Saudi Geography

Saudi Geography

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  1. Complete the sentence about Riyadh with the correct year: The first mention of the city by the name Riyadh was in ______, by an Arab chronicler.
  2. Complete the sentence about Riyadh with the correct year: In ______, Dahham ibn Dawwas, who was from the neighboring Manfuhah, seized control of the town.
  3. Complete the sentence about Riyadh with the correct year: In ______, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab formed an alliance with the Emir of Diriyah, Muhammad bin Saud, and they took Riyadh from Dahham.
  4. Complete the sentence about Jeddah with the correct year: The Maghrebi traveler Ibn Battuta visited Jeddah during his world trip around ______.
  5. Complete the sentence about Mecca with the correct year: The city was most recently conquered in the Saudi conquest of Hejaz by Ibn Saud and his allies in ______.
  6. Complete the sentence about Mecca with the correct year: Prince Khalid Al-Faisal has been the provincial governor since 16 May ______.
  7. Complete the sentence about Medina with the correct year: Medina has been inhabited at least ______ years before the Hijra, or approximately the 9th century BCE.
  8. Complete the sentence about Dammam with the correct year: The area that eventually became Dammam was settled by the Dawasir tribe around ______, with permission from King Ibn Saud.
  9. Complete the sentence about Dammam with the correct year: In ______, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland launched an attack on the fort at Dammam, which was under the control of the Secondā€¦
  10. Complete the sentence about Khobar with the correct year: The city was founded alongside Dammam by the Dawasir, who moved there in ______ fearing British persecution with the permission of King Abdulaā€¦
  11. Complete the sentence about Dhahran with the correct year: A Concession Agreement to search for oil was signed in Jeddah on 29 May ______, between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Standard Oil of Califā€¦
  12. Complete the sentence about Taif with the correct year: As a part of the Hejaz, the city has seen many transfers-of-power throughout its history, with the last being during the Saudi conquest of Hejazā€¦
  13. Complete the sentence about Buraydah with the correct year: In ______, Buraidah was recognized by UNESCO as a Creative City in Gastronomy, becoming the first Gulf city and the second Arab city to receā€¦
  14. Complete the sentence with the correct year: During the Gulf War in ______, the US Air Force had a base here from which they launched bombers on Baghdad.
  15. Complete the sentence about Abha with the correct year: In ______, the Prince of Asir, Yahya bin Hasun Al Ayde, grandson of Ibn Ayed, returned to his family throne conquered in Abha with complete indeā€¦
  16. Complete the sentence about Abha with the correct year: In ______, Asir was conquered by the Ikhwan tribesmen of Nejd loyal to Ibn Saud during the Unification of Saudi Arabia.
  17. Complete the sentence about Abha with the correct year: In ______, a group of terrorists attacked a big mosque in Abha.
  18. Complete the sentence about Abha with the correct year: A coastal road connecting Jeddah and Abha was completed in ______.
  19. Complete the sentence about Abha with the correct year: Shadda Palace, built in ______, is now a museum displaying local handicrafts and household items.
  20. Complete the sentence about Hail, Saudi Arabia with the correct year: After Abdullah bin Ali's death in ______, his son and successor, Talal bin Abdullah, completed the palace.
  21. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The last Rashidi emir was ousted from power by Ibn Saud in ______.
  22. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The University of Hail was officially founded on 14 June ______.
  23. Complete the sentence about Hofuf with the correct year: German explorer Hermann Burchardt photographed the city in ______.
  24. Complete the sentence about Hofuf with the correct year: In ______, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was founded and the city took the name Hofuf, which has been among the kingdom's major cities since.
  25. Complete the sentence about Jubail with the correct year: In ______, the Saudi government designated Jubail as the site for a new industrial city, with rapid expansion and industrialization arising.
  26. Complete the sentence about Jubail with the correct year: Archaeological place: Crease Tower or Tuwayah Tower was constructed around ______.
