Geography
Capital of Saudi Arabia
What is Riyadh?
Two Holiest cities in Saudi Arabia
What are Mecca and Medina?
This king ruled Saudi Arabia from 2005 until 2015 and worked to modernize the country through social and economic reforms.
King Abdullah
Saudi Arabia has a __________ government.
What is an absolute monarchy?
What is the Saudi Riyal /(SAR)?
a riverbed that is dry when there is a shortage of rain but becomes a river when it rains.
What is a wadi?
This empire controlled Saudi Arabia's coastlines.
Ruled after King Abdullah and is the current leader of Saudi Arabia
King Salman
_____________ outlines the process through which the next king is chosen, while __________ requires that people follow laws based on Islam and the government.
What is Basic Law?
What is Sharia Law?
Saudi Arabia is one of the leading members of this organization because of its abundance of oil.
What is OPEC?
Saudi Arabia border these two bodies of water:
What are the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf?
Saudi Arabia was established by this man _________ in 1932.
Who is Abdul Aziz Al Saud?
This country sparked Arab Spring
What is Tunisia?
This is the King's cabinet of advisors.
What is the King's Council?
What is the Al Saud family?
This body of water links the Red Sea to the Mediterranean.
The Suez Canal
This is the only religion that can be legally practiced in public in Saudi Arabia.
What is Sunni Islam?
This man was arrested Saudi Arabia for his efforts to plan a protest.
Who is Muhammad al Wadani?
_____________ is the legislative branch and _______________ is the judicial branch.
What is the consultative council?
What is the High Court?
This president encouraged Americans to conserve energy in light of OPEC's oil embargo on the USA.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
Largest desert in Saudi Arabia, translates to "Empty Quarter.
What is the Rub al ' Kali?
During the Persian Gulf War, Saudi Arabia helped refugees from this country:
What is Kuwait?
During King Salman's reign, Saudi troops were sent to this country to prevent a civil war:
Yemen
Councils that focus on local issues. Saudi Arabia's population votes for 2/3 of these councils and the king appoints 1/3.
What are municipal councils?
Chemicals made from petroleum or natural gas
What are petrochemicals?