Kuwaiti History and Civilization

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  1. Complete the sentence about Camp Arifjan with the correct year: In July ______, the Kuwaiti government began constructing Camp Arifjan south of its capital.
  2. Complete the sentence about Camp Buehring with the correct year: Much of Camp Buehring has operated continuously since its establishment in ______.
  3. Complete the sentence about Camp Buehring with the correct year: A vehicle-ramming attack on March 30, ______, left 16 people wounded, after a disgruntled Egyptian electrician rammed a pick-up truck i…
  4. Complete the sentence with the correct year: By August ______, it was the only Kuwaiti air base not occupied by Iraq.
  5. Complete the sentence about Ali Al Salem Air Base with the correct year: New flagpoles have since been installed, however as of December ______, the original pole still stands.
  6. Complete the sentence about Ali Al Salem Air Base with the correct year: The Royal Air Force operated out of Ali Al Salem from early ______, just before Operation Desert Fox.
  7. Which place completes this sentence about Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah? Saad, who was born in 1930, belonged to the Al-Salem branch of the Al-Sabah family and was eldest son of ______ Al-Sabah…
  8. Which place completes the sentence? At 25, he was appointed governor of ______ on 21 February 1962 and held the post until 19 March 1978.
  9. Complete the sentence about History of Kuwait with the correct year: Mesopotamians first settled in the Kuwaiti island of Failaka in ______ B.C.
  10. Complete the sentence about History of Kuwait with the correct year: The island had many Mesopotamian-style buildings typical of those found in Iraq dating from around ______ B.C.
  11. Complete the sentence about History of Kuwait with the correct year: From 4000 BC until ______ BC, the bay of Kuwait was home to the Dilmun civilization.
  12. Complete the sentence about Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah with the correct year: On 15 January ______, Emir Jaber died, making Sheikh Saad, his Crown Prince and a member of the Salim branch of the…
  13. Complete the sentence about Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah with the correct year: Nawaf was nominated as crown prince on 7 February ______, during the reign of his half-brother Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jab…
  14. Complete the sentence about Gulf War with the correct year: In ______, another US-led coalition invaded and occupied Iraq, beginning the Iraq War.
  15. Complete the sentence about Operation Desert Storm with the correct year: On 24 February ______, the coalition launched a decisive ground assault liberating Kuwait and promptly advancing into Iraqi te…
  16. Complete the sentence about Operation Desert Storm with the correct year: In the war's aftermath, the Iraqi government suppressed a series of uprisings until 5 April ______.
  17. Complete the sentence about Battle of Khafji with the correct year: On 2 August ______, the Iraqi Army invaded and occupied the neighboring state of Kuwait.
  18. Complete the sentence about United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 with the correct year: United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 was adopted on 3 April ______.
  19. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Iraq accepted the provisions of the resolution on 6 April ______.
  20. Complete the sentence about Kuwait Investment Authority with the correct year: The Chinese regulator awarded Kuwait Investment Authority an additional $700 million quota on top of $300 million awarded…
  21. Complete the sentence about Central Bank of Kuwait with the correct year: In September ______, Sahar Al-Rumaih became the first woman Deputy Governor of the Central Bank.
  22. Complete the sentence about Economy of Kuwait with the correct year: Following independence in ______, Kuwait emerged as the financial and cultural capital of the Gulf.
  23. Complete the sentence about Economy of Kuwait with the correct year: In ______, the collapse of Kuwait's unofficial stock market wiped out billions of dollars and severely disrupted the domestic finan…
  24. Complete the sentence about Economy of Kuwait with the correct year: In ______, KPC bought a 19% share in British Petroleum, which was later reduced to 10%.
  25. Complete the sentence about Kuwait Petroleum Corporation with the correct year: In ______ KPC received the first Kuwait Oil Concession Agreement after it was originally formed by the Gulf Oil Corporat…
  26. Complete the sentence about Kuwait Petroleum Corporation with the correct year: In December ______ Hashem Hashim was appointed as chief executive officer.
