The Iran Hostage Crisis

The Iran Hostage Crisis

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5 Qs

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The Iran Hostage Crisis

The Iran Hostage Crisis

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Dinorah Balderas

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5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

On November 4, 1979, a group of _______________ stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 ___________ hostages.

Iranian students, American

Angry students, Iranian

rebels, American

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The hostage-taking was a dramatic way for the student _____________ to declare a break with Iran’s past and _________to American interference in its affairs.

revolutionaries, a new beginning

students, stop

revolutionaries, put an end

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In April 1980, President __________ decided to launch a risky military rescue mission known as Operation Eagle Claw. However, a severe desert sandstorm caused caused problems and _________________ servicemen were killed in an accident.

Kennedy, 10 Iranian

Carter, 8 American

Nixon, 10 Iranian

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The students set their ___________ free on January 21, 1981, 444 days after the crisis began and just hours after President _______________ delivered his inaugural address.

hostages, Ronald Reagan

friends, Gerald Ford

friends, Jimmy Carter

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The reason Iranian __________ stormed the US Embassy was President Jimmy Carter’s decision to allow Iran’s deposed Shah, to come to the __________ for cancer treatment.

military, US

students, hospital

students, US