History and Politics (Thailand)

History And Politics

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  1. Complete the sentence about History of Thailand with the correct year: The history of Thailand begins with Bronze and Iron Age sites such as Ban Chiang, occupied by about ______ BCE.
  2. Complete the sentence about History of Thailand with the correct year: Under Ramkhamhaeng, the Thai script was created in ______, fostering institutional and cultural growth.
  3. Complete the sentence about History of Thailand with the correct year: In ______, Suphannabhum and Lavo merged into the Ayutthaya Kingdom along the Chao Phraya River.
  4. Complete the sentence about History of Thailand with the correct year: Taksin rapidly reunited the regional states under the Thonburi Kingdom, before Chao Phraya Chakri founded the Rattanakosin Kingdo…
  5. Complete the sentence about Sukhothai Kingdom with the correct year: A trading town on the routes between the Mon, Tai and Xiān polities, it had become a city-state by ______.
  6. Complete the sentence about Sukhothai Kingdom with the correct year: The events of ______, which brought Si Inthrathit to power, are traditionally taken as the kingdom's formation, though how they sho…
  7. Complete the sentence about Sukhothai Kingdom with the correct year: Sukhothai remained a separate polity until ______, when it passed under Ayutthaya after the death of Borommapan.
  8. Complete the sentence about Sukhothai Kingdom with the correct year: After ______, Sukhothai was paired with Si Satchanalai, a relationship read variously as one polity with two centres and as two dis…
  9. Complete the sentence about Ayutthaya Kingdom with the correct year: In April ______, after a 14-month siege, the city fell and was destroyed, ending the 417-year-old kingdom.
  10. Complete the sentence about Ayutthaya Kingdom with the correct year: The Fra Mauro map of the world, made in circa ______, features Ayutthaya city under the Latin name "Scierno".
  11. Complete the sentence about Thonburi Kingdom with the correct year: In January ______, about three months before the Fall of Ayutthaya, Phraya Tak gathered his own forces of 500 followers and broke th…
  12. Complete the sentence about Thonburi Kingdom with the correct year: In the famous episode, Phraya Tak ordered all cooking pots in the supplies to be destroyed and then successfully took Chanthaburi in…
  13. Complete the sentence about Rattanakosin Kingdom with the correct year: The official foundation date of Bangkok is 21 April ______ when the city pillar was consecrated in a ceremony.
  14. Complete the sentence with the correct year: King Rama I underwent an abbreviated form of coronation in ______.
  15. Complete the sentence about Naresuan with the correct year: After six years in Pegu, c. ______, Prince Naret and his brother the White Prince returned to Ayutthaya.
  16. Complete the sentence about Naresuan with the correct year: Following the ______ conquest by King Bayinnaung, Ayutthaya was reduced to a vassal of the First Toungoo Empire.
  17. Complete the sentence about Naresuan with the correct year: In ______, after seeing the fall of Ayutthaya to the Burmese, Baraminreachea, the Khmer King, took the opportunity to retake the lands lost…
  18. Complete the sentence about Taksin with the correct year: In ______, when the Burmese attacked Ayutthaya, Phraya Taksin defended the capital, for which he was given the title Phraya Wachiraprakan of K…
  19. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, he took control of Siam and crowned himself as the monarch.
  20. Complete the sentence about Phutthayotfa Chulalok with the correct year: When he ascended to the throne in ______, he took the name Ramathibodi, just like the founder of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
  21. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Thongduang was born in ______, during the reign of King Boromakot of Ayutthaya.
  22. Complete the sentence about Mongkut with the correct year: Brynner's performance as King Mongkut earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 29th Academy Awards in ______.
  23. Complete the sentence about Mongkut with the correct year: In ______, at Phetchaburi, he met a monk named Buddhawangso, who strictly followed the monastic rules of discipline, the vinaya.
  24. Complete the sentence about Mongkut with the correct year: In ______, he began a reform movement reinforcing the vinaya law that evolved into the Dhammayuttika Nikaya, or Dhammayut sect.
