Bh History And Culture

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  1. Complete the sentence about History of Bahrain with the correct year: In ______, Bahrain became the first location in the Persian Gulf outside Iran to discover oil, ushering in a transformative era of…
  2. Complete the sentence about Usfurids with the correct year: The Usfurids' takeover came after Uyunid power had been weakened by invasion in ______ by the Salghurid Atabeg of Fars.
  3. Complete the sentence about Usfurids with the correct year: According to Arab sources, in ______ the Arabian forces from the Usfurids invaded Basra and defeated the Mongols where they inflicted heavy…
  4. Complete the sentence about Safavid Bahrain with the correct year: Bahrain was conquered by the Safavids in ______ to counter the influence of the Ottoman and Portuguese empires in Iraq and along the…
  5. Complete the sentence about Safavid Bahrain with the correct year: In ______, Omani forces launched their second assault on Bahrain.
  6. 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.
  7. 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 fo…
  8. Complete the sentence about Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa with the correct year: In August ______, a large force led by Nasir bin Mubarak invaded Bahrain and killed Isa's father, Sheikh Ali.
  9. Complete the sentence about Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa with the correct year: Sheikh Isa died while praying the dawn prayers in his room in Muharraq on 9 December ______ after a reign of 63 years, and was…
  10. Complete the sentence about Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa with the correct year: A member of the House of Khalifa, he ruled as Hakim until ______ and for the remainder of his reign as Emir.
  11. Complete the sentence about Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa with the correct year: Isa visited Ayetollah Mohsin Al Hakim in Najaf in ______ to indicate his keenness to reinforce relationships with the Shia.
  12. Complete the sentence about Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa with the correct year: During his reign, Bahrain gained independence from the United Kingdom in ______.
  13. Complete the sentence about Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa with the correct year: Isa was one of the founders of the Dar Al Maal Al Islami Trust which was initiated by Saudi royal Mohammed bin Faisal Al Sa…
  14. Complete the sentence about Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa with the correct year: Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa was born on 21 October ______, as the eldest son of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and…
  15. Complete the sentence about Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa with the correct year: Prince Khalifa was born on 24 November ______, the second son of Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa, Hakim of Bahrain, and his…
  16. Complete the sentence about Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa with the correct year: Prince Khalifa was appointed as prime minister by his brother Emir Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, in ______.
  17. Complete the sentence about Charles Belgrave with the correct year: In ______ he took part in the Darfur Expedition, for which he was awarded the Sudan Medal and Clasp.
  18. Complete the sentence about Charles Belgrave with the correct year: Belgrave's great-grandfather was Admiral James Richard Dacres who commanded HMS Guerriere as a captain in ______.
  19. Complete the sentence about Charles Belgrave with the correct year: In ______ Shaikh Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa, nearly 80 years old, was induced to hand over power to his son Shaikh Hamad and a series of…
  20. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Bahrain with the correct year: In ______, the then ruler Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa issued a decree providing for the election of a Constituent Assemb…
  21. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Bahrain with the correct year: In ______ Emir Hamad put forward the National Action Charter which would return the country to constitutional rule.
  22. Complete the sentence about Emir of Bahrain with the correct year: The House of Khalifa has been the ruling family of the country since the ______ Arab invasion that led to the end of Persian rule in…
  23. Complete the sentence about Council of Representatives of Bahrain with the correct year: The council was created by the ______ Constitution of Bahrain and consists of forty members elected by universa…
  24. Complete the sentence about Consultative Council with the correct year: Alees Samaan made history in the Arab world on 18 April ______ when she became the first woman to chair a session of parliament…
  25. Complete the sentence about National Assembly of Bahrain with the correct year: The first ever National Assembly in Bahrain was elected in ______ under the statutes of the first constitution which was…
  26. Complete the sentence about Politics of Bahrain with the correct year: Bahrain gained independence from the United Kingdom in ______, with Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa as its ruler.