  27. Complete the sentence about Jubail with the correct year: In September ______, Jubail gained a measure of fame as the landing site for the first team of geologists to explore for oil in Saudi Arabia.
  28. Complete the sentence about Yanbu with the correct year: On 27 July ______ the Ottoman garrison surrendered in the Capture of Yanbu to the Arab revolutionary forces.
  29. Complete the sentence about Qatif with the correct year: Qatif is home to Darin Airport, the first airport in Saudi Arabia, which opened in ______.
  30. Complete the sentence about Qatif with the correct year: Qatif Municipality was established in ______, making it the second oldest in the Kingdom after Jeddah Municipality.
  31. Complete the sentence about Ha'il with the correct year: The station was opened in ______ and connects Hail with Riyadh, Majmaah, Al-Qassim, Al-Jouf, and Qurayyat.
  32. Complete the sentence about Al Faisaliyah Center with the correct year: Completed in ______, Al-Faisaliah Tower was the first skyscraper built in Saudi Arabia.
  33. Complete the sentence about Masjid al-Nabawi with the correct year: In ______, under the reign of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II, it became the first place in the Arabian Peninsula to be provided withā€¦
  34. Complete the sentence about Diriyah with the correct year: At-Turaif District, the first capital of Saudis in Diriyah, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in ______.
  35. Complete the sentence about Mada'in Salih with the correct year: In ______, UNESCO proclaimed Mada'in Salih as a site of patrimony, becoming Saudi Arabia's first World Heritage Site.
  36. Complete the sentence about Jubbah with the correct year: Jubbah was visited by Anne Blunt and Finnish orientalist and explorer Georg August Wallin in ______.
  37. Complete the sentence about Rock Art in the Ha'il Region with the correct year: The hills, rising to a height of ______ m above sea level and almost 450 m above the surrounding Nafud desert, once overā€¦
  38. Complete the sentence about Historic Jeddah with the correct year: In May ______, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced a multi-billion dollar restoration of 56 historical building in Al-Balad.
  39. Complete the sentence about Historic Jeddah with the correct year: In ______ the Municipality of Jeddah founded the Jeddah Historical Preservation Society to preserve the historical architecture and cā€¦
  40. Complete the sentence about Asir Province with the correct year: When the First Saudi state was destroyed by the Ottoman Empire in ______, the Asiris continued to fight the Ottoman Egypt forces in theā€¦
  41. Complete the sentence about Asir Province with the correct year: The Al-Ayedh generally allied themselves to the Saudis, who had re-established their dynasty in ______, but did not formally enter undeā€¦
  42. Complete the sentence about Asir Province with the correct year: In about ______, Muhammad ibn Ali al-Idrisi, a descendant of Ahmad ibn Idris al-Fasi, began to establish political control of Asir.
  43. Complete the sentence about Asir Province with the correct year: After the end of World War I, Muhammad ibn Ali became ruler of an internationally recognized sovereign state, the Emirate of Asir, untiā€¦
  44. Complete the sentence about Asir Province with the correct year: Ibn Saud later successfully fought off a rival claim for the region by the Zaydi Imam of the neighboring Kingdom of Yemen in ______.
  45. Complete the sentence about Asir Province with the correct year: By ______, however, Ibn Saud, the founder of the modern Saudi state, had begun to recoup the losses of the House of Saud, and to unifyā€¦
  46. Complete the sentence about Farasan Islands with the correct year: The Farasan Islands consist of nearly 200 islands and islets, most of which are coral islands, spread over a sea area of ______ km inā€¦
  47. Complete the sentence about Strait of Tiran with the correct year: In ______, 90% of Israeli oil passed through the Straits of Tiran, making it a target of Egyptian blockade during the Arab League boyā€¦
  48. Complete the sentence about Tiran Island with the correct year: The island was captured by Israel during the Six-Day War and was returned to Egypt during the ______ Egyptā€“Israel peace treaty.
  49. Complete the sentence about Tiran Island with the correct year: The island's administration was transferred back to Saudi Arabia by Egypt in April ______.
