Algerian History and Politics

History And Politics

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  1. Complete the sentence about Mozabites with the correct year: In November ______, the M'zab country was annexed by French Algeria.
  2. Complete the sentence about Algerian Jews with the correct year: After the French colonization of Algeria in ______, Algerian Jews, like other Algerians, faced discrimination by the colonial state.
  3. Complete the sentence about Front of Socialist Forces with the correct year: The party was formed by Hocine Aït Ahmed on 29 September ______ in the city of Tizi Ouzou to oppose Ben Bella's government.
  4. Complete the sentence about Front of Socialist Forces with the correct year: The rebellion was defeated in ______ and Hocine Aït Ahmed was arrested and sentenced to death.
  5. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Hocine Aït Ahmed escaped prison in ______ and fled to Switzerland.
  6. Complete the sentence about Rally for Culture and Democracy with the correct year: On March 9, ______, during an opening speech at the 4th RCD congress, Saïd Sadi announced that he would not seek a ne…
  7. Complete the sentence about Rally for Culture and Democracy with the correct year: On March 10, ______, Mohcine Belabbas, deputy of Algiers, was elected president of the RCD, following the party congr…
  8. Complete the sentence about Rally for Culture and Democracy with the correct year: On January 10, ______, the RCD announced that its president, Mohcine Belabbas, was placed under judicial supervision…
  9. Complete the sentence about Algerian presidential election, 2019 with the correct year: The election was rescheduled for 12 December ______ and ANIE, of disputed constitutional validity, announced fiv…
  10. Complete the sentence about Algeria at the FIFA World Cup with the correct year: On 16 June ______, Rabah Madjer made history by scoring Algeria's first-ever FIFA World Cup goal, coming in their openi…
  11. Complete the sentence about Algerian Provisional Government with the correct year: The GPRA was set up in Cairo, Egypt, by the FLN on September 19, ______, four years into the Algerian War of Independ…
  12. Complete the sentence about Algerian parliamentary election, 2017 with the correct year: Parliamentary elections were held in Algeria on 4 May ______ to elect all 462 members of the People's National…
  13. Complete the sentence about Algerian presidential election, 2014 with the correct year: The Islamist Movement of Society for Peace announced on 25 January ______ that it would boycott the elections.
  14. Complete the sentence about Algerian presidential election, 1999 with the correct year: Presidential elections were held in Algeria on 15 April ______.
  15. Complete the sentence about Algerian presidential election, 1995 with the correct year: Presidential elections were held in Algeria on 16 November ______, in the midst of the Algerian Civil War.
  16. Complete the sentence about Algeria–Tunisia relations with the correct year: In ______ they attempted to launch one final attack to overtake Tunis.
  17. Complete the sentence about Algeria–Tunisia relations with the correct year: Eventually ‘Ali Pasha gained control in ______ and began to start paying tributes back to Algiers.
  18. Complete the sentence about Algeria–Libya relations with the correct year: The establishment of UMA in February ______ marked the first formal political or economic collaboration between the two count…
  19. Complete the sentence about Algeria–Libya relations with the correct year: On 29 August ______, it said that Algeria sheltering Gaddafi or his family members would be viewed as an "act of aggression".
  20. Complete the sentence about Algeria–Libya relations with the correct year: On 30 August ______, Algeria's UN envoy defended the idea of granting refugee status to Gaddafi's wife, his 2 sons, and his d…
  21. Complete the sentence about Algeria–Russia relations with the correct year: In December ______, the Soviet Union and Algeria signed an agreement on economic and technical cooperation.
  22. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, it was estimated that 90% of the Algerian army's inventory was of Soviet origin.
  23. Complete the sentence about Algeria–Russia relations with the correct year: In ______, Houari Boumediène hosted the Non-Aligned Movement in Algiers.
  24. Complete the sentence about Algeria–China relations with the correct year: China was the first non-Arab country to recognise the FLN as Algerian provisional government in December ______.
  25. Complete the sentence about Algeria–China relations with the correct year: After Algeria gained independence in ______, China continued to ‘fill the void’ left by Western nations.
  26. Complete the sentence about Algeria–United States relations with the correct year: In ______, the US Congress allocated funds for the construction of warships to counter the threat of piracy in the Me…
  27. Complete the sentence about Algeria–United States relations with the correct year: But when peace was restored to Europe in ______, Algiers found itself at war with Spain, the Netherlands, Prussia, De…
  28. Complete the sentence about Algeria–Spain relations with the correct year: The Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen received protection from Charles V in exchange for parias, allowing the local ruler to remain…
  29. Complete the sentence about Algeria–Spain relations with the correct year: The Francoist dictatorship officially recognized Algeria as a sovereign state in ______ and proceeded to appoint an ambassado…
  30. Complete the sentence about Algeria–Germany relations with the correct year: In ______, the German Empire established a consulate general in what was then French Algeria.
  31. Complete the sentence about Algeria–Germany relations with the correct year: After World War II, the French colonial power faced an uprising that leads to the outbreak of the Algerian War in ______.
  32. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Algeria was able to gain its independence from France in ______.
  33. Complete the sentence about Algeria–Germany relations with the correct year: Two years after the country's independence, on May 14. ______, Algeria broke off relations with West Germany.
