Qatari History and Civilization

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  1. Complete the sentence about History of Qatar with the correct year: After the Bani Utbah and other Arab tribes conquered Bahrain in ______, the Al Khalifa imposed their authority over Bahrain and mainā€¦
  2. Complete the sentence about Al Khalifa family with the correct year: In ______, the Al Khalifa family entered into an agreement with Britain whereby Bahrain would become a British protectorate.
  3. Complete the sentence about Al Khalifa family with the correct year: Relations between the political leadership and the rest of the "rank and file" members of the Al Khalifa ruling family have been foā€¦
  4. Complete the sentence about Ottoman Empire with the correct year: The empire emerged from a beylik, or principality, founded in northwestern Anatolia in c. ______ by the Turkoman tribal leader Osman Iā€¦
  5. Complete the sentence about Ottoman Empire with the correct year: The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the conquest of Constantinople in ______ by Mehmed II.
  6. Complete the sentence about Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani with the correct year: Jassim bin Mohammed played a significant role in the Battle of Mesaimeer, an armed conflict that occurred in Qatar fromā€¦
  7. Complete the sentence about Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani with the correct year: In ______, Bahrain launched a war against Qatar following the "Al Wakrah Incident".
  8. Complete the sentence about Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani with the correct year: In retaliation, Qatar attacked Bahrain in ______ in what was known as the Battle of Al Damsah, resulting in the deaths oā€¦
  9. Complete the sentence about Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani with the correct year: In April ______, the expedition sent by Midhat Pasha, the Ottoman governor of Baghdad, to Eastern Arabia arrived.
  10. Complete the sentence about Battle of Al Wajbah with the correct year: The Battle of Al Wajbah took place in March ______ in Qatar, a province of the Ottoman Empire's Najd sanjak at that time.
  11. Complete the sentence about Battle of Al Wajbah with the correct year: In ______, Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, who had recently assumed power from his father, authorized the Ottomans to send 100 trooā€¦
  12. Complete the sentence about Battle of Al Wajbah with the correct year: By January ______, the Ottomans had incorporated Qatar into their dominion.
  13. Complete the sentence about Mohammed bin Thani with the correct year: Qatari and allied forces were embroiled in three days of heavy fighting with Faisal's forces in the Battle of Mesaimeer from 2 Junā€¦
  14. Complete the sentence about Mohammed bin Thani with the correct year: In ______, Sheikh Mohammed made a plea for protection against any external attack to the Ottomans at Al Hasa.
  15. Complete the sentence about Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani with the correct year: Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani was born in ______ in Doha, Qatar's capital city, to Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Tā€¦
  16. Complete the sentence about Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani with the correct year: Sheikh Abdullah abdicated in ______ in favour of his second son, crown prince Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani.
  17. Complete the sentence about Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani with the correct year: Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani was born on 25 June ______, in Doha.
  18. Complete the sentence about Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani with the correct year: During his reign, Sheikh Ali oversaw the first shipment of onshore Qatari oil from the port city of Mesaieed on 31 Decemberā€¦
  19. Complete the sentence about Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani with the correct year: In August ______, Britain appointed Arthur John Wilton as the first Political Officer in Qatar.
  20. Complete the sentence about Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani with the correct year: Sheikh Ahmad attended numerous royal coronations, including the coronation of Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in ______.
  21. Complete the sentence about Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani with the correct year: Sheikh Ahmad then assumed throne and became the emir through the final years of dependency, overseeing the nation's independenā€¦
  22. Complete the sentence about Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani with the correct year: On 22 February ______, Sheikh Khalifa became the Emir of Qatar, seizing power from his cousin, Emir Ahmad bin Ali Al Thaniā€¦
  23. Complete the sentence about Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani with the correct year: On 19 April ______, he amended the Constitution and expanded the Cabinet by appointing more ministers.
  24. Complete the sentence about Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani with the correct year: On 18 July ______, the Cabinet was reshuffled for the first time, replacing most of the previous ministers and making it cā€¦
  25. Complete the sentence about Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani with the correct year: The Cabinet was again reshuffled under his premiership on 1 September ______, expanding it to 17 members.