  27. Complete the sentence about Women in Kuwait with the correct year: Kuwaiti girls began learning scripture in ______ when the first Quran school was established.
  28. Complete the sentence about Women in Kuwait with the correct year: Public schooling began in ______ though enrollment in it was low for some time; however, by the 1940s many young Kuwaiti women were e…
  29. Complete the sentence about LGBT rights in Kuwait with the correct year: In ______ a United Nations report on HIV in Kuwait found that about six percent of known transmission cases were the result of…
  30. Complete the sentence about Coat of arms of Kuwait with the correct year: In ______, Mohammed Husni Zaki designed the emblem that is now recognized as the official emblem of the State of Kuwait.
  31. Complete the sentence about Shia Islam in Kuwait with the correct year: The Strategic Studies Institute reported that they constitute 40% of the population in ______.
  32. Complete the sentence about Shia Islam in Kuwait with the correct year: In November ______, Kuwait arbitrarily detained eight elderly Shia Kuwaiti men without any charges.
  33. Complete the sentence about Christianity in Kuwait with the correct year: In ______ the country had 7 official churches and 18 non-official churches, with Kuwait's largest cathedral being situated in…
  34. Complete the sentence about Kuwaiti nationality law with the correct year: Such laws were considered important to the creation of the National Assembly in ______, as this new body would provide formal…
  35. Complete the sentence about Kuwaiti nationality law with the correct year: In the three decades after independence in ______, the Al Sabah ruling family naturalized hundreds of thousands of foreign Be…
  36. Complete the sentence about Kuwait Fund with the correct year: Since ______, the Kuwait Fund has launched the semi-annual Training Program for newly graduated Kuwaiti engineers and architects.
  37. Complete the sentence about Ali Al Salem Air Base with the correct year: On 6 April ______, 15 Americans were wounded in an overnight Iranian drone strike on the base.
  38. Complete the sentence about Sheikhdom of Kuwait with the correct year: The English Factory was diverted to Kuwait in ______, which consequently expanded Kuwait's resources beyond fishing and pearling.
  39. Complete the sentence about Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 1913 with the correct year: Informal negotiations began on 29 July ______ in a British memorandum sent to the Ottoman Government.
  40. Complete the sentence about Anglo-Iraqi Treaty with the correct year: The Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of October ______ was an agreement signed between the British and the Iraqi governments.
  41. Complete the sentence about Anglo-Iraqi Treaty with the correct year: The general public in the region reacted negatively to the mandate and resented the imposition of British control, which led to th…
  42. Complete the sentence with the correct year: On 23 August ______, Faisal ibn Hasayn was crowned as Faisal I, King of Iraq.
  43. Complete the sentence about Anglo-Iraqi Treaty with the correct year: Major centres of insurgency during what was later called the ______ "Great Iraqi Revolution" included Baghdad, Najaf and Karbala.
  44. Complete the sentence about Anglo-Iraqi Treaty with the correct year: The ______ Cairo Conference would set the stage for greater Iraqi autonomy.
  45. Complete the sentence about Faisal I of Iraq with the correct year: In ______, the Syrian National Congress proclaimed Faisal king, rejecting the French claim to a Mandate for Syria.
  46. Complete the sentence about Faisal I of Iraq with the correct year: In ______, he presided over the independence of the Kingdom of Iraq upon the end of the British Mandate and the country's entry into…
  47. Complete the sentence about Faisal I of Iraq with the correct year: Faisal died of a heart attack in ______ in Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 48 and was succeeded by his eldest son Ghazi.
  48. Complete the sentence about Faisal I of Iraq with the correct year: In ______, he was elected as representative for the city of Jeddah for the Ottoman parliament.
  49. Complete the sentence about Hashemites with the correct year: Abdullah was assassinated in ______, but his descendants continue to rule Jordan today.
  50. Complete the sentence about Hashemites with the correct year: In ______, Hussein bin Ali was appointed to the Sharifate of Mecca.
  51. Complete the sentence about Hashemites with the correct year: In ______ he met the British high commissioner, Lord Kitchener, in Cairo to discuss the possibility of the British supporting an Arab upri…
  52. Complete the sentence about Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani with the correct year: Gilani travelled to Baghdad in ______, where he studied Islamic jurisprudence, Hadith and other religious sciences.
