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A) The Ottoman family B) The Saud family C) The Hashemite family D) The Abbasid family
A) Because of natural earthquake damage B) To remove evidence of Ottoman rule C) To create space for large shopping malls D) Fearing sites might become places of shirk
A) Medina International Airport B) King Abdulaziz International Airport C) Taif International Airport D) Riyadh International Airport
A) 120 km B) 70 km C) 300 km D) 15 km
A) Highway 90 B) Highway 15 C) Highway 40 D) Highway 1
A) 400 km/h B) 300 km/h C) 200 km/h D) 100 km/h
A) A group of Ottoman soldiers B) Juhayman al-Otaybi C) King Abdulaziz D) The Sharif of Mecca
A) Two months B) Two weeks C) Two days D) One year
A) 75% B) 95% C) 20% D) 50%
A) The Grand Mosque B) The Masjid al-Haram C) The Ka'bah D) Ajyad Fortress
A) Ventilation system failure B) A terrorist bombing C) A fire caused by lightning D) A structural collapse
A) 1924 B) 2015 C) 1979 D) 1990
A) More than 100 B) None C) Exactly 50 D) Fewer than 20
A) Jeddah, Riyadh, and Dammam B) Rabigh and Jeddah C) Taif and Riyadh D) Medina, Tabuk, Abha, and Jizan
A) Concerns about the city's safety B) The mountainous terrain C) Religious prohibitions on flying D) Lack of available land
A) 580 B) 610 C) 560 D) 570
A) Banu Bakr B) Banu Khuza'ah C) Banu Qurayza D) Banu Hashim
A) Jabal al-Noor B) Mount Uhud C) Jabal al-Nour D) Mount Sinai
A) 628 B) 622 C) 627 D) 610
A) Hijrah B) Hajj C) Trench D) Jibreel
A) Banu Bakr B) Banu Hashim C) Quraysh D) Muhajirun
A) 5,000 B) 15,000 C) 10,000 D) 1,000
A) Muhammad himself B) Jibreel C) Banu Bakr D) Attab ibn Asid
A) 622 B) 632 C) 635 D) 628
A) Iraq B) Jeddah C) Yathrib D) Syria
A) Hashim B) Bakr C) Attab D) Jibreel
A) Paganism B) Hajj C) Islamization D) Hijrah
A) The leader of the Banu Tamim B) The Byzantine Emperor C) Muhammad's great-grandfather D) The Abyssinian King
A) Meccan trade B) The unification of nomadic tribes C) The Byzantine army D) Religious pilgrimage
A) The city was intentionally hidden by ancient civilizations. B) All early records were destroyed in a massive fire. C) Ancient travelers were forbidden from entering the city. D) The city lies in an area with sparse textual or archaeological records.
A) They were illiterate. B) They were highly literate and produced many books. C) They exclusively used Persian script. D) They only used hieroglyphics.
A) Around 50,000. B) Around 1,200. C) Around 10,000. D) Around 550.
A) The Hejaz. B) Mesopotamia. C) Yemen. D) The Nile Valley.
A) Ptolemy. B) Ammianus Marcellinus. C) Procopius. D) Diodorus Siculus.
A) Northwest Arabia near Leuke Kome. B) Central Yemen. C) The center of Mecca. D) Southern Mesopotamia.
A) Hierapolis. B) Moka. C) Macoraba. D) Geapolis.
A) A combination of two Greek words meaning 'Holy City'. B) Makkah followed by the Aramaic adjective for 'great'. C) The name of a local deity in ancient Arabia. D) A Nabataean term for a trading post.
A) A misspelling of the city of Medina. B) A desert oasis near Yemen. C) A town in Arabia Petraea called Moka. D) The ancient name for Damascus.
A) Muhammad. B) Ishmael. C) Abraham. D) Adam.
A) A massive earthquake. B) A great fire. C) The Noahic Flood. D) An invading army.
A) Ma'add. B) Jurhum. C) Ghassanids. D) Quraysh.
A) A man from the Jurhum tribe. B) Abraham. C) Adam. D) Muhammad.
A) The Roman army. B) The local Bedouin tribes. C) The Byzantine merchants. D) Persian royalty.
A) Abraham. B) Noah. C) Ishmael. D) Adam.
