AP Comparative Government - Iran
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| 338756264 | Describe the antecedents to the current political culture | ... | 0 | |
| 338756265 | Explain how the political culture and the economy are interrelated | ... | 1 | |
| 338756266 | Identify the sources of legitimacy for the current regime | ... | 2 | |
| 338756267 | Explain how the Islamic Republic was created | ... | 3 | |
| 338756268 | Assess the degree of democracy in the current regime | ... | 4 | |
| 338756269 | Distinguish between the elected and unelected organs in the regime | ... | 5 | |
| 338756270 | Describe the powers of the elected and unelected organs in the regime | ... | 6 | |
| 338756271 | Assess the importance of Shiism in the political culture of Iran | ... | 7 | |
| 338756272 | who forbade Iran from developing nuclear weapons | Obama | 8 | |
| 338756273 | Iranian economy was in what state | shambles, but no sense of crisis | 9 | |
| 338756274 | how was the election of President Ahmadinejad taken | many demonstrations | 10 | |
| 338756275 | what caused the response to the election of President Ahmadinejad | the idea that he in fact won over 2/3 majority | 11 | |
| 338756276 | since when has the area of land been called Persia | 1935 | 12 | |
| 338756277 | what are the main divisions of the reformers | some (like the Pahlevis) emphasized Persian roots and traditions; others emphasized Shiite values and traditions | 13 | |
| 338756278 | what complicates simplistic divisions | ethnic diversity | 14 | |
| 338756279 | which sect is a majority in Iran | Shiite | 15 | |
| 338756280 | what did the Sunnis and the Shiites divide over | who would be the successor of Muhammed after his death | 16 | |
| 338756281 | who established the clergy and theological training | Shiites | 17 | |
| 338756282 | who is at the top of the Shiite hierarchy | Ayatollahs | 18 | |
| 338756283 | the Shiites used (ANSWER) debate to unearth the truth | theological | 19 | |
| 338756284 | how did the clergy feel towards the political life of Iran before the revolution | shunned the politics | 20 | |
| 338756285 | fundamentalist | ... | 21 | |
| 338756286 | fanatic | marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea | 22 | |
| 338756287 | Islamicist | ... | 23 | |
| 338756288 | what does the social conditions of Iran look like | small upper-middle class that co-exists with 40% of people in poverty | 24 | |
| 338756289 | are the oil reserves huge or small | huge | 25 | |
| 338756290 | income and wealth distribution is (ANSWER) | highly unequal | 26 | |
| 338756291 | the brain drain in Iran has been occurring since (ANSWER) | 1979 | 27 | |
| 338756292 | did the women suffer or benefit from the Islamic revolution changes | suffer | 28 | |
| 338756293 | Shirin Ebadi | Won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work as a lawyer defending cases of alleged human rights abuses in Iran | 29 | |
| 338756294 | Haleh Esfandiari | ... | 30 | |
| 338756295 | Why is Iran having a hard time developing its economy—especially in view of the fact that it has so much oil and other natural resources | ... | 31 | |
| 338756296 | Why is Iran one of the few countries left in the world that is run by its religious leaders | ... | 32 | |
| 338756297 | How does the isolation it has experienced since the 1979 revolution affect the way its government is structured and limit the prospects for democracy | ... | 33 | |
| 338756298 | From the thousand years the Arabs conquered the country and converted Iranians to Islam there was (ANSWER) | an independent country called Persia or Iran | 34 | |
| 338756299 | Zoroaster | A Persian prophet who said that there were not many deities as the Persians thought, but only Ahura Mazda (good) and Ahriman (darkness) and that someday Ahura Mazda would beat Ahriman; Zoroastrian belief in a single God | 35 | |
| 338756300 | Cyrus the Great | Established massive Persian Empire by 550 B.C.E.; successor state to Mesopotamian empires., c. 530 B.C.E. A Persian ruler who captured Babylon. He was known for his mercy. He was tolerant of other religions and culture, and even incorporated different architectural styles into his buildings. | 36 | |
| 338756301 | Darius | came to throne in 521 B.C. He reorganized the government to make it work better. He divided the empire into 20 provinces. Each was ruled by an official with the title of satrap. | 37 | |
| 338756302 | Alexander | ... | 38 | |
| 338756303 | Parthians | ... | 39 | |
| 338756304 | Sassanians | ... | 40 | |