  53. Complete the sentence about Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani with the correct year: In ______, Gilani returned to Baghdad and began preaching publicly.
  54. Complete the sentence about Kuwait–Najd War with the correct year: At the Uqair conference in ______, the boundaries of Kuwait and Najd were set.
  55. Complete the sentence about Kuwait–Najd War with the correct year: In ______ Emir Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Riyadh captured the Sanjak of Hasa from the Ottomans to become the new neighbor to the Emirate of…
  56. Complete the sentence about Kuwait–Najd War with the correct year: In ______ Sheikh Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah intended to build a commercial city in the south of Kuwait.
  57. Complete the sentence about Ikhwan with the correct year: The conquest of the Hejaz in ______ brought all of the current Saudi state under Ibn Saud's control.
  58. Complete the sentence about Ikhwan with the correct year: In ______ meeting of Ikhwan leaders at al-Artawiya, found Ibn Saud at fault for "not upholding the sharp separation of belief and infidelity".
  59. Complete the sentence about Battle of Riyadh with the correct year: The Battle of Riyadh or the Reconquest of Riyadh, was fought on 13 January ______ in Riyadh, then part of the Emirate of Jabal Shamm…
  60. Complete the sentence about Battle of Riyadh with the correct year: The state was defeated at the Battle of Mulayda on 21 January ______ by the Emirate of Jabal Shammar, which had previously been a va…
  61. Complete the sentence about Battle of Riyadh with the correct year: In ______, King Fahd bin Abdulaziz inaugurated the King Abdulaziz Historical Center in Riyadh to commemorate the centenary of the ba…
  62. Complete the sentence about Iraq–Kuwait border with the correct year: As a result of the secret ______ Anglo-French Sykes-Picot Agreement the United Kingdom gained control of the Ottoman Vilayets of M…
  63. Complete the sentence about Iraq–Kuwait relations with the correct year: Mesopotamians first settled in the Kuwaiti island of Failaka in ______ BC Traders from the Sumerian city of Ur inhabited Failak…
  64. Complete the sentence about Iraq–Kuwait relations with the correct year: The island had many Mesopotamian-style buildings typical of those found in Iraq dating from around ______ BC.
  65. Complete the sentence about Abd al-Karim Qasim with the correct year: Qasim came to power in ______ when the Iraqi monarchy was overthrown during the 14 July Revolution.
  66. Complete the sentence about Abd al-Karim Qasim with the correct year: Qasim was born in Mahdiyya, a lower-income district of Baghdad on the left side of the river, now known as Karkh, on 21 November _…
  67. Complete the sentence about Abd al-Karim Qasim with the correct year: When Qasim was six, his family moved to Al-Suwaira, a small town near the Tigris, then to Baghdad in ______.
  68. Complete the sentence about Operation Vantage with the correct year: Operation Vantage was a British military operation in ______ to support the newly independent state of Kuwait against territorial c…
  69. Complete the sentence about Operation Eagle Claw with the correct year: In turn, Carter blamed his loss in the ______ US presidential election mainly on his failure to secure the release of the hostag…
  70. Complete the sentence about Operation Eagle Claw with the correct year: Facing elections and with little to show from negotiations, the Carter government ordered the State Department to sever diplomat…
  71. Complete the sentence about Gulf War oil spill with the correct year: Iraqi forces allegedly began dumping oil into the Persian Gulf in January ______ to stop a U.S. coalition-led water landing on the…
  72. Complete the sentence about Gulf War oil spill with the correct year: The war—fought between Iraq, under Saddam Hussein, and the Coalition forces—started with Iraq’s invasion and occupation of Kuwait…
  73. Complete the sentence about Gulf War oil spill with the correct year: Several months into the war, Coalition forces led attacks on Iraqi military in Iraq and Kuwait on January 16, ______.
  74. Complete the sentence about Gulf War oil spill with the correct year: By April ______, it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil had already been recovered.
