Saudi History and Culture

Saudi History And Culture

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  1. Complete the sentence about History of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Abdulaziz united the four regions into a single state through a series of conquests beginning in ______ with the capture of R…
  2. Complete the sentence about History of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Petroleum was discovered on 3 March ______ and followed up by several other finds in the Eastern Province.
  3. 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 I…
  4. 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.
  5. Complete the sentence about Hejaz Vilayet with the correct year: Sultan Selim I defeated the Mamluk Sultanate in ______ and took over Egypt.
  6. Complete the sentence about Hejaz Vilayet with the correct year: In early ______, the leader of the Wahhabi army Ibn Saud ordered the expulsion of all pilgrims and troops loyal to the Emir of Mecca, l…
  7. Complete the sentence about Emirate of Nejd and Hasa with the correct year: On 2 December ______, the Nejd signed an agreement with Kuwait defining their border with each other, which would be a strai…
  8. Complete the sentence about Emirate of Nejd and Hasa with the correct year: On 23 September ______, Abdulaziz proclaimed the union of the main Saudi dominions of al-Hasa, Qatif, Nejd and the Hejaz as…
  9. Complete the sentence about Ibn Saud with the correct year: The family were exiled from their residence in the city of Riyadh in ______.
  10. Complete the sentence about Ibn Saud with the correct year: Ibn Saud reconquered Riyadh in ______, starting three decades of conquests that made him the ruler of nearly all of central and north Arabia…
  11. Complete the sentence about Ibn Saud with the correct year: As King, he presided over the discovery of petroleum in Saudi Arabia in ______ and the beginning of large-scale oil production after World W…
  12. Complete the sentence about Muhammad bin Saud with the correct year: Muhammad bin Saud initiated attacks against the ruler of Riyadh, Dahham bin Dawwas, in ______.
  13. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Of them, both Saud and Faisal died in his lifetime in a battle in ______.
  14. 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.
  15. 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".
  16. Complete the sentence with the correct year: At last, in ______, the Ikhwan rose up in open revolt against Saudi rule.
  17. Complete the sentence about Battle of Sabilla with the correct year: The Saudi monarchy would not have another threat to its rule until the seizing of the Grand Mosque in ______.
  18. Complete the sentence about Kingdom of Hejaz with the correct year: On 23 September ______, the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd was unified with the other Saudi dominions, creating the unified Kingdom of Sa…
  19. Complete the sentence about Kingdom of Hejaz with the correct year: In ______, in the aftermath of the Young Turk Revolution, he was appointed Emir of Mecca by the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II.
  20. Complete the sentence about Sharif Hussein bin Ali with the correct year: In ______, in the aftermath of the Young Turk Revolution, Hussein was appointed Sharif of Mecca by the Ottoman sultan Abdul Ha…
  21. Complete the sentence about Sharif Hussein bin Ali with the correct year: In October ______, facing defeat by Ibn Saud, he abdicated and was succeeded as king by his eldest son Ali bin Hussein.
  22. Complete the sentence about Sykes–Picot Agreement with the correct year: The agreement was ratified by their respective governments on 9 and 16 May ______.
  23. Complete the sentence about Sykes–Picot Agreement with the correct year: Italy assented to the agreement in ______ via the Agreement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and received southern Anatolia.
  24. Complete the sentence about Sykes–Picot Agreement with the correct year: More broadly it was to lead, indirectly, to the subsequent partitioning of the Ottoman Empire following Ottoman defeat in _____…
  25. Complete the sentence about Unification of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Two years later, in ______, following the formal conclusion of the unification, the Kingdom of Yemen launched a war again…
  26. Complete the sentence about Unification of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Following the Diriyah pact in ______ between Muhammad Abdul Wahhab and Muhammad bin Saud, the state grew in power.
  27. Complete the sentence about Unification of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: The fall of Mecca to the Saudis challenged the legitimacy of the Ottoman Empire, which had exercised sovereignty over the…
  28. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Jeddah with the correct year: The two regions were unified into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in ______.
  29. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Taif with the correct year: In ______, he proclaimed the merger of the Nejd and Hejaz kingdoms, establishing the Saudi Arabian Kingdom.
  30. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Taif with the correct year: In ______, Emir Idrissi, the ruler of Asir, maintained an uneasy independence between Nejd, Hejaz, and Yemen.
  31. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Taif with the correct year: In November ______, the Yemenis declared war and advanced on Najran.
