What effect did the Westernizing influences under the Shah of Iran have?
a. Iran became a well-functioning democracy.
b. Iran was too traditional to be impacted by Westernization.
c. It provoked an intense backlash leading to the Islamic revolution in 1979.
d. It led to a bloody civil war between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in Iran.
Answer: c. It provoked an intense backlash leading to the Islamic revolution in 1979.
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a. Ramesses II. b. Tutankhamen. c. Narmer. d. Hatshepsut. e. Akhenaten.
Ebla and Ugarit were
A) flourishing city-states in the area of modern Syria and Palestine. B) Egyptian gods invoked by doctors and patients. C) the sons of Ramses II. D) conquerors of Egypt. E) multi-ethnic communities.
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