Saudi History and Culture

Saudi History And Culture

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  1. 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…
  2. Complete the sentence about United Nations with the correct year: When World War II broke out in ______, the League effectively closed down.
  3. Complete the sentence about United Nations with the correct year: The first step towards the establishment of the United Nations was the Inter-Allied Conference in London that led to the Declaration o…
  4. Complete the sentence about United Nations with the correct year: Roosevelt and Churchill met at the White House in December ______ for the Arcadia Conference.
  5. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabia–United States relations with the correct year: Bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States began in ______ when full diplomatic relations we…
  6. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabia–United States relations with the correct year: After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in ______, the alliance deepened, as both countries jointly supported A…
  7. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabia–Iraq relations with the correct year: In ______, the land borders between the two countries closed due to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
  8. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabia–Iraq relations with the correct year: The peace would be broken in ______, when a caravan of pilgrims protected by a Saudi convoy was plundered near Hail; upon…
  9. Complete the sentence about Gulf War with the correct year: On 24 February ______, the coalition launched a decisive ground assault liberating Kuwait and promptly advancing into Iraqi territory.
  10. Complete the sentence about Gulf War with the correct year: In the war's aftermath, the Iraqi government suppressed a series of uprisings until 5 April ______.
  11. Complete the sentence about Grand Mosque seizure with the correct year: The Grand Mosque seizure took place between 20 November and 4 December ______ at the Grand Mosque of Mecca in Mecca, Saudi Arabi…
  12. Complete the sentence about Grand Mosque seizure with the correct year: In ______, Al-Otaybi, al-Qahtani and a number of the Ikhwan were locked up as troublemakers by the Ministry of Interior security…
  13. Complete the sentence about Iranian Revolution with the correct year: In ______, the Shah had launched the White Revolution, a top-down modernization and land reform program that alienated many sector…
  14. Complete the sentence about Iranian Revolution with the correct year: A key turning point occurred on 19 August ______, when the Cinema Rex fire by Islamic militants killed around 400 people.
  15. Complete the sentence about Iranian Revolution with the correct year: On 16 January ______, Pahlavi left Iran for exile, leaving his duties to Iran's Regency Council and Shapour Bakhtiar, the oppositi…
  16. Complete the sentence about Iranian Revolution with the correct year: On 1 February ______, Khomeini returned, following an invitation by the government; several million greeted him as he landed in Te…
  17. Complete the sentence about Iran–Iraq War with the correct year: After eight years of conflict, both countries accepted a ceasefire deal brokered by the United Nations, which became effective in Augus…
  18. Complete the sentence about Iran–Iraq War with the correct year: At the start of the war, Iraq expected a decisive victory, considering Iran's post-revolutionary chaos, but their invasion had stalled…
  19. Complete the sentence about Iran–Iraq War with the correct year: The Iranian military then gained momentum, and recaptured all their territory by June ______.
  20. Complete the sentence about Iran–Iraq War with the correct year: In mid-______, Iraq launched a series of counter-offensives that created the military stalemate present at the war's end.
  21. 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.
  22. Complete the sentence about Khobar Towers bombing with the correct year: On 13 November ______, a car bombing in Al Olaya, Riyadh outside the headquarters of the OPM-SANG killed six Americans and two…
  23. Complete the sentence about Khobar Towers bombing with the correct year: Al-Mughassil, Al-Houri, Al-Sayegh, Al-Qassab, and the unidentified Lebanese man bought a large latrine service tanker truck in…
  24. Complete the sentence about Osama bin Laden with the correct year: In ______, he co-founded Maktab al-Khidamat to recruit foreigners into the Afghan mujahideen resistance.
  25. Complete the sentence about Osama bin Laden with the correct year: Upon returning to Saudi Arabia, bin Laden publicly promoted anti-Western causes and opposed the Saudi royal family, leading to his ex…
  26. Complete the sentence about Osama bin Laden with the correct year: In ______, al-Qaeda bombed the World Trade Center complex in New York City.
  27. Complete the sentence about Osama bin Laden with the correct year: In ______, bin Laden returned to Afghanistan after being expelled from Sudan; Afghanistan came under Taliban control later that year.
  28. Complete the sentence about Osama bin Laden with the correct year: Al-Qaeda bombed U.S. embassies in East Africa in ______, and the U.S. and United Nations officially declared bin Laden a terrorist.
  29. Complete the sentence about Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula with the correct year: The group took advantage of the ______ Yemeni revolution to seize and establish several emirates in southern Yemen…
  30. Complete the sentence about Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula with the correct year: AQAP would again capitalize on political turmoil in the country when the Yemeni civil war broke out in ______.
  31. Complete the sentence about Saudi-led intervention in Yemen with the correct year: By ______, the conflict was reported as a "military stalemate", and the following year, Saudi Arabia declared its fir…
  32. Complete the sentence about Saudi-led intervention in Yemen with the correct year: By September ______, Houthi fighters captured Sanaa, toppling Hadi's government.
