Uzbek History and Politics

History And Politics

321 practice questions, each with the answer and an explanation.

All 321 questions

  1. Complete the sentence about Organization of Turkic States with the correct year: The 7th Summit took place in Istanbul in ______, while the 8th Summit was convened in Antalya, Turkey after a hiatus ofā€¦
  2. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, the CSTO was granted Observer status in the UN General Assembly.
  3. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Armenia's accession treaty came into force on 2 January ______.
  4. Complete the sentence about Eurasian Economic Union with the correct year: All these countries have ratified the Treaty and it entered into force on 14 January ______.
  5. Complete the sentence about Economic Cooperation Organization with the correct year: After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the ECO expanded to include Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzsā€¦
  6. Complete the sentence about Economic Cooperation Organization with the correct year: By late ______, the ECO expanded to include seven new member states: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstaā€¦
  7. Complete the sentence about Economic Cooperation Organization with the correct year: In March ______, Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey agreed to establish ECO Reinsurance Company.
  8. Complete the sentence about Uzbekistanā€“Russia relations with the correct year: In the first years of independence, Uzbekistan remained within the rouble-zone until November ______.
  9. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, Gazprom took over control of the Uzbek pipeline network.
  10. Complete the sentence about Uzbekistanā€“Russia relations with the correct year: On 14 November ______, both presidents Islam Karimov and Vladimir Putin signed a mutual cooperation agreement in Moscow.
  11. Complete the sentence about Uzbekistanā€“United States relations with the correct year: Trade relations are regulated by a bilateral trade agreement entered into force January 14, ______.
  12. Complete the sentence about Uzbekistanā€“United States relations with the correct year: A Bilateral Investment Treaty was signed December 16, ______; it has been ratified by Uzbekistan and received adviā€¦
  13. Complete the sentence about Uzbekistani som with the correct year: The Government replaced the Soviet Ruble with the Sum at par on 16 July ______.
  14. Complete the sentence about Uzbekistani som with the correct year: On 26 July ______, a new series of Russian ruble was issued and the old Soviet/Russian ruble ceased to be legal tender in Russia.
  15. Complete the sentence about Uzbekistani som with the correct year: Uzbekistan replaced the ruble with the sum at par in on 15 November ______.
  16. Complete the sentence about Uzbekistani som with the correct year: The first banknotes were issued by the State Bank of Uzbekistan in ______.
  17. Complete the sentence about Economy of Uzbekistan with the correct year: Since ______, significant economic reforms have been undertaken in Uzbekistan.
  18. Complete the sentence about Karakalpak language with the correct year: Following Uzbekistan's independence in ______, the decision was made to drop Cyrillic and revert to the Latin alphabet.
  19. Complete the sentence about Karakalpak language with the correct year: In ______ the first textbooks in Karakalpak were published written in the Arabic script.
  20. Complete the sentence about Karakalpak language with the correct year: In July ______, by the decision of the Karakalpak regional committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks, the regionalā€¦
  21. Complete the sentence with the correct year: On 30 July ______, a new alphabet, developed under the leadership of K.
  22. Complete the sentence about Emblem of Uzbekistan with the correct year: The State Emblem of Uzbekistan was formally adopted on 2 July ______ by the Government of Uzbekistan.
  23. Complete the sentence about Emblem of Uzbekistan with the correct year: Prior to ______, Uzbekistan had an emblem similar to all other Soviet Republics, with standard communist emblems and insignia.
  24. Complete the sentence about Independence Day with the correct year: In ______, the August Coup in the Soviet capital of Moscow caused many Soviet republics to declare their independence from the Sovieā€¦
  25. Complete the sentence about Independence Day with the correct year: President of the Uzbek SSR, Islam Karimov declared Uzbekistan independent from the USSR on 31 August ______.
  26. Complete the sentence about Independence Day with the correct year: In ______, Independence Day was celebrated for the first time.
  27. Complete the sentence about Nowruz with the correct year: The United Nations officially recognized the "International Day of Nowruz" with the adoption of Resolution 64/253 by the United Nations Generaā€¦
  28. Complete the sentence about Tashkent Declaration with the correct year: In accordance with the Tashkent Declaration, talks were held at the ministerial level on 1 and 2 March ______.