  25. Complete the sentence about Chulalongkorn with the correct year: The ______ Franco-Siamese crisis and Haw wars took place during his reign.
  26. Complete the sentence about Chulalongkorn with the correct year: Chulalongkorn was born on 20 September ______ to King Mongkut and Queen Debsirindra.
  27. Complete the sentence about Chulalongkorn with the correct year: In ______, he became a novice monk for six months at Wat Bawonniwet according to royal tradition.
  28. Complete the sentence about Vajiravudh with the correct year: Vajiravudh was born on 1 January ______ to Chulalongkorn and one of his four queens and half sister Saovabha Phongsri.
  29. Complete the sentence about Vajiravudh with the correct year: In late ______, his father, Rama V, sent Vajiravudh and his half-brother Abhakara Kiartivongse to study military science in Britain.
  30. Complete the sentence about Vajiravudh with the correct year: The king's decision was motivated by the recent ______ Franco-Siamese crisis, and his consequent desire to modernise Siam's army and navy.
  31. Complete the sentence about Vajiravudh with the correct year: In January ______, his half-brother Crown Prince Vajirunhis died, and Vajiravudh was appointed the new Crown Prince of Siam.
  32. Complete the sentence about Prajadhipok with the correct year: After a failed royalist reactionary revolt in ______, he went into a self-imposed exile in Britain and later abdicated.
  33. Complete the sentence about Prajadhipok with the correct year: In ______ he was ordained temporarily as a monk, as was customary for most Buddhist Siamese men.
  34. Complete the sentence about Ananda Mahidol with the correct year: At the time he was recognised as king by the National Assembly in March ______, he went to Switzerland when he was nine years-old.
  35. Complete the sentence about Ananda Mahidol with the correct year: King Vajiravudh, his uncle, sent a telegram on 13 October ______ bestowing upon him this name, which means "the joy of Mahidol".
  36. Complete the sentence about Ananda Mahidol with the correct year: The family returned to Thailand in ______ after Prince Mahidol finished his medical studies at Harvard University.
  37. Complete the sentence about Ananda Mahidol with the correct year: Prince Mahidol died at age 37 in ______, when Ananda Mahidol was four years old.
  38. Complete the sentence about Vajiralongkorn with the correct year: Vajiralongkorn was born on 28 July ______ at 17:45 in the Amphorn Sathan Residential Hall of the Dusit Palace in Bangkok.
  39. Complete the sentence about Vajiralongkorn with the correct year: Vajiralongkorn began his education in ______ when he entered kindergarten at the Chitralada School in Dusit Palace.
  40. Complete the sentence about Vajiralongkorn with the correct year: In August ______, he attended a five-week military training course at The King's School in Sydney, Australia.
  41. Complete the sentence about Vajiralongkorn with the correct year: In ______, the prince enrolled at the Royal Military College, Duntroon in Canberra, Australia.
  42. Complete the sentence about Plaek Phibunsongkhram with the correct year: Born in Nonthaburi, Phibun graduated from the Royal Military Academy in ______ before continuing his studies in France.
  43. Complete the sentence about Plaek Phibunsongkhram with the correct year: In ______, Phibun became prime minister while serving as Commander of the Royal Siamese Army.
  44. Complete the sentence about Plaek Phibunsongkhram with the correct year: As the war progressed and Japan's position weakened, Phibun lost political support and was forced to resign by the National Ass…
  45. Complete the sentence about Plaek Phibunsongkhram with the correct year: Phibun returned to power in ______ through a military-backed coup and ruled during the early Cold War period.
  46. Complete the sentence about Sarit Thanarat with the correct year: In ______, he became chief of a military junta after leading a coup in which Phibun was overthrown.
  47. Complete the sentence about Sarit Thanarat with the correct year: Although he initially restored power to civilian authorities, Sarit launched another coup in ______, consolidating power and officiall…
  48. Complete the sentence about Thanom Kittikachorn with the correct year: After serving in the Shan States of Burma during the British Raj, then Lieutenant Colonel Thanom took part in a successful ______…
  49. Complete the sentence about Thanom Kittikachorn with the correct year: In February ______, Thanom led the suppression of a rebellion against military rule, and was rewarded with promotion to lieutenan…
  50. Complete the sentence about Prem Tinsulanonda with the correct year: A distinguished army officer, he entered politics in ______, as a member of the Constitution Drafting Committee.