  33. 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.
  34. Complete the sentence about Killing of Jamal Khashoggi with the correct year: In December ______, following secretive proceedings, three defendants were acquitted; five were sentenced to death; and th…
  35. Complete the sentence about Killing of Jamal Khashoggi with the correct year: The five men sentenced to death were low-level participants and were pardoned in May ______ by Khashoggi's children.
  36. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabia–Israel relations with the correct year: In ______, Saudi Arabia voted against the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, and currently does not recognize…
  37. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabia–Israel relations with the correct year: In ______, Saudi Arabia was one of several Middle Eastern states that voted against in the United Nations Partition Pla…
  38. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabia–Israel relations with the correct year: In ______ then-Crown Prince Abdullah extended a multilateral peace proposal based on withdrawal that would follow the b…
  39. Complete the sentence about Abraham Accords with the correct year: In ______, Egypt was the first Arab League state to recognize Israel.
  40. 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…
  41. Complete the sentence about Women's suffrage in Saudi Arabia with the correct year: The first national granting of women's suffrage was in ______ in the then self-governing British colony of New Zeala…
  42. Complete the sentence about Women's suffrage in Saudi Arabia with the correct year: In ______, Lydia Taft became the first legal woman voter in colonial America.
  43. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabian Army with the correct year: By ______ AH, as the structure of the Land Forces became more formalized, the name of the authority was modified to reflect its ev…
  44. Complete the sentence about Royal Saudi Air Force with the correct year: In ______, a group of aviation students were sent to study in England, after completing training at Al-Houba.
  45. Complete the sentence about Royal Saudi Air Force with the correct year: In ______, the group of aviation students returned to form the Royal Saudi Air Force.
  46. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabian National Guard with the correct year: In ______, the office of Jihad and Mujahidin was transformed into the modern National Guard.
  47. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabian National Guard with the correct year: Training of the National Guard became the responsibility of the US Vinnell corporation in ______.
  48. Complete the sentence about Law of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Courts in Saudi Arabia observe few formalities and the country's first criminal procedure code, issued in ______, has been largel…
  49. Complete the sentence about Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: The office of the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia was established in ______ by King Abdulaziz, with Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al a…
  50. Complete the sentence about Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: In ______, King Faisal abolished the office of Grand Mufti and replaced it with Ministry of Justice and Council of Senior…
  51. Complete the sentence about Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: The position was reinstated in ______ with the appointment of Ibn Baz as the second Grand Mufti.
  52. Complete the sentence about Flag of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: The current design has been used by the government of Saudi Arabia since 15 March ______.
  53. Complete the sentence about Flag of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Saudi Arabia protested against its inclusion on a planned football to be issued by FIFA, bearing all the flags of the participan…
  54. Complete the sentence about Flag of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: After the Siege of Baghdad in ______, the primary caliphate became the Mamluk Sultanate.
  55. Complete the sentence about Coat of arms of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: The two swords represent the Kingdom of Hejaz and the Sultanate of Nejd and its dependencies, which were united under Ib…
  56. Complete the sentence about National anthem of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: The original composition was by Abd al-Rahman al-Khatib in ______, and the brass instrumental version was later arran…
  57. Complete the sentence about National anthem of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Unlike its neighbours, Saudi Arabia did not have a national anthem in ______.
  58. Complete the sentence about National anthem of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: In ______, Mohammed Talat wrote the first set of lyrics, which were rarely performed.
  59. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, King Fahd commissioned the poet Ibrahim Khafaji to write new lyrics, which he completed on 29 June.
  60. Complete the sentence about National anthem of Saudi Arabia with the correct year: Saudis listened to their anthem for the first time during the celebrations of Eid al-Fitr in ______.
  61. Complete the sentence about Saudi National Day with the correct year: In August ______, King Faisal issued a royal decree replacing Royal Seating Day with an official Saudi National Day.
  62. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Darin with the correct year: The treaty was signed at Darin, on the island of Tarut on 26 December ______ by Abdulaziz and Sir Percy Cox on behalf of the British…
  63. Complete the sentence about Saudi–Kuwaiti neutral zone with the correct year: Oil was discovered in March ______ and the reservoirs were of significant size.
  64. Complete the sentence about Saudi–Kuwaiti neutral zone with the correct year: The company made its first offshore discovery in January ______.
  65. Complete the sentence about Saudi–Kuwaiti neutral zone with the correct year: The partitioning negotiations commenced shortly after the rulers of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia met and decided, in October __…
  66. Complete the sentence about Saudi–Kuwaiti neutral zone with the correct year: The conclusion of the negotiations between American Independent and the Kuwaiti government was announced on July 6, ______…
  67. Complete the sentence about Buraimi dispute with the correct year: The argument led to the ______ 'London Agreement' whereby all exploration and troop movements would cease in the area until the issue…
  68. Complete the sentence about Buraimi dispute with the correct year: Given these breaches of the agreement, the British government decided to unilaterally abrogate the Standstill Agreement and take the…
  69. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabia–Jordan relations with the correct year: Since the rule of Muhammad bin Saud in ______, the House of Saud remained as the governing family ever since.
