Moroccan History and Politics

History And Politics

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  1. Complete the sentence about Royal Moroccan Air Force with the correct year: During the 90s there were plans for purchasing Mirage ______ or F-16 fighter aircraft, however due to unavailable funding th…
  2. Complete the sentence about Royal Moroccan Army with the correct year: The Royal Armed Forces were created on 14 May ______, after French Morocco, a French Protectorate, was dissolved.
  3. Complete the sentence about Morocco–Algeria relations with the correct year: Morocco was involved in the French conquest of Algeria that started in ______.
  4. Complete the sentence about Morocco–Algeria relations with the correct year: Initially Morocco supported the Algerian resistance groups against France but ceased in ______ following the French bombard…
  5. Complete the sentence about Morocco–Algeria relations with the correct year: In ______, the border between the French Protectorate of Morocco and French Algeria was extended further south with the Var…
  6. Complete the sentence about Morocco–Algeria relations with the correct year: On 23 January ______ King Hassan II of Morocco reported that the Moroccan-Algerian commission at the ministerial level fina…
  7. Complete the sentence about Morocco–Algeria relations with the correct year: After Algerian independence, the border disputes remained leading to skirmishes along the Algerian-Moroccan border and the…
  8. Complete the sentence about Morocco–Algeria relations with the correct year: After two months of fighting, Algeria and Morocco agreed to a ceasefire agreed upon on 29 and 30 October ______ in Bamako…
  9. Complete the sentence about African Union with the correct year: The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September ______, calling for the establishment of the African Unio…
  10. Complete the sentence about Hassan I of Morocco with the correct year: Mawlay Hassan was proclaimed sultan of Morocco on the death of his father in ______.
  11. Complete the sentence about Perejil Island crisis with the correct year: Tensions rose on 11 July ______, when Morocco occupied the island.
  12. Complete the sentence about Amazigh people with the correct year: From about ______ BC, Berber languages spread westward from the Nile Valley across the northern Sahara into the Maghreb.
  13. Complete the sentence about Almoravid with the correct year: During their expansion into the Maghreb, they founded the city of Marrakesh as a capital, c. ______.
  14. Complete the sentence about Almoravid with the correct year: Almoravid power in al-Andalus began to decline after the loss of Zaragoza in ______.
  15. Complete the sentence about Almoravid with the correct year: Al-Bakri, writing in ______, before their apex, already calls them the al-Murabitun, but does not clarify the reasons for it.
  16. Complete the sentence about Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman with the correct year: On 17 June ______, Vasco Perez surrendered Gibraltar after agreeing terms with Abd al-Malik.
  17. Complete the sentence about Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman with the correct year: A peace treaty was signed at Fes on 26 February ______ between Castile, Granada and Morocco with a four-year duration.
  18. Complete the sentence about Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman with the correct year: Abu al-Hasan was married to a Hafsid princess, and in ______ the Hafsids appealed to him for help, giving him a welcome e…
  19. Complete the sentence about Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman with the correct year: In early ______, Marinid forces under Abu al-Hasan invaded Tlemcen from the west and dispatched a naval force to assist t…
  20. Complete the sentence about Abu Inan Faris with the correct year: Abu Inan's father, Abu'l Hasan, had taken the town of Tlemcen in ______.
  21. Complete the sentence about Abu Inan Faris with the correct year: In ______ Abu'l Hasan annexed Ifriqiya, briefly reuniting the Maghrib territories as they had been under the Almohads.
  22. Complete the sentence about Abu Inan Faris with the correct year: After failing to retake Tlemcen and being defeated by his son, Abu'l Hasan died in May ______.
  23. Complete the sentence about Abu Inan Faris with the correct year: To weaken him, they sponsored a rebellion by his brother Abul Fadl, who had briefly been governor of Tunis from December ______.
  24. Complete the sentence about Abu Inan Faris with the correct year: Abu Inan continued his eastward expansion, and took Tunis in ______, becoming master of Ifrikiya.
  25. Complete the sentence about Abu Inan Faris with the correct year: Due to the intrigues of his vizier, Faris bin Maymum, he was forced to retreat from Tunisia in ______.