  51. Complete the sentence about Prem Tinsulanonda with the correct year: After Kriangsak retired in ______, Prem was chosen as Prime Minister.
  52. Complete the sentence about Chuan Leekpai with the correct year: Chuan joined the Democrat Party at the age of 31 and was first elected to the House of Representatives in ______ in his home province o…
  53. Complete the sentence about Chuan Leekpai with the correct year: Chuan was defeated in his first bid to become Democrat Party leader in ______, coming in third place after Thanat Khoman and Uthai Pimc…
  54. Complete the sentence about Thaksin Shinawatra with the correct year: Thaksin called a snap election in ______ that was boycotted by opposition parties and subsequently invalidated by the Constitution…
  55. Complete the sentence about Yingluck Shinawatra with the correct year: Yingluck was Thailand's first female prime minister and its youngest in over 60 years since the Siamese revolution of ______.
  56. Complete the sentence about Srettha Thavisin with the correct year: In ______, he co-founded Sansiri, a venture that propelled him to become a billionaire and a leading real estate tycoon within his c…
  57. Complete the sentence about Srettha Thavisin with the correct year: When Srettha was three years old in ______, his father died and Chodchoy raised him as a single mother.
  58. Complete the sentence about Thai Rak Thai with the correct year: Thai Rak Thai won the legislative election of ______ by a landslide over the ruling Democrat Party led by Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai.
  59. Complete the sentence about Pheu Thai Party with the correct year: In a PTP general assembly, the first executive commission was elected on 7 December ______.
  60. Complete the sentence with the correct year: After the ______ Thai general election, it reverted to its original name.
  61. Complete the sentence about Move Forward Party with the correct year: The party was officially founded on 1 May ______ as the Ruam Pattana Chart Thai Party.
  62. Complete the sentence about Democrat Party with the correct year: Since ______, Democrat candidates won three elections for the governorship of Bangkok.
  63. Complete the sentence about Democrat Party with the correct year: In the January ______ elections, the Pridi-led coalition had won a majority in parliament.
  64. Complete the sentence about Democrat Party with the correct year: Khuang resigned in March ______, after being defeated on a bill, and was replaced by Pridi.
  65. Complete the sentence about Palang Pracharath Party with the correct year: In late January, ______, after the publication of the royal decree formalizing the election, four Prayut cabinet ministers re…
  66. Complete the sentence about Thammasat University massacre with the correct year: In the aftermath of the events of 14 October ______, the military dictatorship which had ruled Thailand for more than a…
  67. Complete the sentence about Thammasat University massacre with the correct year: In response to Praphas's return on 17 August ______, thousands of students demonstrated at Thammasat University for fou…
  68. Complete the sentence about 1973 Thai popular uprising with the correct year: The death of Sarit Thanarat in December ______ changed things as the government under Thanom was more tolerant of students…
  69. Complete the sentence about 1973 Thai popular uprising with the correct year: For example, the NSCT was not involved during the demonstrations against internal corruption at Chulalongkorn University i…
  70. Complete the sentence about 1973 Thai popular uprising with the correct year: In November ______, the NSCT began a campaign to boycott Japanese goods.
  71. Complete the sentence about Black May with the correct year: In May ______, martial law and restrictions on civil rights were lifted.
  72. Complete the sentence about Black May with the correct year: On 18 November ______, Suchinda announced to the public that he was withdrawing from politics.
  73. Complete the sentence about Black May with the correct year: On 7 April, Suchinda was appointed as prime minister, contrast to what he said in ______.
  74. Complete the sentence about 2006 Thai coup d'état with the correct year: After the end of Thaksin term, for the first time in history, he won the ______ Thai general election by a landslide.
  75. Complete the sentence about 2014 Thai coup d'état with the correct year: Thailand's politics system changed from absolute monarchy to democracy in the Siamese revolution of ______.