  29. Complete the sentence about Tashkent Declaration with the correct year: Journalist, conspiracy theorist, and holocaust denier Gregory Douglas claimed he conducted a series of interviews with Americanā€¦
  30. Complete the sentence about Soviet Union with the correct year: The Soviet Union's roots lay in the October Revolution of ______.
  31. Complete the sentence about Soviet Union with the correct year: Following the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War, the Russian SFSR and its subordinate republics were merged into the Soviet Uniā€¦
  32. Complete the sentence about Soviet Union with the correct year: Following Lenin's death in ______, a six-year power struggle saw Joseph Stalin emerge as the country's undisputed personalist ruler.
  33. Complete the sentence about Soviet Union with the correct year: Failing to build an anti-Nazi coalition in Europe, the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany in ______.
  34. Complete the sentence about Soviet invasion of Afghanistan with the correct year: A critical component of Operation Baikal-79 was Operation Storm-333, executed on 27 December ______.
  35. Complete the sentence about Soviet invasion of Afghanistan with the correct year: The Soviet intervention commenced on December 25, ______, with airborne divisions securing key locations in Kabul andā€¦
  36. Complete the sentence about Hairatan with the correct year: After Momen's ______ death by an RPG missile attack, the 70th Division split and Dostum loyalist Colonel General Helaluddin took command.
  37. Complete the sentence about Uzbek Railways with the correct year: In March ______, Uzbek Railways began a new service, connecting Tashkent with Balykchy.
  38. Complete the sentence about Tashkent International Airport with the correct year: On 8 August ______, the first airlift connected Moscow with Tashkent.
  39. Complete the sentence about Tashkent International Airport with the correct year: In ______, the Tu-104 jet aircraft began operating on the Moscow-Tashkent-Moscow route.
  40. Complete the sentence about Kokand Autonomy with the correct year: The Turkestan Autonomy was founded on November 27, ______, after the European-led Tashkent Soviet expelled the Russian Provisional Goā€¦
  41. Complete the sentence about Kokand Autonomy with the correct year: On February 22, ______, a delegation from the city officially surrendered to the Soviet.
  42. Complete the sentence about Ahmad Shah Durrani with the correct year: In ______, he invaded the Mughal Empire and began a series of invasions into India that would span the next 24 years.
  43. Complete the sentence about Ahmad Shah Durrani with the correct year: Years of nonstop campaigning took a toll on his health, and he died in ______ in Maruf.
  44. Complete the sentence about Ahmad Shah Durrani with the correct year: After his accession to power in ______, he became known as Ahmad Shah.
  45. Complete the sentence about Ahmad Shah Durrani with the correct year: Zaman Khan had died in ______, and as a result, Ahmad Shah was raised alongside his brother Zulfiqar Khan in Shindand and Farah.
  46. Complete the sentence about Karakalpaks with the correct year: Of 553 mosques recorded in ______, a few remain in NĆ³kis, TĆ³rtkĆŗl, Xojeli, and Shımbay.
  47. Which place completes this sentence about Khanate of Bukhara? In 1505, Muhammad Shaybani took ______ after a 10-month siege, resulting in the annexation of Khwarazm.
  48. Which place completes this sentence about Khanate of Khiva? In 1873, the Khanate of ______ was greatly reduced in size and became a Russian protectorate.
  49. Which place completes this sentence about Khanate of Khiva? Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, ______ had a revolution too, and in 1920 the Khanate was replaced by the Khorezm People's Soviet Rā€¦
  50. Which place completes this sentence about Khanate of Kokand? Throughout the 18th century, the rulers of the ______ Khanate used the title of biy, a local version of the Turkic title beg.
  51. Which place completes this sentence about Khanate of Kokand? In 1740, Abd al-Karim Biy had the ______ fortress constructed at the ruins of the old fortress Eski Orda.
  52. Which place completes this sentence about Shavkat Mirziyoyev? Mirziyoyev was born on 24 July 1957 in the ______ Region of the Uzbek SSR.