  50. Complete the sentence about Tiran Island with the correct year: Egypt occupied the island in ______ with concurrence by the Saudi government and restricted passage through the strait.
  51. Complete the sentence about Rub' al Khali with the correct year: South Ghawar, discovered in ______, is the largest oil field in the world and extends southward into the northernmost parts of the Emptā€¦
  52. Complete the sentence about Nafud Desert with the correct year: During the Arab Revolt in ______, forces led by Auda ibu Tayi attacked the Turkish-held coastal town of Aqaba on its poorly defended easā€¦
  53. Complete the sentence about Hejaz with the correct year: In September ______, the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd joined the Saudi dominions of Al-Hasa and Qatif, creating the unified Kingdom of Saudi Arabiā€¦
  54. Complete the sentence about Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Dilmun's commercial power began to decline between ______ BC and 800 BC because piracy flourished in the Persian Gulf.
  55. Complete the sentence about Qassim Province with the correct year: In ______, the Rashidi dynasty based in Ha'il annexed the province.
  56. Complete the sentence about Qassim Province with the correct year: In ______, the province was integrated under the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  57. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The crossing was closed in ______ following the Gulf War, except during the Hajj season.
  58. Complete the sentence about Provinces of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: King Fahd issued Royal Order A/92 on March 2, ______, known as Law of the Provinces, which provided for the division of theā€¦
  59. Complete the sentence about Geography of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: In the summer of ______, representatives of Saudi Arabia and Yemen met in Geneva to discuss settlement of the border issue.
  60. Complete the sentence about Geography of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: In ______, Saudi Arabia and Jordan agreed to boundary demarcations involving an exchange of areas of territory.
  61. Complete the sentence about Geography of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: In ______, Ibn Saud and British officials representing Iraqi interests signed the Treaty of Mohammara which established theā€¦
  62. Complete the sentence about Geography of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: In May ______, Iraq and Saudi Arabia signed an additional agreement regarding the administration of the zone.
  63. Complete the sentence about Geography of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: The boundary between Ibn Saud's territories of Najd and the Eastern Province and the British protectorate of Kuwait was firā€¦
  64. Complete the sentence about Abqaiq with the correct year: Abqaiq's rapid development and growth followed the discovery of the Abqaiq oil field in ______ by Saudi Aramco.
  65. Complete the sentence about Khurais oil field with the correct year: Pilot-scale production at Khurais began in ______, but the field was never fully developed.
  66. Complete the sentence about Khurais oil field with the correct year: The project began in ______, is led by Halliburton for wells drilling, Snamprogetti for crude and utilities, Hyundai for gas.
  67. Complete the sentence about King Fahd Causeway with the correct year: Subsequently, Bahrain, which drove on the left, changed to driving on the right in ______.
  68. Complete the sentence about Jubail Industrial City with the correct year: Jubail Industrial City, the world's largest industrial city, was established in ______ and is located in the Eastern Provinceā€¦
  69. Complete the sentence about Jubail Industrial City with the correct year: The city was constructed by the US-based Bechtel Corporation starting from ______.
  70. Complete the sentence about King Abdulaziz International Airport with the correct year: Roosevelt in ______, the kingdom was gifted a Douglas DC-3 that was operated between the cities of Jeddah, Riyadā€¦
  71. Complete the sentence about King Abdulaziz International Airport with the correct year: In ______, Saudia, the Saudi flag carrier, was set up and operated out of the airport.
  72. Complete the sentence about King Abdulaziz International Airport with the correct year: Plans for a new airport located outside of Jeddah were first conceived in ______ as a small project costing notā€¦
  73. Complete the sentence about King Abdulaziz International Airport with the correct year: In ______, two proposals from two American companies were made, with the estimated cost significantly increasingā€¦
  74. Complete the sentence about King Khalid International Airport with the correct year: In ______, the planning and site selection of a replacement airport for the old airport began as part of the Airporā€¦
  75. Complete the sentence about King Khalid International Airport with the correct year: Terminals 1 to 4 were built when the airport was opened in November ______.