  32. Complete the sentence about Proclamation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: The debellation of the Second Saudi State occurred in ______ following the defeat of the House of Saud at…
  33. Complete the sentence about Proclamation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Within months, he was able to capture Riyadh in January ______ and subsequently establish the Emirate of…
  34. Complete the sentence about Proclamation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: In ______, Ibn Saud captured the region of al-Hasa in Eastern Arabia from the Ottomans.
  35. Complete the sentence about Proclamation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Ibn Saud signed the Treaty of Darin with Percy Cox in ______ that somewhat attempted to define the emirat…
  36. Complete the sentence about Standard Oil of California with the correct year: One of Chevron's early predecessors, "Star Oil", discovered oil at the Pico Canyon Oilfield in the Santa Susana Mountains…
  37. Complete the sentence about Standard Oil of California with the correct year: Pacific Coast Oil eventually became the largest oil interest in California, and in ______, John D.
  38. Complete the sentence about Arabian-American Oil Company with the correct year: The US administration had popular support for an "Open Door policy", which Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, initia…
  39. Complete the sentence about Dammam No. 7 with the correct year: The well, which operated continuously until its closure in ______, is now a historic landmark and part of an Aramco museum.
  40. Complete the sentence about Dammam No. 7 with the correct year: The discovery of oil in neighboring Bahrain in ______, however, spurred Saudi Arabia to initiate its own oil exploration efforts.
  41. Complete the sentence about Dammam No. 7 with the correct year: By October ______, the Dammam field was confirmed as a viable commercial oil source.
  42. Complete the sentence about Saud of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Saud served as a commander in Abdulaziz's conquests that led to the establishment of Saudi Arabia in ______.
  43. Complete the sentence about Saud of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Upon his father's death in ______, Saud ascended the throne and reorganized the government.
  44. Complete the sentence about Saud of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Under his reign, Saudi Arabia joined the Non-Aligned Movement in ______.
  45. Complete the sentence about Faisal of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: After his father died in ______ and his half-brother Saud became king, Faisal became crown prince, and in that position he out…
  46. Complete the sentence about Faisal of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Protesting against support that Israel received from the West, he led the oil embargo which caused the ______ oil crisis.
  47. Complete the sentence about Faisal of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Following his assassination by his nephew Faisal bin Musaid in ______, he was succeeded by his half-brother Khalid.
  48. Complete the sentence about Khalid of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: King Faisal named Khalid as crown prince in ______, after Khalid's full brother Prince Muhammad removed himself from the line…
  49. Complete the sentence about Khalid of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Following the assassination of King Faisal in ______, Khalid ascended to the throne.
  50. Complete the sentence about Khalid of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: In ______, a group of civilians seized the Grand Mosque of Mecca and sought but failed to kidnap Khalid.
  51. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Khalid died in ______ and was succeeded by his half-brother Fahd.
  52. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Khalid was born in Qasr Al Hukm, Riyadh, on 13 February ______.
  53. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Upon the death of King Khalid in ______, Fahd ascended to the throne.
  54. Complete the sentence about Abdullah of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Prior to his accession, he was Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 13 June ______.
  55. Complete the sentence about Abdullah of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: After King Fahd suffered a serious stroke in ______, Abdullah became the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia until ascending the…
  56. Complete the sentence about Salman of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Salman became king in ______ upon the death of his half-brother, King Abdullah.
  57. Complete the sentence about Salman of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Salman's major initiatives as king include the Saudi intervention in the Yemeni Civil War, Saudi Vision 2030, and a ______ dec…
  58. Complete the sentence about Salman of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Salman was born on 31 December ______, and is reported to be the 25th son of King Abdulaziz, the first monarch and founder of…
  59. Complete the sentence about Mohammad bin Salman with the correct year: After obtaining a law degree from King Saud University, he became an advisor to his father in ______.
  60. Complete the sentence about Mohammad bin Salman with the correct year: Mohammed bin Salman was born on 31 August ______, the son of Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz and his third wife, Fahda bint Falah Al…
  61. Complete the sentence about Mohammad bin Salman with the correct year: On 15 December ______, at the age of 24, he entered politics as a special advisor to his father when the latter was the governor…
  62. Complete the sentence about Mohammad bin Salman with the correct year: On 2 March ______, Chief of the Crown Prince Court Saud bin Nayef Al Saud was appointed governor of the Eastern Province, and Moh…
  63. Complete the sentence about Mohammad bin Salman with the correct year: On 23 January ______, King Abdullah died and Salman ascended the throne.
  64. Complete the sentence about Mohammed bin Nayef with the correct year: Muhammad's uncle King Salman named him as crown prince on 29 April ______.
