Iran
Which of the following is the best description of the "Tehran spring" under khatami
A period of cautious political liberation
Which of the following would be most likely to support state provided welfare benefits for Iran's poor
A radical cleric
Which of the following is the most important reason the reformists lost control of the majles after the 2004 elections
The reformer splintered into different political parties the conservatives were united in one-party
Contrast to the queen of England the supreme leader of iran
Is not a figurehead
Important economic reform initiated by achnebidenjad 2010 was to
Allows secularist to participate in setting economic policy
Who has the power to remove the supreme leader?
Assembly of religious experts
Since 1989 one of the few checks on the supreme leader's power is the right of the
Assembly of religious experts to remove him from office
Which of the following is a similarity between the policymaking process in China and Iran
Both countries the president has ultimate authority over all other officials
What describes the allytoyah Khomeini?
Charasmatic
In contrast to the Safavid rulers of Iran, the Qajars rulers
Could not claim to be descendants of the 12 imams
Which of the following was not a democratic feature of Iran's constitution in 1906
Creation of the Guardian Council
Which of the following is the best description of Iranian party system
Iran's party system is factionalized and parties are fluid and weak
Iran's emergence as a rentier state under the pahlavis meant that the state
Did not have to rely on internal taxes for support
Policymaking faction that almost always stands in opposition to the statists are the
Free marketers
In order to win the election a presidential candidate must win at least 50% of the popular vote in
Iran and russia
Which of the following is a unique characteristic of the iranian political system that distinguishes it from other countries?
Iran is a theocracy
The two most important policymaking body's in Iran are the
Majles an guardian council
Ht is a conservative more likely to support?
More power for the supreme leader
The days of protests that followed the presidential election of 2008 were led by the supporters of
Mousavi
The largest ethnicity in Iran is
Persian
In contrast to political cultures in neighboring countries Iran's polical culture is strongly influenced by
Persian cultural roots
The highest official representing democratic principles in iran is the
President
What bodies are elected?
President, majles, assembly of religious experts
The main goal of the culture revolution that followed up adoption of the constitution of 1979 was to
Purify the country from secular values and beliefs
Ahmadinejads white coup has been waged againts
Reformers
What is a defining characteristic of the Iranian state
Religious character of the state
Which of the following are directly elected by Iranian voters
Representative of the majles the president and members of the assembly of religious experts
In Iran the ultimate legal authority lies in?
Sharia
The authority of Iran has a solid base in the religious principles of
Shiism
What describes the pahlavi dynasty?
Stressed modernization
Members of which of the following governing bodies and Iran must be clerics
The assembly of religious experts
The atatolah Khomeini interpreted velayat-e-faqih to mean that
The clergy have full authority over the entire shia community
Which of the following is not an important influence on the modern state from Iran's political culture
Totalitarianism
Contrast the political systems in Britain Russia in Mexico the political system in Iran has a
Unicameral legislature
A similarity between China's revolution of 1949 and Iran's revolution in 1979 was that both revolutions
Were Led by charismatic figures
Which of the following is an accurate description of the status of women in Iranian society
Women are well respected as doctors an government employees
Iran's most important international membership today is probably the
World trade organization