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