  53. Which place completes this sentence about Armed Forces of Uzbekistan? In May 2005, the military was involved in suppressing unrest in the Ferghana Valley city of ______, which became known as the Andiā€¦
  54. Which place completes this sentence about Hairatan? Citizens of Afghanistan could stay visa-free for up to 2 weeks in the Airitom Free Zone of ______.
  55. Which place completes this sentence about Karakalpaks? The largest communities live in ______, the capital of Karakalpakstan and the surrounding large towns, such as Khodjeyli, Shimbay, Takhiatash, Shā€¦
  56. Complete the sentence about Shavkat Mirziyoyev with the correct year: Following the death of President Karimov, Mirziyoyev was appointed by the Oliy Majlis as acting president of Uzbekistan on 8 Septeā€¦
  57. Complete the sentence about President of Uzbekistan with the correct year: A joint session of both houses of the Supreme Assembly of Uzbekistan appointed the Prime Minister, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, as intā€¦
  58. Complete the sentence about Shanghai Cooperation Organisation with the correct year: In June ______, the leaders of these nations and Uzbekistan met in Shanghai to announce the SCO, a new organisationā€¦
  59. Complete the sentence about Shanghai Cooperation Organisation with the correct year: On 24 April ______ the same countries signed the Treaty on Reduction of Military Forces in Border Regions in a meetā€¦
  60. Complete the sentence about Shanghai Cooperation Organisation with the correct year: On 20 May ______, Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Chinese leader Jiang Zemin signed a declaration on a "multipoā€¦
  61. Complete the sentence about Uzbekistanā€“Russia relations with the correct year: In the aftermath of the May ______ unrest, Uzbekistan demanded that the United States leave the base at Karshi-Khanabad.
  62. Complete the sentence about Uzbekistanā€“Russia relations with the correct year: In ______, Russia forgave nearly all of the Uzbek debt to Russia in order to boost the relations between the two countrieā€¦
  63. Complete the sentence about Uzbekistanā€“United States relations with the correct year: According to a ______ Pew global opinion poll, 85% of Uzbeks view the United States favorably, compared with onlyā€¦
  64. Complete the sentence about Uzbek cotton with the correct year: Cotton grown on Uzbekistan land was recorded nearly ______ years ago by the Chinese.
  65. Complete the sentence about Flag of Uzbekistan with the correct year: On 27 December ______, President Islam Karimov signed an amendment to the law that strengthened the protection of the country's syā€¦
  66. Complete the sentence about National anthem of Uzbekistan with the correct year: In July ______, the anthem was re-recorded for performance at state events, on radio and television.
  67. Complete the sentence about Navruz with the correct year: The United Nations officially recognized the "International Day of Nowruz" with the adoption of Resolution 64/253 by the United Nations Generaā€¦
  68. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Tashkent with the correct year: In accordance with the Tashkent Declaration, talks were held at the ministerial level on 1 and 2 March ______.
  69. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Tashkent with the correct year: Journalist, conspiracy theorist, and holocaust denier Gregory Douglas claimed he conducted a series of interviews with American inā€¦
  70. Complete the sentence about Uzbekistan Airways with the correct year: Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Uzbek President Islam Karimov in ______ authorised the creation of Uzbekistan Airwaā€¦
  71. Complete the sentence about Uzbekistan Airways with the correct year: In ______, Uzbekistan Airways acquired its first two Airbus A310-300s.
  72. Complete the sentence about Uzbekistan Airways with the correct year: In late ______, the carrier ordered its first Boeing aircraft: two Boeing 767-300ERs and a single Boeing 757.
  73. Complete the sentence about Uzbekistan Airways with the correct year: Uzbekistan Airways was the launch customer for the Ilyushin Il-114; it took delivery of the first, locally assembled aircraft, inā€¦
  74. Complete the sentence about Uzbekistan Airways with the correct year: Two more Boeing 757-200s were directly ordered from Boeing in April ______.
  75. Complete the sentence about Uzbekistan Airways with the correct year: Late in ______, the company took ownership of the first of these two 184-seater Boeing 757-200.
  76. Complete the sentence about Uzbekistan Airways with the correct year: Two more Boeing 767-300ERs, equipped with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 powerplants, were ordered in ______.
  77. Complete the sentence about Tajiks of Uzbekistan with the correct year: The official census put Tajik population to be 4.8% population in ______.
