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6. How many Shiites were deported to Iran in 1980?

  • 2.1 million
  • 1.2 million
  • 1.7 million

7. Who criticised the Shah's decadence in the late 1970s?

  • Mullahs
  • Shiites
  • Ayatollahs

8. Why do the governemnt introduce martial law?

  • control crowds at 3500th celebration
  • prevent popular demonstrations of Khomeini
  • punish pro-Western campaigners

9. Who is the Shah forced to appoint as Prime Minister in 1951?

  • Mubarak
  • Mossadeq
  • Zahedi

10. How do Britain react?

  • encourage Western countries not to buy Iranian oil
  • withdraw its workforce from Iran
  • all of the above
  • blockade Iran's ports

11. In what year is there a rebellion against the British Mandate?

  • 1920
  • 1919
  • 1921

12. When did Khomeini leave Iraq?

  • 1978
  • 1970
  • 1975

13. Why don't Iraqis like the Baghdad Pact?

  • they want to be neutral
  • they have nothing to fear from Communism
  • all three
  • they don't like the Western dominance

14. When do Baathists seize power in Iraq?

  • 1968
  • 1966
  • 1964

15. Who do Britain invite to lead an Iraqi monarchy in 1921?

  • Faisal
  • Sharif Hussein
  • Mubarak
  • al-Zawahiri

16. What occurs in 1954 to encourage cooperation from the NIOC?

  • Iranian Oil Participants Ltd
  • Anglo-Iranian Oil Consortium
  • European Oil Convention

17. How many died in the war?

  • 1,000,000 Iranians and 500,000 Iraqis
  • 1,000,000 Iraqis and 500,000 Iranians

18. How many people turned out for Khomeini's funeral?

  • 12 million
  • 20 million
  • 17 million

19. What do the government agree in 1952?

  • Half all oil profits will go to Britain
  • Half all oil profits will go to Iraq rather than the IPC
  • All oil profits will go to Iraq rather than the IPC

20. What do Iranian students storm in November 1979?

  • US embassy
  • Shah's offices
  • Khomeini's chamber