  76. Complete the sentence about 2014 Thai coup d'état with the correct year: More than 10 coups occurred before the ______ constitution of Thailand, widely hailed as a landmark in Thai democratic constitu…
  77. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Thailand with the correct year: Since the abolition of the absolute monarchy in ______, Thailand has had 20 charters or constitutions.
  78. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Thailand with the correct year: The Rattanakosin Kingdom and the three traditionally counted preceding kingdoms, collectively called Siam, had an uncodified…
  79. Complete the sentence about Prime Minister of Thailand with the correct year: The post has existed since the Siamese Revolution of ______, when the country became a constitutional monarchy.
  80. Complete the sentence about Prime Minister of Thailand with the correct year: The office was modeled after the prime minister of the United Kingdom, as Siam became a parliamentary democracy in ______…
  81. Complete the sentence about Prime Minister of Thailand with the correct year: Prior to ______, Thailand was ruled by absolute monarchs, who acted as both the head of state and the government.
  82. Complete the sentence about Constitutional Court of Thailand with the correct year: A similar institution, consisting of nine members, was again established by the ______ Constitution.
  83. Complete the sentence about Supreme Court of Thailand with the correct year: During the reign of King Rama V, an official department for appeals was set up in the Palace, and in ______, the king creat…
  84. Complete the sentence about Royal Thai Army with the correct year: The general retired October ______ to concentrate on political reform which he said would take at least a year, following which he pr…
  85. Complete the sentence about Royal Thai Army with the correct year: Saiyud Kerdphol is Thailand's oldest general, a veteran of World War II and Korea who retired in ______ as supreme commander.
  86. Complete the sentence about Royal Thai Navy with the correct year: The Paknam Incident was a navy engagement fought during the Franco-Siamese crisis in July ______.
  87. Complete the sentence about Royal Thai Navy with the correct year: Peace was restored on 3 October ______ after the British put pressure on both the Siamese and French to reach a negotiated settlement…
  88. Complete the sentence about Royal Thai Navy with the correct year: During World War II, Siam allied with Japan after Japan invaded Siam on 8 December ______.
  89. Complete the sentence about Royal Thai Air Force with the correct year: Since its establishment in ______ as one of the earliest air forces of Asia, the Royal Thai Air Force has engaged in numerous ma…
  90. Complete the sentence about Royal Thai Air Force with the correct year: Chakrabongse sent three army officers to France, who began flight training at Vélizy-Villacoublay in July ______.
  91. Complete the sentence about Royal Thai Air Force with the correct year: In late ______, the three new aviators returned home after arranging for the purchase of four Nieuport monoplanes and a Bréguet…
  92. Complete the sentence about Royal Thai Police with the correct year: In ______, TNPD was transferred from the Ministry of Interior of Thailand to be directly under the Office of the Prime Minister.
  93. Complete the sentence about Thai baht with the correct year: Initially issued in the podduang form, King Rama IV decided to switch to flat coins in ______.
  94. Complete the sentence about Thai baht with the correct year: The baht was pegged to the Spanish dollar from ______ at a ฿5 to $3 ratio.
  95. Complete the sentence about Thai baht with the correct year: The baht was forced to float in ______ causing the Asian financial crisis.
  96. Complete the sentence about Thai baht with the correct year: Until 27 November ______, the baht was fixed on a purely silver basis, with 15 grams of silver to the baht.
  97. Complete the sentence about Bank of Thailand with the correct year: The Bank of Thailand Act was promulgated on 28 April ______ vesting upon the Bank of Thailand the responsibility for all central ban…
  98. Complete the sentence about Bank of Thailand with the correct year: The Bank of Thailand started operations on 10 December ______.
  99. Complete the sentence about Stock Exchange of Thailand with the correct year: Bangkok Stock Exchange, unrelated to the Stock Exchange of Thailand, was established in July ______ as a private entity.
  100. Complete the sentence about ASEAN with the correct year: The roots of ASEAN came from the ASEAN Declaration signed by five Southeast Asian countries in ______.

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