REVEW SHEET FOR EXAM #2 : Iran
Be prepared to discuss and distinguish the roles of lall of the following in Iranian government:
Supreme Leader
Parlaiment
majils
Assembly of Experts
Guardian Council
Expediency Council
electorate
constituency
President
Revolutionary Guard
Basiji
Be familiar with the following terms:
imam
cleric
hijab
chador
purdah
sharia law
Islamism
fundamentalism
enlightened despot
modernization
autocracy
republic
theocracy
socialism
communism
imperialism
containment
pan-Arabism
Know the signifigance of each of the following figures/ groups in Iranian history:
Quajar Dynasty
Shah
Mohamed Reza Shah Pahlavi (1941-1978)
Reza Shah Pahlavi (1925-1941)
Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Mahmoud Ahmadinejdad
Neda Agha Soltan
Be familiar with how each of these events/ interests have affected Iranian politics
Cold War
satellite wars/ proxy wars
Iran-Iraq War
OPEC
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
NATO
Kabul War
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