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Middle East Unit Exam REVIEW

Quiz by Peter Kautzer

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  • Q1
    Hostage Crisis in Iran
    Iranian protesters took control of the US Embassy in Tehran and hold 52 Americans prisoner for 444 days. November 4, 1979
    30s
  • Q2
    Who benefits from Israeli independence? Arabs or Jews
    Jews
    30s
  • Q3
    Ruhollah Khomeini
    Ayatollah of Iran who led the 1979 Islamic Revolution
    30s
  • Q4
    Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
    Iranian Shah who ruled as a dictator and tried to modernize/Westernize Iran
    30s
  • Q5
    CIA
    Central Intelligence Agency: Helped lead an overthrow of the communist Party Prime Minister of Iran in 1953, increasing Shah's power in Iran.
    30s
  • Q6
    Theocracy
    rule by religious leader
    30s
  • Q7
    Sharia
    rule by Islamic law
    30s
  • Q8
    desalination
    process of turning salt water into fresh water
    30s
  • Q9
    Communism
    classless (no rich/no poor) society where everyone shares everything together equally (Soviet Union path)
    30s
  • Q10
    Islamic fundamentalism
    a desire to return life back to the Koran's teachings; an opposition to the Western way of life
    30s
  • Q11
    ethnocentrism
    judging other cultures by the standards of one's own culture
    30s
  • Q12
    anti-Semitism
    hatred of Jews
    30s
  • Q13
    Which leader was removed from power during 1979 Islamic Revolution
    Shah
    30s
  • Q14
    1979 Islamic Revolution
    Turning point in history where the Shah was replaced by the Ayatollah
    30s
  • Q15
    The Six Day War
    The West Bank, Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, and the Gaza Strip were taken over by the Jews in their victory
    30s

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