  78. Complete the sentence about Tatars in Uzbekistan with the correct year: Much of the data is estimated because the last census was carried out in Soviet times in ______.
  79. Complete the sentence about Tatars in Uzbekistan with the correct year: Uzbekistan conducted its first census since its independence in February ______.
  80. Complete the sentence about Tatars in Uzbekistan with the correct year: Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs website > World Population Prospects: The ______ revision.
  81. Complete the sentence about Bukhara Khanate with the correct year: After his death in ______, the Khanate was controlled by the non-Chingissid descendants of the Uzbek emir Khudayar Bi, through the prā€¦
  82. Complete the sentence about Bukhara Khanate with the correct year: The ancestor of the ruling Abu'l-Khayrids, Abu'l Khayr Khan, established an empire that by the time of his death in ______ stretchedā€¦
  83. Complete the sentence about Bukhara Khanate with the correct year: A turning point in the conflict between the two was the Battle of Sar-i Pul in the spring of ______, which resulted in victory for thā€¦
  84. Complete the sentence about Bukhara Khanate with the correct year: In ______, Muhammad Shaybani took Urgench after a 10-month siege, resulting in the annexation of Khwarazm.
  85. Complete the sentence about Bukhara Khanate with the correct year: Bayqara died in ______ and was succeeded by his two sons, Badi' al-Zaman Mirza and Muzaffar Husayn Mirza.
  86. Complete the sentence about Bukhara Khanate with the correct year: In ______ Shaybani captured Balkh, and the allied Timurid force disintegrated on its own.
  87. Complete the sentence about Ala ad-Din Muhammad II with the correct year: Muhammad died on the Caspian island of Ashur-Ada in December ______.
  88. Complete the sentence about Ala ad-Din Muhammad II with the correct year: After his father Tekish died on 3 July ______, Muhammad succeeded him.
  89. Complete the sentence about Ala ad-Din Muhammad II with the correct year: Throughout early ______, Sarakhs, Nasa, and Abivard fell, which were given to a cousin of Ghiyath, Emir Zangi ibn Mas'ud.
  90. Complete the sentence about Ala ad-Din Muhammad II with the correct year: On 7 April ______, the Ghurids under Muizz al-Din besieged Nishapur under Taj ad-Din 'Ali Shah, which surrendered a few days lā€¦
  91. Complete the sentence about Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu with the correct year: The army he had gathered would continue to terrorize the Levant as the mercenary Khwarazmiyya until its final defeat in ______ā€¦
  92. Complete the sentence about Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu with the correct year: Meanwhile, the Mongols had occupied all of Transoxania, and had invaded Tocharistan, Guzgan and Gharchistan during the latterā€¦
  93. Complete the sentence about Siege of Urgench with the correct year: When Timur became ruler of Transoxonia in ______, he led claim to the territories of Khiva and Kath.
  94. Complete the sentence about Siege of Urgench with the correct year: In ______, Timur attacked Khwarezm, and its ruler Yusef Sufi of the Sufi dynasty surrendered to Timur, recognizing Timur suzeraintyā€¦
  95. Complete the sentence about Siege of Urgench with the correct year: Still, Yusuf Sufi's continuing incursions into Timur's territory prompted another invasion by Timur in ______.
  96. Complete the sentence about Shaybanids with the correct year: Another state ruled by the Shaybanids was the Khanate of Sibir, seizing the throne in ______.
  97. Complete the sentence about Shaybanids with the correct year: In ______, under the rule of Ubaidullah Khan, the Mir Arab Madrasa was added to the complex, in honor of a Sheikh known as Mir Arab.
  98. Complete the sentence about Abu'l-Khayr Khan with the correct year: The Uzbek Khanate weakened in the decades following his death in ______.
  99. Complete the sentence about Abu'l-Khayr Khan with the correct year: Abu'l-Khayr served in Jumaduq's army, and was taken prisoner when Jumaduq was killed in battle in ______.
  100. Complete the sentence about Abu'l-Khayr Khan with the correct year: After being released in ______, Abu'l-Khayr began consolidating various nomadic groups of the old Shaybani ulus in the area around Tā€¦

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