attempt to rescue the hostages in Iran?
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Eagle Claw
Operation Neptune Spear
Operation Enduring Freedom
Who was the Supreme Leader of Iran during the hostage crisis?
Ali Khamenei
Ruhollah Khomeini
Mohammad Khatami
Hassan Rouhani
How many days were the hostages held during the Iranian Hostage Crisis?
52 days
144 days
444 days
365 days
