Chapter 18 Quiz

What type of social and political movement seeks to comprehensively rebuild society?

Corporatism

Utopianism

Neoliberalism

Nativism

Which social movement below is nativist?

Salafism

Kemalism

Anarchism

Marxism

Which of the following is not one of the causes of the Iranian Revolution?

The shah's land reform program alienated rural landowners.

The shah's policies towards anti-profiteering and urban reform alienated shopkeepers.

The shah's anti-American policy led to dissatisfaction among his own bureaucratic elites.

The shah's expansion of public education at the expense of religious education alienated the ulama.

Iranian writer and political activist Ali Shariati developed a social and political doctrine combined Marxist analysis with

atheism.

Salafism.

utopianism.

Islamic modernism.

What kind of state did the Ayatollah Khomeini propose making Iran into?

A liberal democracy

A theocracy

A caliphate

A communist utopia

In the Islamic Republic of Iran, both the ulama and ___________ play important roles in running the state.

the bureaucracy

unions

the military

technocrats

What symbol from Shi'i tradition did the Ayatollah Khomeini utilize as a rallying point for the his followers against the Shah's regime?

An image of 'Ali and his grandsons

The Qur'an

The story of the Battle of Karbala

An image of the mosque of the Twelfth Imam

Why did the Iranian Revolution fail to spill outside of its borders?

Iran was forced to conform to the norms of the international economic and state systems.

The Shi'a nature of the Iranian state did not appeal to Islamic revolutionaries elsewhere.

The long war with Iraq acted as a moderating force in Iran.

Conflict between the Supreme Leader and the Council of Guardians led to the revolution turning inward.

What does the emergence of Hizbullah and Hamas have in common?

They both emerged as a result of the Iranian Revolution.

They both were organizations related to the Muslim Brotherhood.

They both emerged as a result of Israeli occupation of their homelands.

They both used anti-imperialist messages to gain support.

Which Islamist group assumed the right to decide who was and was not a Muslim and went as far as killing those they declared non-Muslim?

The Islamic State

Hezbollah

The Muslim Brotherhood

Islamic Jihad

In the 1980s and 90s, what measures did states such as Egypt, Algeria, and Syria take to combat the growth in popularity of Islamist movements?

They allowed Islamist movements to form official political parties that completed in local and national elections.

They maintained states of emergency which suspended the constitutional rights of those who were arrested.

They promoted alternate state-sponsored Islamic associations that attracted members of Islamist movements.

They expanded the reach of secular education and closed down all forms of Islamic education.

What initiated the brief "Damascus Spring" in 2000?

A petition drive for free and open elections by the Muslim Brotherhood.

The death of President Hafez al-Assad and the accession of his son, Bashar.

The rise of the Damascus Declaration Movement.

Large protests against Syria's occupation of Lebanon.

In what country did the Kifaya movement demand electoral reform and the resignation of the current president?

Bahrain

Kuwait

Algeria

Egypt

What event triggered a popular uprising against the Tunisian government in 2010?

The self-immolation suicide of a produce vendor named Muhammad Bouazizi.

The death of the long-time president of Tunisia, Zine al-'Abidin bin 'Ali.

The brutal crackdown by the military of a labor union protest.

The imposition of neoliberal economic policies that led to higher food prices.

According to Gelvin, who played an important role in spreading and sustaining the momentum of uprisings, begun in 2010-2011, in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, and elsewhere?

Civil society organizations

Defectors from the military

Organized labor and labor activists

College student organizations

In which country did the Muslim Brotherhood win a popular mandate to form a government?

Tunisia

Syria

Yemen

Egypt

The president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad is from which minority community?

Maronite Christians

Alawites

Houthis

Druze

Which of the following were not supporters of the opposition in the Syrian civil war?

Saudi Arabia

The Gulf States

Hizbollah

Turkey

Since 2011, how many people have become refugees from the civil war in Syria?

One million

240,000

Three million

Five million

Of all the countries that were caught up in the uprisings of 2010-2011, in which one did the forces for change have the most success?

Libya

Tunisia

Syria

Bahrain

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