  26. Complete the sentence about Abd al-Haqq II with the correct year: Abd al-Haqq was the son of Sultan Abu Said Uthman III, who made an unsuccessful attempt to recover Ceuta from the Portuguese in ______…
  27. Complete the sentence about Abd al-Haqq II with the correct year: By ______ the regent Abu Zakariya al-Wattasi had emerged the effective ruler of the state.
  28. Complete the sentence about Abd al-Haqq II with the correct year: When Abd al-Haqq came of age in ______, Abu Zakariya refused to give up the regency.
  29. Complete the sentence about Abd al-Haqq II with the correct year: In January ______, under his administration, the tomb of Idris II, founder of Fez and of the Idrisid dynasty, was rediscovered, becomi…
  30. Complete the sentence about Abd al-Haqq II with the correct year: Abu Zakariya was succeeded by his nephew, Ali ibn Yusuf, in ______.
  31. Complete the sentence about Abd al-Haqq II with the correct year: Ali ibn Yusuf was in turn succeeded by Abu Zakariya's son, Yahya ibn Abi Zakariya, in ______.
  32. Complete the sentence about Saadi Sultanate with the correct year: After Muhammad al-Shaykh's assassination by the Ottomans in ______ his son Abdallah al-Ghalib enjoyed a relatively peaceful reign.
  33. Complete the sentence about Saadi Sultanate with the correct year: While the Saadian realm was reunified at the end of the conflict in ______, new factions in the region rose to challenge Saadian auth…
  34. Complete the sentence about Saadi Sultanate with the correct year: The last Saadian sultan, Ahmad al-Abbas, was assassinated in ______, bringing the dynasty to an end.
  35. Complete the sentence about Saadi Sultanate with the correct year: Moulay al-Rashid later conquered Marrakesh in ______ and led the 'Alawi dynasty to establish a new sultanate over Morocco.
  36. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______ he supported the insurrection of the Moriscos in Spain.
  37. Complete the sentence about Abdallah al-Ghalib with the correct year: Abdallah al-Ghalib Billah died on 22 January ______ of an asthma attack.
  38. Complete the sentence about Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi with the correct year: Abu Abdallah's uncle, Abd al-Malik, who, like his father Abdallah al-Ghalib, was a son of Mohammed ash-Sheikh, had fle…
  39. Complete the sentence about Ahmad al-Mansur with the correct year: In ______, Ahmad's brother, Sultan Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I, died in battle against the Portuguese army at Ksar-el-Kebir.
  40. Complete the sentence about Ahmad al-Mansur with the correct year: In ______, he sent his Secretary Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud as ambassador to the Court of Queen Elizabeth I of England to negotiate a…
  41. Complete the sentence about Zidan Abu Maali with the correct year: During the reign of Zidan, after the death of Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur in ______, Morocco fell into a state of anarchy with the latter'…
  42. Complete the sentence about Zidan Abu Maali with the correct year: Two years later in ______ the collection was transmitted to El Escorial for permanent storage.
  43. Complete the sentence about Mohammed III of Morocco with the correct year: In ______, Mohammed witnessed a revolt by the Wadaya against his authority, who had supported his father.
  44. Complete the sentence about Mohammed III of Morocco with the correct year: After, Sidi Mohammed dispersed the Black Guard contingents to garrisons in Tangier, Larache, Rabat, Marrakesh and the Sous, w…
  45. Complete the sentence about Mohammed III of Morocco with the correct year: In ______, threatened by an invasion by Sidi Mohammed, the Portuguese governor of Mazagan received orders from Lisbon to imme…
  46. Complete the sentence about Sulayman of Morocco with the correct year: Mawlay Sulayman was born in Tafilalt on 28 June ______ to Sidi Mohammed III and one of his wives a lady of the Ahlaf tribe.
  47. Complete the sentence about Sulayman of Morocco with the correct year: Once Mawlay al-Yazid died in Marrakesh on 17 February ______, the struggle for power began between the sons of Mohammed III.
  48. Complete the sentence about Sulayman of Morocco with the correct year: Mawlay Sulayman emerged successful in ______, however there was still plenty of resistance which he had to pacify, mainly the Ber…
  49. Complete the sentence about Abd al-Rahman of Morocco with the correct year: Abd al-Rahman bin Hisham was born in Fes on 19 February ______ to Hisham bin Mohammed and his wife a lady belonging to the J…
  50. Complete the sentence about Abd al-Rahman of Morocco with the correct year: Following the death of his uncle Sulayman, Abd al-Rahman was proclaimed sultan of Morocco in Fes on 30 November ______.