  75. Complete the sentence about Gulf War oil spill with the correct year: From the first reports of the spill in January ______, the possible environmental damage it could cause was at the forefront of ma…
  76. Complete the sentence about Gulf War syndrome with the correct year: In ______ the Royal British Legion produced a comprehensive report entitled Legacy of Suspicion, which made recommendations about n…
  77. Complete the sentence about Gulf War syndrome with the correct year: In ______, Chemical detection units from Czechoslovakia, France, and Britain confirmed chemical agents.
  78. Complete the sentence about Coalition of the Gulf War with the correct year: Iraq failed to do so, and the coalition began an aerial bombardment against targets in Iraq and Kuwait on 17 January ______…
  79. Complete the sentence about Coalition of the Gulf War with the correct year: On 23 February ______, the aerial bombardment campaign came to an end and the coalition began a ground offensive into Iraqi…
  80. Complete the sentence about Coalition of the Gulf War with the correct year: The Iraqi military was devastated in the fighting, and Kuwait was declared completely free of the occupation on 28 February…
  81. Complete the sentence about Colin Powell with the correct year: Powell was born in New York City in ______ to parents who emigrated from Jamaica.
  82. Complete the sentence about George H. W. Bush with the correct year: Bush ran for president in ______ but lost the Republican presidential primaries to Reagan, who later picked him as his running mate…
  83. Complete the sentence about George H. W. Bush with the correct year: Bush ran again in ______ and won the presidential election against Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis.
  84. Complete the sentence about George H. W. Bush with the correct year: Domestically, Bush backpedaled on a ______ campaign promise by enacting legislation to raise taxes that he justified as necessary t…
  85. Complete the sentence about Margaret Thatcher with the correct year: In ______ she defeated Heath in the Conservative Party leadership election to become Leader of the Opposition and the first woman t…
  86. Complete the sentence about Margaret Thatcher with the correct year: In ______ Thatcher oversaw the deregulation of UK financial markets, leading to an economic boom, in what came to be known as the B…
  87. Complete the sentence about James Baker with the correct year: Bush and worked for Bush's unsuccessful ______ campaign for the United States Senate.
  88. Complete the sentence about James Baker with the correct year: After serving briefly as under secretary of commerce, Baker ran President Gerald Ford's failed ______ campaign following the ouster of ca…
  89. Complete the sentence about James Baker with the correct year: House of Representatives in Houston and did run a failed ______ campaign for Texas attorney general, but he otherwise remained in appoint…
  90. Complete the sentence about James Baker with the correct year: Reagan appointed Baker as his White House chief of staff, and Baker remained in that position until ______, when he became Secretary of t…
  91. Complete the sentence about James Baker with the correct year: Baker remained active in business and public affairs after Bush's defeat in the ______ presidential election.
  92. Complete the sentence about Dick Cheney with the correct year: In July ______, presumptive Republican presidential nominee George W.
  93. Complete the sentence about Dick Cheney with the correct year: Bush chose Cheney as his running mate in the ______ presidential election.
  94. Complete the sentence about Tariq Aziz with the correct year: In the year prior to the ______ invasion of Iraq, Aziz said that the United States did not want "regime change" in Iraq but rather "region…
  95. Complete the sentence about Tariq Aziz with the correct year: Aziz was born on 28 April ______, near the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, to an Iraqi Assyrian family.
  96. Complete the sentence about Ali Hassan al-Majid with the correct year: Al-Majid is thought to have been born around ______ in al-Awja near Tikrit.
  97. Complete the sentence about Ali Hassan al-Majid with the correct year: In ______, Saddam seized power, ousting President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr.
  98. Complete the sentence about Republican Guard with the correct year: The Republican Guard was disbanded in ______ after the invasion of Iraq by a U.S.-led international coalition.
  99. Complete the sentence with the correct year: By ______, the war had exhausted Iraq, with both Iran and Iraq suffering heavy casualties.
  100. Complete the sentence about Republican Guard with the correct year: Between the invasion of Kuwait and the start of the war on 17 January ______, four more RGFC internal security divisions had been fo…

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