| 338756305 | who defeat by Arab Muslim forces in 637 CE | Sassanians | 41 | |
| 338756306 | when was the Mongol invasion | 1219 CE | 42 | |
| 338756307 | when was the Safavid revival | early 16th century | 43 | |
| 338756308 | 1219 marked the invasion of the (ANSWER) | Mongols | 44 | |
| 338756309 | when were the Arab Muslim forces victorious over the Sassanians | 637 CE | 45 | |
| 338756310 | what revival occurred in the early 16th century | Safavid | 46 | |
| 338756311 | Ismail | A great Safavid ruler who, at the age of 14, conquered much of the territory that became the Safavid Empire. He was a religious tyrant who made Shi'ia the state religion. | 47 | |
| 338756312 | who fought off the Sunni Ottoman Empire | Ismail | 48 | |
| 338756313 | what happened after Ismail made Shi'ah the state religion | authoritarian rule became enforced by Shiism | 49 | |
| 338756314 | what religious sect reinforced authoritarian rule | Shiism | 50 | |
| 338756315 | to what effect was colonial rule implicated upon Iran | able to prevent direct colonial rule; however other countries did maintain a presence within the country (ex. Britain) | 51 | |
| 338756316 | what two things joined to create a tradition of charismatic and just leadership | traditions of Persian kingship and Shiite Islam | 52 | |
| 338756317 | (ANSWER) and Shiite Islam joined to create a tradition of charismatic and just leadership | traditions of Persian kingship | 53 | |
| 338756318 | traditions of Persian kingship and (ANSWER) joined to create a tradition of charismatic and just leadership | Shiite Islam | 54 | |
| 338756319 | what was the 20th century democratic movement called | Constitutional Revolution | 55 | |
| 338756320 | when did the Constitutional Revolution occur | 1905-1911 | 56 | |
| 338756321 | what was the Constitutional Revolution | 20th century democratic movement | 57 | |
| 338756322 | the defeat of the Constitutional Revolution led to | increased British and Russian influence | 58 | |
| 338756323 | where was a Soviet inspired republic | North | 59 | |
| 338756324 | when was the Soviet inspired republic in the north created | 1918 | 60 | |
| 338756325 | what is known as the first nationalist movement | ascendancy of Reza Khan as shah | 61 | |
| 338756326 | what did Reza Khan look to do to Iran | modernize the country | 62 | |
| 338756327 | Reza Khan | he was the military officer in Iran who overthrew the Qajar dynasty and moved to Westernize. He retained a monarchy with himself at the helm and his Pahlavi dynasty was overthrown in a popular revolution. He was able to avoid imperial domination, modernize (builds factories roads and railroads and strengthens the army, adopts western alphabet, clothes, schools). Unlike Ataturk, however, he retained the monarchy with himself at the helm. | 63 | |
| 338756328 | Muhammed Reza Shah | -Mohammad Reza Shah continued to the authoritarian modernization of his father. -Closed down all political parties to silence opposition -Became a very close ally of Western powers. -Implemented an ambitions social and economic reform initiative, known as the White Revolution | 64 | |
| 338756329 | what happened under Muhammed Reza Shah | Soviets withdrew from Northern Iran; Prime Minister Muhammad Mossadeq led campaign to nationalize mostly British owned oil company | 65 | |
| 338756330 | who led the campaign to nationalize mostly British owned oil companies | PM Muhammad Mossadeq | 66 | |
| 338756331 | who supported the coup to reinstate the shah | US | 67 | |
| 338756332 | White Revolution | in 1962, the Shah's attempt to quiet the people from rebelling for economic and and political reform: creates land reform, profit, sharing, literacy corp instead of army and women's right to vote; goal to modernize and Westernize Iran | 68 | |
| 338756333 | what resulted from the White Revolution | alienation of Shiite clerics and the SAVAK (secret police) | 69 | |
| 338756334 | SAVAK | The secret police, domestic security and intelligence service established by Iran's Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi by recommendation of the UK government and with the help of the US' Central Intelligence Agency and Israel's Mossad. It was one of the main reasons that the government after the fall of the Shah so greatly opposed the US and held the embassy hostage for over a year | 70 | |
| 338756335 | who organized the Shiite resistance to the shah | Ayotallah Khomeini | 71 | |
| 338756336 | what was Ayotallah Khomeini's argument for his resistance to the shah's rule | church and state could no longer be separated | 72 |