  51. Complete the sentence about Abd al-Rahman of Morocco with the correct year: Each signed a trade treaty, although Morocco had little to export because in ______ the country began another cycle of poor…
  52. Complete the sentence about Abd al-Rahman of Morocco with the correct year: The final bombardment of a Moroccan city in retribution for piracy occurred in ______ at Salé.
  53. Complete the sentence about Abd al-Rahman of Morocco with the correct year: In June ______ they landed at Larache and burned Moroccan ships.
  54. Complete the sentence about Yusef of Morocco with the correct year: Moulay Yusef was born in the city of Meknes in ______ to Sultan Hassan I.
  55. Complete the sentence about Yusef of Morocco with the correct year: The Rif War eventually reached the French colonial region, prompting the creation of a Franco-Spanish military coalition that finall…
  56. Complete the sentence about King Hassan II with the correct year: Hassan died in Rabat on 23 July ______ and was succeeded by his eldest son, Mohammed VI.
  57. Complete the sentence about Princess Lalla Salma with the correct year: Salma Bennani was born in Fez on 10 May ______ to a middle-class family.
  58. Complete the sentence about Princess Lalla Salma with the correct year: In ______, Princess Lalla Salma was named a Goodwill Ambassador of the World Health Organization for the Cancer Care, Promotion…
  59. Complete the sentence about Lalla Salma with the correct year: On 29 April ______, she attended the wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine Middleton.
  60. Complete the sentence about Moroccan monarchy with the correct year: The monarchs of Morocco belong to the Alawi dynasty, which has ruled the country since ______.
  61. Complete the sentence about Moroccan monarchy with the correct year: Initially governing as sultans, the dynasty adopted the title of king in ______ under Mohammed V.
  62. Complete the sentence about Moroccan monarchy with the correct year: A ______ opinion poll showed a 91% public approval of the King of Morocco.
  63. Complete the sentence about Politics of Morocco with the correct year: On 17 June ______, King Mohammed VI announced a series of constitutional reforms aimed at strengthening democratic institutions a…
  64. Complete the sentence about Politics of Morocco with the correct year: Following the ______ legislative elections, a coalition government led by opposition socialist leader Abderrahmane Youssoufi was…
  65. Complete the sentence about Government of Morocco with the correct year: Under the ______ Constitution, the King appoints the Head of Government from the political party that comes first in elections…
  66. Complete the sentence about Government of Morocco with the correct year: The title was introduced by the ______ Constitution, replacing the previous title of Prime Minister.
  67. Complete the sentence about Moroccan parliament with the correct year: The Majlis al-Ayane was dissolved in ______ following the Treaty of Fez, which established the French Protectorate.
  68. Complete the sentence about Moroccan parliament with the correct year: From ______, under the initiative of Resident General Erik Labonne and Sultan Mohammed V, consultative assemblies were created to…
  69. Complete the sentence about Moroccan parliament with the correct year: The first Moroccan Constitution, adopted in ______, established a bicameral parliament composed of the House of Representatives a…
  70. Complete the sentence about Moroccan parliament with the correct year: The ______ Constitution introduced a unicameral system, which was later reversed.
  71. Complete the sentence about House of Councillors with the correct year: The ______ Constitution of Morocco retained this second chamber, but reduced its term of office from 9 to 6 years and its size t…
  72. Complete the sentence about Abbas El Fassi with the correct year: King Mohammed VI appointed El Fassi as prime minister on 19 September ______ following Istiqlal's victory in the parliamentary electio…
  73. Complete the sentence about Driss Jettou with the correct year: After secondary studies at El Khawarizmi college in Casablanca, he obtained a technical Baccalauréat in mathematics in ______.
  74. Complete the sentence about Driss Jettou with the correct year: In ______, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Carlos III.
  75. Complete the sentence about Driss Jettou with the correct year: Jettou started his political career in ______ when King Hassan II appointed him to be Minister of Trade and Industry.