  26. Complete the sentence about Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani with the correct year: In January ______, another production sharing agreement was signed between Qatar and the French state-owned oil company Elā€¦
  27. Complete the sentence about Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani with the correct year: After graduating in ______, he held several senior posts in the Qatar Armed Forces, including as chief of staff and ministā€¦
  28. Complete the sentence about Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani with the correct year: Hamad seized power from his father, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, in a bloodless palace coup d'Ć©tat in ______.
  29. Complete the sentence about Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with the correct year: On 5 August ______, he was appointed deputy commander-in-chief of Qatar's armed forces.
  30. Complete the sentence about Moza bint Nasser with the correct year: Nasser returned to Qatar with his immediate family in ______, the same year Moza married Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the heir appareā€¦
  31. Complete the sentence about Moza bint Nasser with the correct year: Sheikha Moza received a BA in Sociology from Qatar University in ______, and holds a MA in Public Policy in Islam from Hamad Bin Khaā€¦
  32. Complete the sentence about Moza bint Nasser with the correct year: Sheikha Moza established Education Above All in ______, aiming to make education accessible to marginalized children globally.
  33. Complete the sentence about Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani with the correct year: On 1 September ______, Hamad was appointed as foreign minister of Qatar by Emir Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani.
  34. Complete the sentence about Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani with the correct year: Al Thani started his career as an economic researcher at the Supreme Council for Family Affairs in ______.
  35. Complete the sentence about Qatar National Day with the correct year: Prior to the emiri decree in June ______, Qatar National Day was celebrated annually on 3 September, the day of Qatar's independenā€¦
  36. Complete the sentence about Qatar National Day with the correct year: On 18 December ______, Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani succeeded his father, Mohammed bin Thani, as ruler of the Qatari Peninsula.
  37. Complete the sentence about Emir of Qatar with the correct year: Sheikh Mohammed bin Thani is recognised as the first ruler, having begun his reign in ______ when he united the country's tribes underā€¦
  38. Complete the sentence about Emir of Qatar with the correct year: Qatar became part of the Ottoman Empire in ______, although Sheikh Mohammed retained control of its internal affairs.
  39. Complete the sentence about Emir of Qatar with the correct year: Qatar became an independent state on 3 September ______ and, since then, the ruler has been styled emir.
  40. Complete the sentence about Emir of Qatar with the correct year: In ______, Qatar adopted a constitution that provided for the direct election of 30 of the 45 members of a legislature.
  41. Complete the sentence about Shura Council with the correct year: The Council was formed in April ______ with 20 appointed members.
  42. Complete the sentence about Shura Council with the correct year: The disenfranchisement of Qataris whose ancestors were naturalized after ______ sparked tensions and criticism.
  43. Complete the sentence about Politics of Qatar with the correct year: In ______ the Al Thanis received British recognition of their rule, but still faced some opposition from other clans.
  44. Complete the sentence about Foreign relations of Qatar with the correct year: Arab states were among the first to recognize Qatar, and the country gained admittance to the United Nations and the Arabā€¦
  45. Complete the sentence about Qatarā€“United States relations with the correct year: Bilateral relations between the two countries have expanded since the opening of the U.S. embassy in Doha in March ____ā€¦
  46. Complete the sentence about Qatarā€“United States relations with the correct year: During the ______ Qatar diplomatic crisis, the United States President Donald Trump claimed credit for engineering theā€¦
  47. Complete the sentence about Qatarā€“United States relations with the correct year: On 30 January ______ an inaugural United States-Qatar Strategic Dialogue meeting was held, co-chaired by U.S.
  48. Complete the sentence about Qatarā€“Iran relations with the correct year: In ______, during Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's rule, Iran and Qatar signed a demarcation agreement.
  49. Complete the sentence about Qatarā€“Iran relations with the correct year: Leading up to the Iranian Revolution in ______, Qatar and Iran shared a friendly relationship.
  50. Complete the sentence about Qatarā€“Saudi Arabia relations with the correct year: Prior to ______, Qatar followed Saudi Arabia's political clout and both countries were highly aligned politically.
