Name ______
Read Chapter 9 and answer the following questions.
1. The narrow entrance to the Persian Gulf is the ______.
a. Bab al Mandab c. Strait of Tiran
b. Strait of Malacca *d. Strait of Hormuz
2. Who depends most on Persian Gulf petroleum?
a. West Europe *b. Japan c. Russia d. the U.S.
3. Most Iranians speak ______and are of the ______faith.
a. Arabic; Sunni *c. Farsi; Shi'a
b. Arabic; Shi'a d. Farsi; Sunni
4. Oil was first discovered in Persia in _____.
a. 1898 b. 1907 *c. 1908 d. 1911
5. Iran's ruling dynasty from 1925 to 1979 was the ______.
*a. Pahlavi b. Qajar c. Ottoman d. Reza
6. During World War II, Iran
a. stayed neutral.
b. tilted to Germany.
*c. was occupied by the British and Soviets.
d. joined the Allied side.
7. In 1953, the CIA deposed Iranian Prime Minister ______.
a. Reza *b. Mossadeq c. Khomeini d. Saddam
8. The shah governed by means of the secret police, the _____.
a. Majlis b. AIOC c. Qajar *d. SAVAK
9. The shah attempted to modernize Iran by means of a
a. series of reforms. *c. White Revolution.
b. military dictatorship. d. Purple Revolution.
10. All the following are traditional monarchies except
a. Kuwait. *b. Iraq. c. Saudi Arabia. d. Qatar.
11. The U.S. policy toward the shah was:
a. pressure him to reform. c. friendly but distant.
*b. support him all the way. d. warn him of unrest.
12. The shah fell in ______.
a. 1978 *b. 1979 c. 1980 d. 1981
13. The Kurds are ethnically related to ______.
a. the Arabs b. the Turks c. the Persians *d. no one
14. The capital of Iraq is ______.
a. Tehran b. Riyadh *c. Baghdad d. Ankara
15. The First Gulf War started in ______with an ______invasion.
a. 1979; Iraqi c. 1980; Iranian
*b. 1980; Iraqi d. 1979; Iranian
16. The best pipeline corridor from the Caspian runs through
a. Russia. b. Kazakstan. c. Georgia *d. Iran.
17. Probably the biggest factor ending the Iran-Iraq war was
a. Iraq was loosing. *c. Iran was exhausted.
b. Iran was loosing. d. both sides were exhausted.
18. In 1990, Iraq invaded ______.
a. Iran *b. Kuwait c. Saudi Arabia d. Israel
19. The Latin status quo ante bellum translates as
a. the given situation. c. status comes before beauty.
b. nations with high status. *d. the situation before the war.
20. In 1990, Iraq was working on the following weapons systems:
a. nuclear. b. missiles. c. gas. *d. all
21. The defensive phase of the 1991 Gulf War was called ______, the offensive phase was called ______.
a. Desert Storm; Desert Shield
*b. Desert Shield; Desert Storm
c. Just Cause; Provide Comfort
d. Torch; Overlord
22. The UN-sanctioned goal of the 1991 Gulf War was to
a. bring down Saddam Hussein.
b. destroy Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
c. install a free and democratic regime in Baghdad.
*d. liberate Kuwait.
23. In 2003, U.S. forces invaded Iraq from ______.
a. Saudi Arabia b. Turkey *c. Kuwait d. all of these
24. In 2003 Iraq had ______weapons of mass destruction.
a. many b. some c. nearly finished building *d. no
25. The ______are the largest group in Iraq.
*a. Shi’a b. Sunni Arabs c. Kurds d. Jihadis
26. At this time, Iraq has a(n) [To Instructor: Answer can change
depending on events.]
a. stable democracy. c. mild authoritarian regime.
b. unstable democracy. *d. near civil war.
27. Only in 19___ was there no war in the Persian Gulf.
a. 86 b. 90 c. 91 *d. 93
28. Iraq now has ______sovereignty. [To Instructor: Answer can
change depending on events.]
a. full, genuine *c. U.S.-supervised
b. no d. partial
29. In the end, only ______gained from the 2003 war.
a. the U.S. b. Saudi Arabia *c. Iran d. Kuwait
30. The Iraq War ______.
a. ended in 2003 c. ended in 2006
b. ended in 2004 *d. still continues