  65. Complete the sentence about Mohammed bin Nayef with the correct year: On 21 June ______ the king appointed his own son, Mohammed bin Salman, as crown prince and relieved Muhammad bin Nayef of all posi…
  66. Complete the sentence about Mohammed bin Nayef with the correct year: Muhammad bin Nayef was appointed assistant interior minister for security affairs in ______.
  67. Complete the sentence about Mohammed bin Nayef with the correct year: After the appointment of Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as interior minister upon Prince Nayef's death in July ______, Prince…
  68. Complete the sentence about Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: After the defeat at the battle of Sarif in ______, Abdul Rahman bin Faisal gave up all ambitions to recover his patrimon…
  69. Complete the sentence about Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: When Turki died during the flu pandemic of ______, Abdulaziz designated his second son Saud to be heir and further succe…
  70. Complete the sentence about Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: In ______, after Abdulaziz administered the Nejd and Hejaz as two separate states, he unified them and formed Saudi Arab…
  71. Complete the sentence about Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Faisal was declared the prime minister of Saudi Arabia in ______, but had limited powers.
  72. Complete the sentence about Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: As the issues in Saudi Arabia worsened, the House of Saud forced King Saud to delegate most of his executive powers to F…
  73. Complete the sentence about Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: The office of prime minister was established on 9 October ______, by decree of King Saud.
  74. Complete the sentence about Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: A power struggle between the two led to Faisal's resignation in ______, allowing Saud to regain control.
  75. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Continued instability, however, resulted in Faisal's reappointment in ______.
  76. Complete the sentence about Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: After Saud was deposed in ______, Faisal succeeded him as King while remaining Prime Minister.
  77. Complete the sentence about House of Saud with the correct year: The monarchy was hereditary by agnatic seniority until ______, when a royal decree provided that future Saudi kings are to be elected b…
  78. Complete the sentence about Basic Law of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the First Gulf War, King Fahd issued a royal decree that was published in offici…
  79. Complete the sentence about Council of Ministers with the correct year: The Council of Ministers was established by King Abdulaziz in ______.
  80. Complete the sentence about Council of Ministers with the correct year: The present law governing the form and function of the Council of Ministers was issued by King Fahd in ______.
  81. Complete the sentence about Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: The Council was not officially dissolved and remained ineffective until King Fahd revived it in ______.
  82. Complete the sentence about Allegiance Council with the correct year: After almost a year with the post of second deputy Prime Minister vacant, Prince Muqrin was formally designated by royal decree in…
  83. Complete the sentence about Saudi vision 2030 with the correct year: As of ______, Saudi Arabia's economy remains heavily dependent on oil revenue.
  84. Complete the sentence about Saudi Vision 2030 with the correct year: The goals in Saudi Vision 2030 could be compared with other development plans in the Middle East, such as Kuwait Vision 2035, Egypt…
  85. Complete the sentence about Public Investment Fund with the correct year: The wealth fund has Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler since ______, as its chairman.
  86. Complete the sentence about Tadawul with the correct year: Tadāwul was formed in ______ as a joint stock company and the sole entity authorized to act as a securities exchange in Saudi Arabia.
  87. Complete the sentence about Tadawul with the correct year: The market acquired a more formal status as the Saudi Company for Share Registration in ______.
  88. Complete the sentence about Saudi riyal with the correct year: The system remained even though the riyal was subsequently debased to a coin equivalent, in silver content, to the Indian rupee in ______…
  89. Complete the sentence about Saudi riyal with the correct year: In ______, the first coins were issued in the name of Saudi Arabia.
  90. Complete the sentence about 1973 oil crisis with the correct year: In March ______, OAPEC lifted the embargo, but the price of oil had risen by nearly 300%: from US12/barrel glo…
  91. Complete the sentence about 1973 oil crisis with the correct year: A second oil shock occurred in ______ in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution.
  92. Complete the sentence about 1973 oil crisis with the correct year: Following the Israeli Declaration of Independence in ______, there has been conflict between Arabs and Israelis in the Middle East, i…
  93. Complete the sentence about 1973 oil crisis with the correct year: The Six-Day War of ______ included an Israeli invasion of the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula, which resulted in Egypt closing the Suez Cana…
  94. Complete the sentence about 1973 oil crisis with the correct year: Nevertheless, the embargo lasted only until January ______, though the price of oil remained high afterwards.
  95. 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.
  96. 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.
  97. Complete the sentence about Organisation of Islamic Cooperation with the correct year: In ______, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference was founded.
  98. 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…
  99. 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…
  100. 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.

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