  51. Complete the sentence about Qatarā€“Saudi Arabia relations with the correct year: In ______, after Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani became Emir of Qatar, he sought to establish Qatar's own influence inā€¦
  52. Complete the sentence about Qatarā€“Saudi Arabia relations with the correct year: In ______, Qatar launched Al Jazeera to enhance the country's soft power.
  53. Complete the sentence about Qatarā€“Saudi Arabia relations with the correct year: On 5 June ______, Saudi Arabia along with Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates severed all ties with Qatar.
  54. Complete the sentence about 2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis with the correct year: The crisis was brought to an end in January ______, following an agreement between the Saudis and the Qataris.
  55. Complete the sentence about 2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis with the correct year: Initial supply disruptions were minimised by additional imports from Iran, with which Qatar restored full diplomatic relā€¦
  56. Complete the sentence about 2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis with the correct year: In March ______, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt withdrew their ambassadors from Qatar.
  57. Complete the sentence about Gulf Cooperation Council with the correct year: The Charter of the GCC was signed on 25 May ______, formally establishing the institution.
  58. Complete the sentence about Gulf Cooperation Council with the correct year: An economic agreement between the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council was signed on 11 November ______ in Abu Dhabi, Uā€¦
  59. Complete the sentence about Arab League with the correct year: The Arab League was formed in Cairo on 22 March ______, initially with seven members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syā€¦
  60. Complete the sentence about Arab League with the correct year: Furthermore, the signing of an agreement on Joint Defence and Economic Cooperation on 13 April ______ committed the signatories to coordiā€¦
  61. Complete the sentence about Organisation of Islamic Cooperation with the correct year: On 25 September ______, representatives of 24 Muslim majority countries met in Rabat, Morocco.
  62. Complete the sentence about Organisation of Islamic Cooperation with the correct year: In March ______, the First Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  63. Complete the sentence about Organisation of Islamic Cooperation with the correct year: In ______, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference was founded.
  64. Complete the sentence about Doha Round with the correct year: The Doha Agenda began with a ministerial-level meeting in Doha, Qatar, in ______.
  65. Complete the sentence about Doha Round with the correct year: Intense negotiations, mostly between the US, China, and India, were held at the end of ______ seeking agreement on negotiation modalitiesā€¦
  66. Complete the sentence about Doha Round with the correct year: Due to the failure of the Millennium Round, it was decided that negotiations would not start again until the next ministerial conference iā€¦
  67. Complete the sentence about Doha Round with the correct year: Just months before the Doha ministerial, the United States had been attacked by terrorists on 11 September ______.
  68. Complete the sentence about Doha Debates with the correct year: Televised eight times a year by BBC World News until ______, the debates were based on the Oxford Union format.
  69. Complete the sentence about Qatar Investment Authority with the correct year: The QIA was founded in ______ by the then-emir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, to manage the oil and natural gas surā€¦
  70. Complete the sentence about Qatar Investment Authority with the correct year: Prior to establishment of the QIA in ______, Qatar's Ministry of Finance had a small in-house team to invest revenue fromā€¦
  71. Complete the sentence about Qatar Airways with the correct year: In April ______, CEO Sheikh Hamad Bin Ali Bin Jabor Al Thani had employed a staff of 75.
  72. Complete the sentence about Qatar Petroleum with the correct year: The French tanker President Meny departed with the first load of oil on 31 December ______.
  73. Complete the sentence about Al Jazeera with the correct year: The Al Jazeera Satellite Channel was launched on 1 November ______.
  74. Complete the sentence about Al Jazeera with the correct year: At launch, Al Jazeera broadcast six hours of programming per day, expanding to twelve hours by the end of ______.
  75. Complete the sentence about Al Jazeera with the correct year: On 1 January ______, Al Jazeera began broadcasting on a 24-hour schedule.