  76. Complete the sentence about King Fahd International Airport with the correct year: As part of the government-run Airports Development Program, the planning stages for the third and final internationalā€¦
  77. Complete the sentence about King Fahd International Airport with the correct year: In an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, all domestic and international flights were suspended until furtherā€¦
  78. Complete the sentence about Riyadh Metro with the correct year: In June ______, a shortlist of three major global consortia was chosen to build the metro.
  79. Complete the sentence about Hijaz Railway with the correct year: The project was ordered by Sultan Abdul Hamid II in March ______.
  80. Complete the sentence about Faisal Mosque with the correct year: Construction of the mosque began in ______ after a $28 million grant from Saudi King Faisal, whose name the mosque bears.
  81. Complete the sentence about Jannat al-Baqi with the correct year: The structures above the graves in the cemetery were demolished in ______ during the First Wahabi-Saudi control of Medina.
  82. Complete the sentence about Jannat al-Baqi with the correct year: The structures were subsequently rebuilt under Ottoman rule, however following the Saudi conquest of Hejaz, it was demolished again inā€¦
  83. Complete the sentence about Wadi Rum with the correct year: Currently, the majority is made up by the Zalabieh Bedouins who arrived to the region around ______.
  84. Complete the sentence about Wadi Rum with the correct year: A French team of archaeologists completed the excavations in ______.
  85. Complete the sentence about Arabian oryx with the correct year: The Arabian oryx was extinct in the wild by the early 1970s, but was saved in zoos and private reserves, and was reintroduced into the wā€¦
  86. Complete the sentence about Arabian oryx with the correct year: The name "oryx" was introduced by Peter Simon Pallas in ______ for the common eland as Antilope oryx.
  87. Complete the sentence about Arabian oryx with the correct year: In ______, Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville subdivided the antelope group, adopted Oryx as a genus name, and changed the species nameā€¦
  88. Complete the sentence about Arabian oryx with the correct year: In ______, Martin Lichtenstein confused matters by transferring the name Oryx leucoryx to the scimitar oryx, now Oryx dammah.
  89. Complete the sentence about Arabian oryx with the correct year: The Zoological Society of London obtained the first living individual in Europe in ______.
  90. Complete the sentence about Arabian oryx with the correct year: Oldfield Thomas renamed the scimitar oryx as Oryx algazal in ______ and gave the Arabian oryx its original name.
  91. Complete the sentence about Arabian leopard with the correct year: Felis pardus nimr was the scientific name proposed by Wilhelm Hemprich and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg in ______ for a leopard fromā€¦
  92. Complete the sentence about Arabian leopard with the correct year: Panthera pardus jarvisi, proposed by Reginald Innes Pocock in ______, was based on a leopard skin from the Sinai Peninsula.
  93. Complete the sentence about Arabian wolf with the correct year: A ______ study suggests that genetically the Arabian wolf is closer to C. l. lupus than it is to C. l. pallipes and supports the subspecā€¦
  94. Complete the sentence about Arabian wolf with the correct year: In ______, whole genome sequencing was used to compare members of the genus Canis.
  95. Complete the sentence about Sand cat with the correct year: The first sand cat known to scientists was discovered in the Algerian Sahara and described in ______.
  96. Complete the sentence about Sand cat with the correct year: In Central Asia, it was first recorded in the Karakum Desert in ______.
  97. Complete the sentence about Sand cat with the correct year: The large gap between these two regions of its global range was partially closed in ______, when a sand cat skin was found in an oasis of thā€¦
  98. Complete the sentence about Marid Castle with the correct year: In ______, Ha'il governor Talal Ibn Rashid damaged the castle with two cannons.
  99. Complete the sentence about Marid Castle with the correct year: In ______, Nawwaf Ibn Sha'lan besieged the castle for ten months before wresting control of it from the Rashids.
  100. Complete the sentence about Marid Castle with the correct year: In ______, excavations revealed Nabataean and Roman ceramics dated to the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, with further excavation completed eaā€¦

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