  76. Complete the sentence about Abdellatif Filali with the correct year: On 17 June ______, he became Minister of Higher Education in the government of Mohamed Benhima.
  77. Complete the sentence about Abdellatif Filali with the correct year: In ______, he was appointed Moroccan ambassador to Spain, with which he notably negotiated the withdrawal of Spanish military troop…
  78. Complete the sentence about Abdellatif Filali with the correct year: Filali died on 20 March ______ in the Paris suburb of Clamart due to heart failure.
  79. Complete the sentence about Ahmed Laraki with the correct year: Moulay Ahmed Laraki was born in Casablanca on 15 October ______.
  80. Complete the sentence about Ahmed Laraki with the correct year: After having obtained his doctorate from the Faculty of Medicine in Paris in ______, Laraki moved to Casablanca to practice his professi…
  81. Complete the sentence about Ahmed Laraki with the correct year: In ______, he joined the cabinet of Ahmed Balafrej in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  82. Complete the sentence about Ahmed Laraki with the correct year: On 6 July ______, Laraki was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Mohamed Benhima government.
  83. Complete the sentence about Ahmed Laraki with the correct year: Two years later, on 7 October ______, Laraki became Prime Minister of the same government and delegated the portfolio of Foreign Affairs…
  84. Complete the sentence about Ahmed Laraki with the correct year: On 6 August ______, he resigned from his post as prime minister after the Skhirat coup.
  85. Complete the sentence about Ahmed Laraki with the correct year: Laraki then moved to Paris until 25 April ______, where he was appointed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in the Osman government.
  86. Complete the sentence about Mohammed Basri with the correct year: Victim of a heart attack, Basri died in Chefchaouen on October 14, ______, soon after a Paris surgical operation.
  87. Complete the sentence about Abdessalam Yassine with the correct year: Abdesslam Yassine was born in Marrakesh on 3 September ______.
  88. Complete the sentence about 2003 Casablanca bombings with the correct year: The slums of Sidi Moumen were fully demolished after a series of attacks in ______.
  89. Complete the sentence about 2003 Casablanca bombings with the correct year: In May ______, the DST arrested three Saudi members of al-Qaeda, Zouhair Hilal Mohamed al-Tubaiti, Hilal Jaber Awad al-Assir…
  90. Complete the sentence about 2011 Marrakesh bombing with the correct year: On 28 October ______, in court in Rabat, Adel al-Othmani was sentenced to death for his role in the bombing.
  91. Complete the sentence about Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group with the correct year: One early cell affiliated with the group was responsible for killing two Spanish tourists at the Atlas Asni Hotel in…
  92. Complete the sentence about Salafia Jihadia with the correct year: The group was known for its participation in the ______ Casablanca bombings, in which twelve suicide bombers killed 33 people and inj…
  93. Complete the sentence about Salafia Jihadia with the correct year: In July ______, in a trial unrelated to the Casablanca bombings, ten members of the group were sentenced to death, and eight others t…
  94. Complete the sentence about Salafia Jihadia with the correct year: A Salafia Jihadia network operating in several Moroccan towns, including Mohammedia near Casablanca was unravelled by security forces…
  95. Complete the sentence about Salafia Jihadia with the correct year: After a decade of operating in secret, the group began to publicly appear in Morocco alongside 20 February Movement demonstrations as…
  96. Complete the sentence about Moroccan Gendarmerie with the correct year: The Moroccan Royal Gendarmerie was founded on 29 April ______ by the late King Mohammed V following independence.
  97. Complete the sentence about Moroccan Gendarmerie with the correct year: A Dahir issued on 14 January ______ further defined the principle and purpose of the Gendarmerie.
  98. Complete the sentence about Moroccan Gendarmerie with the correct year: The duties of the Royal Gendarmerie, in the field of judicial policing, have been determined by the Criminal Procedure Code of _…
  99. Complete the sentence about Directorate of Territorial Surveillance with the correct year: On 1 July ______, it was merged with the Direction centrale des renseignements généraux into the new Directio…
  100. Complete the sentence about Directorate of Territorial Surveillance with the correct year: On 3 December ______, agents of the DST, disguised as plumbers, were caught trying to install a spy microphon…

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