  70. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabia–Jordan relations with the correct year: In May ______, Ibn Saud gave up the Aqaba and Ma'an districts of the Hejaz and it became part of British Emirate of Tra…
  71. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabia–Egypt relations with the correct year: In ______ King Abdulaziz attempted to improve the relations with the Kingdom of Egypt sending a cable to King Fuad on th…
  72. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabia–Egypt relations with the correct year: On 7 May ______ a treaty was signed by Egypt and Saudi Arabia in Cairo which included Egypt's recognition of Saudi Arabi…
  73. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabia–Egypt relations with the correct year: As a result, the two countries signed a bilateral military pact in ______ and worked to successfully prevent Jordan from…
  74. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabia–Pakistan relations with the correct year: Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have sought to develop extensive commercial, cultural, religious, political, and strategic…
  75. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabia–China relations with the correct year: In ______, Saudi Arabia refused to recognize the PRC as a country, despite the PRC's desire to establish relations and a…
  76. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabia–China relations with the correct year: The first China-Saudi official meeting took place in Oman in November ______, following several years of heightened cont…
  77. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabia–China relations with the correct year: According to Andrew Small, Pakistan facilitated secret military negotiations between Saudi Arabia and China in ______.
  78. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabia–China relations with the correct year: After the Tiananmen Square protests of ______ occurred in Beijing in June of that year, Saudi relations with the PRC wer…
  79. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabia–China relations with the correct year: In fact, in August ______, the Saudi Arabian Foreign Ministry official presented his credentials to the PRC's foreign mi…
  80. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabia–Russia relations with the correct year: The relations began in ______ as a means for Moscow to stand up to the UK.
  81. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabia–Russia relations with the correct year: Relations improved further when in June ______ the Pan-Islamic Congress of Mecca was called to resolve the dispute over…
  82. Complete the sentence about Saudi Arabia–Russia relations with the correct year: Khakimov returned to Jeddah as the Head of Mission in ______, and tried to renew the relationship, but Moscow was no lo…
  83. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Turyakulov was executed in October ______ and Khakimov the following January.
  84. Complete the sentence about Six-Day War with the correct year: In early November ______, Syrian president Nureddin al-Atassi signed a mutual defense agreement with Egypt.
  85. Complete the sentence about Six-Day War with the correct year: In May ______, Nasser received false reports from the Soviet Union that Israel was massing on the Syrian border.
  86. Complete the sentence about Yom Kippur War with the correct year: Most of the fighting occurred in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights, territories occupied by Israel in ______.
  87. Complete the sentence about Yom Kippur War with the correct year: The Arab position, as it emerged in September ______ at the Khartoum Arab Summit, was to reject any peaceful settlement with the State…
  88. Complete the sentence about Arab Peace Initiative with the correct year: The Israeli government under Ariel Sharon rejected the initiative as a "non-starter" because it required Israel to withdraw to…
  89. Complete the sentence about Arab Peace Initiative with the correct year: The Arab League summit held after the Six-Day War, during which Israel occupied large swathes of Arab territory, established th…
  90. Complete the sentence about Arab Peace Initiative with the correct year: Like most peace plans since ______, it was based on UN Security Council Resolution 242.
  91. Complete the sentence about Arab Peace Initiative with the correct year: During this period, the Bush administration hoped to draw attention away from the Iraq disarmament crisis that would later esca…
  92. Complete the sentence about Taif Agreement with the correct year: The treaty was fathered by the Speaker of the Parliament Hussein El-Husseini and negotiated in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia, by the surviving m…
  93. Complete the sentence about Taif Agreement with the correct year: Prior to the Taif negotiations, a Maronite Christian, General Michel Aoun, had been appointed Prime Minister by President Amine Gemaye…
  94. Complete the sentence about Mecca Agreement with the correct year: Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, paid a visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on 24 Safar 1448H, corresponding to August 7, ______.
  95. Complete the sentence about Expo 2030 with the correct year: Riyadh will be the second Middle Eastern city to host the Expo after Dubai, United Arab Emirates in ______.
  96. Complete the sentence about Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud with the correct year: Upon becoming king in ______, Abdullah appointed his half-brother Sultan bin Abdulaziz as crown prince.
  97. Complete the sentence about Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud with the correct year: When Sultan died in ______, Sultan's full brother Nayef was named heir to the throne, but Nayef himself died the next…
  98. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Upon his death in ______ at age 90, he was succeeded by his half-brother Salman.
  99. Complete the sentence about Talal bin Abdulaziz with the correct year: Prince Talal was born in Shubra Palace, Taif, on 15 August ______ as the twentieth son of King Abdulaziz.
  100. Complete the sentence about Talal bin Abdulaziz with the correct year: Munaiyir was presented by the emir of Unayza in ______, when she was 12 years old, to the 45-year-old Abdulaziz.

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