The Arab Spring settled on Syria in 2012 . Discuss how this may affect Iran and the extreme Islamist movement there. The country is under as tough an authoritarian government as that of the former Shah of Iran

Discuss how an Arab Spring in Iran might be received and which countries may be blamed for inciting such actions.


While Syria is close to all out civil war, this is no doubt being keenly watched by those in Iran seeking a broader democracy in that country. The methods employed by the Shah are not dissimilar from those employed by the current Iranian government.

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a. less b. twice as c. more d. three times as

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According to the research cited in the textbook, women represent only about _____ of the police chiefs in the United States

a. 5% b. 7% c. 1% d. 2%

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A document given to the judge in which the victim talks about the negative effects of the crime on the victim's family is known as a(n) __________________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Konrad Lorenz believed the causes of aggression to be basically ________.

a. instinctive b. learned c. ritualistic d. biochemical e. invariant

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