A) 5:12 B) 21:21 C) 6:92 D) 3:96
A) Fārān B) Bakkah C) Tihāmah D) Umm al-Qurā
A) Ibn Khaldun B) Ibn Battuta C) Al-Idrisi D) Yaqut al-Hamawi
A) An-Nisa B) Al-Baqarah C) Al Imran D) Al-Ma'idah
A) Saadanius B) Mammoth C) Dinosaur D) Neanderthal
A) 5 million years ago B) 28 to 29 million years ago C) 50 to 60 million years ago D) 10 to 12 million years ago
A) Najd B) Hejaz C) Asir D) Tihamah
A) Bekka B) Bakkar C) Bakkia D) Bakkara
A) 1970s B) 1990s C) 1960s D) 1980s
A) Surah Al-Fath B) Surah An-Nisa C) Surah Al-Imran D) Surah Al-Baqarah
A) Its religious significance B) Its geographical location C) Its etymology D) Its population density
A) The Saudi government B) Muslim scholars C) Claudius Ptolemy D) Ancient poets
A) Asir B) Najd C) Hejaz D) Al-Baha
A) 70 m B) 277 m C) 909 m D) 150 m
A) Third B) First C) Fourth D) Second
A) Amin B) Amanah C) Qibla D) Hajj
A) 55.5% B) 30% C) 70% D) 44.5%
A) Dhūl-Ḥijjah B) Muharram C) Ramadan D) Safar
A) 1920 B) 1925 C) 1907 D) 2022
A) Masjid al-Haram B) The Clock Towers C) Ajyad Fortress D) Jabal al-Nour
A) Amin B) Qibla C) Amanah D) Hejaz
A) Saleh Al-Turki B) Prince Khalid Al-Faisal C) Muhammad D) Ibn Saud
A) Lakhmid B) Sasanian C) Ghassanids D) Quraysh
A) Abraha B) Muhammad C) Khosrow I D) Hubal
A) Byzantine Empire B) Sasanian Empire C) Ottoman Empire D) Roman Empire
A) Muhammad B) The Quraysh C) Abraha D) Khosrow I
A) Euphrates River B) Zamzam Well C) Tigris River D) Red Sea
A) 6th century B) 4th century C) 7th century D) 5th century
A) Khosrow I B) Darius C) Abraha D) Cyrus
A) Lush and fertile B) Dense forest C) Completely barren D) Mountainous jungle
A) The Greeks B) The Quraysh C) The Egyptians D) Lakhmid kingdom
A) Mecca B) Tihamah C) San'aa D) Axum
A) Abdul-Muttalib B) Abraha C) The Quraysh tribe D) ʿUrwa bin Hayyad al-Milasi
A) Stealing gold B) Burning it down C) Defiling it D) Capturing the messenger
A) Axum B) Himyar C) Al-Qullays D) Mahmud
A) Al-Nisa B) Al-Fil C) Al-Qullays D) Al-Fatiha
A) Sand B) Burning arrows C) Spears D) Small rocks
A) Zubayrid Caliphate B) Rashidun Caliphate C) Abbasid Caliphate D) Umayyad Caliphate
A) Christian engineers B) Roman masons C) Persian architects D) Byzantine soldiers
A) Flooding B) Urban expansion C) Earthquakes D) Enemy invasions
A) Damascus B) Kufa C) Medina D) Baghdad
A) Damascus B) Cairo C) Baghdad D) Kufa
A) Umayyads B) Zubayrids C) Abbasids D) Qarmatians
A) Salaheddin al-Ayyubi B) Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr C) Ibn Battuta D) Abu Tahir al-Jannabi
A) 1327 B) 1330 C) 1349 D) 930
A) Hadith B) Fitna C) Rihla D) Sunnah
A) 930 B) 1349 C) 1327 D) 1330
A) The same B) Destroyed completely C) Smaller D) Larger
A) Neglected B) Very dirty C) Average D) Very clean
A) 1813 B) 1803 C) 1517 D) 1503
A) The Kingdom of Hejaz B) The First Saudi state C) The Ottoman Empire D) The British Empire
A) Hussain bin Ali B) Muhammad Ali Pasha C) Barakat bin Muhammad D) T. E. Lawrence
A) 1916 B) 1813 C) 1853 D) 1818
A) Sir Richard Francis Burton B) Hussain bin Ali C) Ludovico di Varthema D) T. E. Lawrence
A) 1813 B) 1853 C) 1916 D) 1830
A) 27 B) 40 C) 10 D) 15 |