  76. Complete the sentence about Al Jazeera English with the correct year: In August ______, it became available to some cable subscribers in New York, having previously been an option for some viewers inā€¦
  77. Complete the sentence about Economy of Qatar with the correct year: In ______, crude oil was first discovered in Dukhan, though commercial extraction and export would only accelerated significantly foā€¦
  78. Complete the sentence about Qatari riyal with the correct year: Until ______, Qatar used the Indian rupee as its currency, in the form of Gulf rupees.
  79. Complete the sentence about Qatari riyal with the correct year: When India devalued the rupee in ______, Qatar, along with the other states using the Gulf rupee, chose to introduce its own currency.
  80. Complete the sentence about Qatari riyal with the correct year: Following Dubai's entry into the United Arab Emirates, Qatar began issuing the Qatari riyal separate from Dubai on 19 May ______.
  81. Complete the sentence about Qatari riyal with the correct year: In ______, coins were introduced in the name of Qatar and Dubai for 1, 5, 10, 25, and 50 dirhams.
  82. Complete the sentence about Qatari riyal with the correct year: In ______, a new series of coins was introduced in the same sizes and compositions as the earlier pieces but in the name of Qatar only.
  83. Complete the sentence about Qatar Central Bank with the correct year: Originally known as the Qatar Monetary Agency it was founded in ______.
  84. Complete the sentence about Qatar Armed Forces with the correct year: As of ______, Qatar's defence expenditures added up to a total ofā€¦
  85. Complete the sentence about Qatar Armed Forces with the correct year: As of ______, Qatar maintains advanced anti-air and anti-ship capabilities with deliveries of Patriot PAC-3 MSE batteries, Exocetā€¦
  86. Complete the sentence about Qatari Emiri Air Force with the correct year: The air force began a major expansion in ______, when it ordered six Alpha Jet trainer/light attack aircraft.
  87. Complete the sentence about Qatari Emiri Air Force with the correct year: Twelve Gazelle helicopters, armed with HOT anti-tank missiles were received from ______.
  88. Complete the sentence about Qatari Emiri Air Force with the correct year: In ______, the Qatari Air Force took part in the Gulf War on the side of the allies.
  89. Complete the sentence about Qatari Emiri Navy with the correct year: On 19 December ______, the Qatari Navy was said to be going ahead with plans to reinforce its underwater capabilities including theā€¦
  90. Complete the sentence about Human rights in Qatar with the correct year: In June ______, another Muslim expatriate was sentenced to 40 lashes for consuming alcohol and driving under the influence.
  91. Complete the sentence about Kafala system with the correct year: In January ______, domestic workers constituted approximately 32.4% of female employment in the Arab states.
  92. Complete the sentence about Migrant workers in Qatar with the correct year: In April ______, a Muslim expatriate was sentenced to 40 lashes for alcohol consumption.
  93. Complete the sentence about Women in Qatar with the correct year: In ______ the Qatari government formally recognized Amna Mahmoud's school, making her the first female Qatari teacher in the first Qatā€¦
  94. Complete the sentence about Women in Qatar with the correct year: In ______ after many changes, Amna Mahmoud's school became known as the Banat Al Doha Primary School and more than 100 female studentsā€¦
  95. Complete the sentence about Municipalities of Qatar with the correct year: In ______, the western city of Al-Shahaniya split off from Al Rayyan Municipality to form its own municipality.
  96. Complete the sentence about Municipalities of Qatar with the correct year: According to Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning, in ______, the first municipality was the Municipality of Qatar, crā€¦
  97. Complete the sentence about Municipalities of Qatar with the correct year: Then, on 17 July ______, Ar Rayyan, Al Wakrah, Al Khawr and Dhekra, Ash Shamal, and Umm Salal municipalities created under Reā€¦
  98. Complete the sentence about Flag of Qatar with the correct year: Several additions were made to the Qatari flag in ______, with the nine-pointed serrated edge, diamonds, and the word "Qatar" being intā€¦
  99. Complete the sentence about Flag of Qatar with the correct year: The flag was officially adopted on 9 July ______ and was virtually identical to the 1960s flag, except the height-to-width proportion.
  100. Complete the sentence about Qatar University with the correct year: The institution was established as the College of Education by a decree from the Emir of Qatar in ______.

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