Wednesday, April 16, 2008

HW # 65 Iran Video

Watch the video below and answer the associated questions. please note that there are additional questions beyond the ones that appear in the video.


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Answer the following questions
1) What did the Iranian students do to the American Embassy in Tehran in 1979?
2) Why do you think the Iranian students took the action that they did?
3) What is a fundamentalist?
4) Why might the Iranian people be unhappy with life under the Shah?
5) How did the Cold War effect Iran?
6) Why might the U.S. have been willing to overlook the human rights abuses of the Shah?
7) What was S.A.V.A.K.?
8) Why did the Ayatollah Khomeini's message appeal to many Iranians?
9) If you were President Carter would you have allowed the Shah into the U.S. for medical treatment? Why or why not?
10) What three things did the Iranians demand from the U.S. government in exchange for the return of the hostages?
11) Did Khomeini and the Shah represent the same Iran? Explain your answer.
12) How do you think the crisis will end?

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