  27. Complete the sentence about Politics of Bahrain with the correct year: In ______, Isa issued a decree for the election of a Constituent Assembly to draft and ratify a constitution.
  28. Complete the sentence about Al Wefaq with the correct year: In the ______ election Al Wefaq received the backing of the Islamic Scholars Council which helped it win seventeen of the eighteen seats it…
  29. Complete the sentence about Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry with the correct year: The commission was established by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain by Royal Decree 28 of ______.
  30. Complete the sentence about Foreign relations of Bahrain with the correct year: Since achieving independence in ______, Bahrain has maintained friendly relations with most of its neighbours and with t…
  31. Complete the sentence about Foreign relations of Bahrain with the correct year: In December ______, it concurred with the GCC decision to drop secondary and tertiary boycotts against Israel.
  32. Complete the sentence about Foreign relations of Bahrain with the correct year: Sheikh Khaled was educated in the United States, as a student he was a member of US President Jimmy Carter's ______ pres…
  33. Complete the sentence about Foreign relations of Bahrain with the correct year: In July ______ the U.S. 5th Fleet was established in the Persian Gulf with its headquarters at NSA Bahrain in Manama.
  34. 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.
  35. 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, U…
  36. Complete the sentence about Peninsula Shield Force with the correct year: In November ______, the GCC Joint Defense Council considered a Saudi proposal to expand the capabilities of the Shield and to…
  37. Complete the sentence about Peninsula Shield Force with the correct year: The Peninsula Shield Force was not sufficiently developed to be deployed in defense of Kuwait ahead of the invasion and occupa…
  38. Complete the sentence about Peninsula Shield Force with the correct year: On 14 March ______, the Bahraini government requested Peninsula Shield Forces enter Bahrain via the causeway from Saudi Arabia…
  39. 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, Sy…
  40. 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 coordi…
  41. Complete the sentence about Bahrain–Israel relations with the correct year: Relations have existed between Bahrain and Israel since Bahrain achieved its independence in ______.
  42. Complete the sentence about Bahrain–Israel relations with the correct year: Following their independence from the British rule in ______, Bahrain became part of the Arab League boycott of Israel.
  43. Complete the sentence about Bahrain–Israel relations with the correct year: Bahrain abandoned its boycott of Israel in ______, in exchange for a free trade agreement with the United States.
  44. Complete the sentence about Bahrain–Israel relations with the correct year: In October ______, Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid Alkhalifa held a meeting with the American Jewish Committee where he said…
  45. Complete the sentence about Abraham Accords with the correct year: In ______, Egypt was the first Arab League state to recognize Israel.
  46. Complete the sentence about Bahrain–United States relations with the correct year: Bahrain and the United States have been allies since Bahrain's independence in ______ and have maintained close relat…
  47. Complete the sentence about Bahrain–United States relations with the correct year: Since ______, while still a British colony, Bahrain has been the location of a U.S. naval base, Naval Support Activit…
  48. Complete the sentence about Bahrain–United States relations with the correct year: The U.S. embassy in Manama was opened on September 21, ______, and the country's first resident ambassador, Joseph W.
  49. Complete the sentence about Bahrain–United States relations with the correct year: In October ______, Emir Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa made a state visit to Washington.
  50. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, two years after the Allied victory, it was stood down.
  51. Complete the sentence about Fifth Fleet with the correct year: After remaining inactive for 48 years, the Fifth Fleet was reactivated in ______.
  52. Complete the sentence about Fifth Fleet with the correct year: The Fifth Fleet was initially established during World War II on 26 April ______ from the Central Pacific Force under the command of Admi…
  53. Complete the sentence about Fifth Fleet with the correct year: Under Admiral Spruance, the Fifth Fleet was, by June ______, the largest combat fleet in the world, with 535 warships.
  54. Complete the sentence about Fifth Fleet with the correct year: The British Pacific Fleet operated as part of the Fifth Fleet from March to May ______ under the designation Task Force 57.
