Global Studies
Name ____________________________________
Main Things to Know about Iran
1. Iran is the ____________________________ country in the Middle East. It is about the size
of ___________________________ and has a population of ____________ million
2. Iran has the second largest _________ and ______________________ reserves in the world.
3. It gets its name from their ancient ancestors, the _______________________.
4. Iran was the home of the ancient __________________ Empire.
5. Iranians are not ____________________. They are __________________________ who
speak __________________.
6. Iranians are ____________________ Muslim. Most Muslims are _________________.
7. Prior to ______________, Iran was ruled by the ______________, which means
_____________.
8. The Shah’s father had taken power in a ______________ and had the support of the
_________________.
9. The Shah and his father __________________________ the economy and made
_______________ reforms, which gave __________________ rights.
10. But the Shah was a ____________________________ and his
_______________________________ were brutal.
11. The Shah was supported by the ______________ who even helped him _______________
the throne after a ________________.
12. In ______________ and ______________, people ___________________ against the Shah.
People from __________________________________________ protested. ________________
were killed.
13. This revolution became known as the ____________________ Revolution of ____________.
14. Iranian students took 52 ____________________________ hostage and held them for 444
days.
15. After the revolution, Iran became a _____________________. It is ruled by
__________________ leaders.
16. ______________________________________________ took power. He made
__________________ reforms, made women wear the __________________ and eliminated
________________________ influences.
17. Iran fought a war against _________________ from ___________ to ____________.
________________________ died.
18. Iran supports ____________________, a political/terrorist group in ___________________.
19. The current president of Iran is _________________________________________________.
He has made very harsh statements about ____________________ and Iran is developing
________________ technologies and _________________________.
20. In June of 2009, an ____________________________ was held. _______________________
was declared the winner, but it seems the election was_____________________.
21. Many people, particularly __________________ people who live in the
___________________ have protested with the slogan
“____________________________________________________.”
22. Iran is a ___________________________ country and many of the people like the
____________.