  34. Complete the sentence about Algeria–Germany relations with the correct year: In ______, diplomatic relations were resumed with West Germany after the latter abandoned the Hallstein Doctrine.
  35. Complete the sentence about Algeria–European Union relations with the correct year: In ______ the EEC signed a treaty with Algeria, formalizing their relationship as being between neighboring entities…
  36. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Fuel and mining products made up 95.7% of EU imports from Algeria in ______.
  37. Complete the sentence about Arab Maghreb Union with the correct year: No high-level meetings have taken place since 3 July ______, and commentators regard the Union as largely dormant.
  38. Complete the sentence about Arab Maghreb Union with the correct year: The idea for an economic union of the Maghreb began with the independence of Tunisia and Morocco in ______.
  39. Complete the sentence about Arab Maghreb Union with the correct year: The Union was established on 17 February ______ when the treaty was signed by the member states in Marrakech.
  40. Complete the sentence about Arab Maghreb Union with the correct year: During the 16th session of the AMU Foreign Ministers, held on 12 November ______ in Algiers, Egypt applied to join the AMU groupin…
  41. Complete the sentence about Arab Maghreb Union with the correct year: For example, in ______, Algeria decided to transfer the presidency of the AMU to Libya.
  42. Complete the sentence about Arab Maghreb Union with the correct year: The latest top-level conference, in mid-______, was derailed by Morocco's refusal to meet, due to Algeria's vocal support for Sahr…
  43. Complete the sentence about Palestinian Declaration of Independence with the correct year: In April ______, the PLO Central Council elected Arafat as the first president of the State of Palestine.
  44. Complete the sentence about Palestinian Declaration of Independence with the correct year: In September ______ Egyptian forces captured the Gaza strip and kept it under military rule.
  45. Complete the sentence about Palestinian Declaration of Independence with the correct year: Until the Six-Day War in June ______ these two territories remained under Jordanian and Egyptian rule.
  46. Complete the sentence about Palestinian Declaration of Independence with the correct year: The ______ declaration does not explicitly recognize the State of Israel.
  47. Which place completes this sentence about Masinissa? With Roman backing, Masinissa established his own kingdom of Numidia, west of Carthage, with Cirta — present day ______ — as its capital city.
  48. Which place completes this sentence about Regency of Algiers? The Regency of ______ was an early modern semi-independent Ottoman frontier province and vassal state on the Barbary Coast of North Africa…
  49. Which place completes this sentence about Regency of Algiers? Increased Algerian privateering and demands for tribute started the Barbary Wars at the beginning of the 19th century, when ______ was dec…
  50. Which place completes this sentence about Houari Boumediene? Born in Guelma, Boumédiène was educated at the Islamic Institute in ______.
  51. Which place completes this sentence about Liamine Zéroual? In 1975, he took command of a military school in ______, then in 1981 of the Cherchell Military Academy.
  52. Which place completes this sentence about Administrative divisions of Algeria? The ______ and Guelma massacre in 1945 catalysed local resistance that culminated in the outbreak of the Algerian War in…
  53. Which place completes this sentence about Oran massacre of 1962? In May 1962, the OAS engaged in a bombing campaign that killed an estimated 10 to 50 Algerians in ______ daily.
  54. Which place completes this sentence about Organisation armée secrète? In July 2006, some OAS sympathisers attempted to relight the flame of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to commemorate the ______ ma…
  55. Which place completes this sentence about Mostefa Ben Boulaïd? Mostefa Ben Boulaïd was born on 5 February 1917 in Inerkeb, a village in Arris, ______ Province, Algeria.
  56. Which place completes this sentence about Mozabites? After being defeated at Tiaret by the Fatimid Caliphate in 911, they were banished to ______ in the Sahara and founded an independent state in the…
  57. Which place completes this sentence about Mozabites? After the capture of ______ by the French in 1852, the Mozabites concluded a convention in 1853.
  58. Which place completes this sentence about Front of Socialist Forces? The party was formed by Hocine Aït Ahmed on 29 September 1963 in the city of ______ to oppose Ben Bella's government.
  59. Which place completes this sentence about Algeria–Spain relations? The Zayyanid Kingdom of ______ received protection from Charles V in exchange for parias, allowing the local ruler to remain in power…
  60. Which place completes this sentence about Liamine Zéroual? In 1975, he took command of a military school in Batna, then in 1981 of the ______ Military Academy.
  61. Which place completes this sentence about Hassi Messaoud? The Name ______ means "the well of Messaoud" in Arabic, named after Messaoud Rouabeh, a well-digger in the region.
  62. Which place completes this sentence about Hassi Messaoud? In 2010 Amnesty International reported that mob attacks against single women accused of being prostitutes were taking place in ______.
  63. Which place completes this sentence about Algerian National Navy? Principal naval bases are located at Algiers, Annaba, Mers el-Kebir, Oran, ______ and Tamentfoust.
  64. Which place completes this sentence about 2003 Boumerdès earthquake? The 2003 ______ earthquake occurred on May 21 at 18:44:21 UTC</span>"}]]}'>19:44:21 local time in northern Algeria.
  65. Which place completes this sentence about 2003 Boumerdès earthquake? The epicentre of the earthquake was located near the town of Thénia in ______ Province, approximately 60 km east of the capital Alg…
  66. Which place completes this sentence about Hassiba Ben Bouali? One of the largest avenues in Algiers and the university of ______ were named after her.

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