  55. Complete the sentence about Fifth Fleet with the correct year: The Fifth Fleet's next major combat operation would have been Operation Olympic, the invasion of Kyushu in the Japanese Home Islands, sch…
  56. Complete the sentence about Bahrain–Iran relations with the correct year: In ______ Iran's parliament passed a bill declaring that Bahrain is the fourteenth province of Iran.
  57. Complete the sentence about Bahrain–Iran relations with the correct year: Iran had a claim to Bahrain until March ______ when Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi abandoned the claim.
  58. Complete the sentence about Bahrain–Iran relations with the correct year: The ______ Bahraini independence survey administered by the UN found that the majority of the Bahraini population, including b…
  59. Complete the sentence about Bahrain–Iran relations with the correct year: In November ______, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran made his first official visit to Bahrain and met with King Hamad bin…
  60. Complete the sentence about Bahraini dinar with the correct year: Initially, Abu Dhabi adopted the Bahraini dinar but changed to the dirham in ______, with 1 dirham = 100 fils = 0.100 dinar.
  61. Complete the sentence about Bahraini dinar with the correct year: Before Malta's adoption of the euro on 1 January ______, it was the third-highest-valued currency unit after the Kuwaiti dinar and Mal…
  62. Complete the sentence about Aluminium Bahrain with the correct year: Alba began operations in ______ as the first aluminium smelter in the Middle East and the first project of industrial diversificati…
  63. Complete the sentence about Aluminium Bahrain with the correct year: Alba was incorporated in the state of Bahrain on 9 August ______ by Amiri decree.
  64. Complete the sentence about Gulf Air with the correct year: The Foundation Treaty was signed on 1 January ______ and gave each government a 25% shareholding in Gulf Aviation, which became a holding co…
  65. Complete the sentence about Royal Bahraini Air Force with the correct year: In ______ Bahrain acquired its first fighter jets, the F-5, and established the 6th Fighter Squadron at Muharraq Air Base.
  66. Complete the sentence about Royal Bahrain Naval Force with the correct year: The RBNF received the frigate RBNS Sabha from the U.S., arriving in Bahrain on 9 July ______.
  67. Complete the sentence about Royal Bahrain Naval Force with the correct year: The United States and Bahrain signed an agreement on 23 December ______ that allowed the U.S.
  68. Complete the sentence about Royal Bahrain Naval Force with the correct year: Sep. 8, ______ - The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Bahrain for…
  69. Complete the sentence about Royal Bahrain Naval Force with the correct year: In ______, Bahrain has purchased another frigate from the US, the USS Robert G.
  70. Complete the sentence about Human rights in Bahrain with the correct year: Bahrain's record on human rights has been described by Human Rights Watch as "dismal", and having "deteriorated sharply in th…
  71. Complete the sentence about Women in Bahrain with the correct year: The first secular school for women in Bahrain, the Al-Khadija Al-Kubra, was established in ______.
  72. Complete the sentence about Women in Bahrain with the correct year: In ______, according to Farouk Amin, Bahrain was the first Gulf state to have education for women.
  73. Complete the sentence about Women in Bahrain with the correct year: In ______, an amendment to the Constitution of Bahrain gave women in Bahrain the vote and the right to stand in national elections…
  74. Complete the sentence about Coat of arms of Bahrain with the correct year: The coat of arms of Bahrain was originally designed in ______ by Charles Belgrave, the British adviser to the Shaikh of Bahra…
  75. Complete the sentence about Coat of arms of Bahrain with the correct year: In ______, the advisor to the Ruler, Charles Belgrave, designed a coat of arms for the Ruler, Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa.
