Of what country is Muammar Qaddafi the "Leader and Guide of the Revolution?"
Libya
100
Where was the Ba'ath Party founded?
Syria
100
What was the immediate reason for the UAR’s ultimate collapse?
Military secessionist coup in Syria
100
What is the name of the ruling royal family in Jordan?
Hashemite or House of Hashim
100
What two Emirates formed a union between themselves and prepared a constitution before inviting other Emirates to join them?
Abu Dhabi and Dubai
200
What Pan-Arabist leader did Qaddafi admire greatly?
Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt
200
Who was the Ba'athist leader of Iraq from 1979-2003
Saddam Hussein
200
What was the name of the short-lived union between the UAR and North Yemen?
United Arab States
200
Abdullah I of Trans-Jordan managed to expand where following a war in 1948?
West Bank and/or East Jerusalem
200
Name five of the seven founding members of the Arab League.
Any five out of: Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen
300
What terrorist attack did Qaddafi order in 1988 as retaliation for the bombing of his compound by the United States of America?
The bombing of a Pan-Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland.
300
What is the word "Ba'ath" commonly translated as in English?
"Renaissance" or "Resurrection"
300
What event in Iraq did Nasser believe effectively “unblocked the road for Arab nationalism”?
Deposition of the Hashemite monarchy
300
What power deposed King Faisal I of Greater Syria, who would later become King Faisal I of Iraq?
France
300
What two emirates decided not to join the United Arab Emirates?
Qatar and Bahrain
400
What is the Arabic word that Qaddafi uses to describe his form of government in Libya?
Jamahiriya
400
What are the two factions into which the Ba'athists split in Syria before Hafez al-Assad came to power?
The Socialists and the Nationalists
400
Through what direct means did Faisal I of Saudi Arabia try to undermine the UAR?
Saudi bribery of Syrian Bedouin tribes in exchange for their opposition to Nasser
400
What were the two capitals, rotated every 6 months, of the Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan?
Baghdad and Amman
400
Why was Egypt temporarily suspended from the Arab League in 1979?
Anwar Sadat’s visit to Jerusalem and Egypt’s separate peace agreement with Israel
500
What is the official title of the political philosophy that Qaddafi espouses in the Green Book?
The "Third Universal Theory" (an alternative to Capitalism and Communism)
500
What are the three central tenets of Ba'athist philosophy?
Pan-Arabism, Arab Socialism, and Anti-Imperialism
500
What political move effectively consolidated Nasser’s authority over the union?
Banning of political parties and their merging into the Arab Socialist Union
500
Who overthrew the Iraqi monarchy in a coup d’état on July 14, 1958, and executed most of the royal family, including King Faisal II and Crown Prince ’Abd al-Ilah?
General/Colonel Abd al-Karim Qasim
500
What is the name of the United Arab Emirates’ predecessor, a group of protectorates of Great Britain?
Trucial Coast or Trucial Oman or Trucial States or Trucial Sheikdoms or Trucial Coast States