Vast amounts of oil revenues had what consequence in Iran?

Vast amounts of oil revenues had what consequence in Iran?
 
  a. Citizens paid very little for gasoline and heating oil.
  b. Oil helped fuel democratic reforms within the state.
  c. The state was able to attract foreign investment in the manufacturing sector due its ability to offer tax incentives.
  d. The oil fields had a detrimental impact on agriculture leading to several devastating famines.
  e. The state became independent of society since it did not depend on society for tax revenue.

 Q. 2

From the 1950s through the 1970s, all of the following generally deterred foreigners from investing in Iran EXCEPT
 
  a. government corruption.
  b. fear of government confiscation.
   c. a small internal market.
  d. clerical rule.
  e. labor costs.

 Q. 3

A country that earns much of its revenue by exporting raw materials, such as oil, or leasing out natural resources to foreign companies is known as
 
  a. a dual society.
  b. an export substitution state.
  c. a rentier state.
  d. a dependent country.
  e. a leaser state.

 Q. 4

The authority of clerics in the Iranian theocratic political system comes from
 
  a. their direct communications with God.
  b. their direct lineage to Prophet Muhammad.
  c. their scholarly knowledge of religious scriptures and God's law.
   d. the Qu'ran.
  e. historical precedence, when clerics ruled Iran in the past.

 Q. 5

Which of the following statements about nuclear power and Iran is NOT true?
 
  a. Iran sees nuclear power as a matter of both sovereignty and modernity.
  b. While the Bush Administrations accepted Iran's right to enrich uranium so long as it guaranteed that it did not do so to the point of producing nuclear weapons, the Obama Administration has not.
   c. Iran's plans to develop nuclear power have been delayed because of U.S. pressure on Europe not to transfer such technology to Iran.
   d. The United States and Israel developed a cyber-sabotage program to infect Iranian computers used to control the production of enriched uranium.
   e. The United States and other Western powers believe that any nuclear technology in the hands of Iran could be passed on to terrorist organizations.

 Q. 6

Which of the following was NOT a policy pursued by Khomeini, which had the effect of isolating Iran from the Western world?
 
  a. Calling for revolutions throughout the Muslim world
  b. Launching the Iran-Iraq War in 1980
  c. Permitting Iran's intelligence services to assassinate opposition leaders living in Western Europe
   d. Launching a research program to build medium-range missiles and nuclear power
  e. Sending money and arms to Muslim dissidents living abroad

 Q. 7

The position of Iran's liberal president Khatami was undermined by __________, which paved the way for the electoral victory of ultraconservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
 
  a. his government's pro-Israeli policies
  b. Iran's support for the installation of a pro-American government in Iraq in 2003
  c. his support to depose the Taliban in Afghanistan
  d. U.S. president George Bush's hardline actions toward Iran, including his support for regime change
  e. the establishment of a grand bargain with the United States to end its nuclear research activities