  76. Complete the sentence about National anthem of Bahrain with the correct year: The anthem was originally composed in ______ to be played at official events such as receptions, making Bahrain one of the…
  77. Complete the sentence about Demographics of Bahrain with the correct year: Regarding the ethnicity of Bahrainis, a Financial Times article published on 31 May ______ found that "Bahrain is a polyglot…
  78. Complete the sentence about Shia Islam in Bahrain with the correct year: The ______ Omani invasion forced many prominent Shia ulama, including Yusuf bin Ahmed Al Bahrani, to flee, leading to the sprea…
  79. Complete the sentence about Shia Islam in Bahrain with the correct year: The Sunni Al Khalifa family arrived in Bahrain from Najd in ______.
  80. Complete the sentence about Shia Islam in Bahrain with the correct year: In ______, Shias were 55% and they wanted to participate in determining their own destiny through protests against the Al Khali…
  81. Complete the sentence about Shia Islam in Bahrain with the correct year: Established in ______, it was founded by more than 100 Shia scholars such as Ali Salman, Saeid Shahabi, Abdul Amir al-Jamri and…
  82. Complete the sentence about Ajam of Bahrain with the correct year: Waves of famine, cholera and smallpox outbreaks as well as increased crime rates accompanying drought led to a large-scale migration…
  83. Complete the sentence about Bahrain Petroleum Company with the correct year: BAPCO was established in ______ in Canada by Standard Oil Company of California for oil exploration activities in Bahrain.
  84. Complete the sentence about Bahrain Petroleum Company with the correct year: In ______, more than 60% BAPCO's shares was acquired by the Government of Bahrain.
  85. Complete the sentence about Bahrain Petroleum Company with the correct year: In ______, all BAPCO's shares were taken over by the Government of Bahrain.
  86. Complete the sentence about Education in Bahrain with the correct year: The system was established in ______ when the Bahraini government assumed responsibility for operating two pre-existing primary…
  87. Complete the sentence about Education in Bahrain with the correct year: As of ______, education expenditure accounts for 2.7% of Bahrain's GDP.
  88. Complete the sentence about Arabian Gulf University with the correct year: The concept of the university was established after the fourth meeting of the General Convention of Arab Education for the Gu…
  89. Complete the sentence about Arabian Gulf University with the correct year: The university was established by six GCC Countries and Iraq in ______.
  90. Complete the sentence about Arabian Gulf University with the correct year: The decision to establish the college of medicine and medical sciences was taken on 30 March ______ by the General Council of…
  91. Complete the sentence about Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa with the correct year: After Hamad became Emir of Bahrain Salman was sworn in as crown prince on 9 March ______.
  92. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Bahrain with the correct year: After the death of the Emir Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa in ______, his throne was taken over by his son Shaikh Hamad bin…
  93. Complete the sentence about Emir of Bahrain with the correct year: On 14 February ______, the emir of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, declared Bahrain a kingdom and proclaimed himself the first kin…
  94. Complete the sentence about Consultative Council with the correct year: After there was widespread disappointment that no women were elected to the lower house in ______'s general election, four women…
  95. Complete the sentence about Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry with the correct year: On 15 August ______ a group of protestors stormed the BICI offices, having been angered by the inaccurate r…
  96. Complete the sentence about Abraham Accords with the correct year: Efforts to build ties had become increasingly public by ______, with visits by Israeli officials to Gulf states and the start of limi…
  97. Complete the sentence about Central Bank of Bahrain with the correct year: In November ______, he decided to further develop the kingdom's growing insurance sector.
  98. Complete the sentence about Human rights in Bahrain with the correct year: The crackdown on protesters during the ______ Arab Spring brought further human rights complaints, including the destruction…
  99. Complete the sentence about Coat of arms of Bahrain with the correct year: The heraldic device has been most recently altered in ______, when the emirate was declared a kingdom by Hamad ibn Isa Al Kha…
  100. Complete the sentence about Religion in Bahrain with the correct year: Foreigners, overwhelmingly from South Asia and other Arab countries, constituted 54% of the population in ______.

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