UAE

Question 1

What is the capital of the UAE?

Answer 1

Abu Dhabi

Question 2

What is the official language of the UAE?

Answer 2

Arabic

Question 3

How many emirates does the UAE have?

Names?

Answer 3

7 emirates:

• Dubai
• Abu Dhabi
• Sharjah
• Ajman
• Fujairah
• Umm Al-Quwain

Question 4

When was modern UAE founded?

Answer 4

1971

Question 5

How was the UAE called before 1971?

Answer 5

Before 1971, the UAE was known as the Trucial States, a collection of sheikhdoms.

Question 6

Who was the founding father and driving force of modern UAE?

Answer 6

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

Question 7

What is the official religion?

Answer 7

Islam

Close to 80% of the population.

Question 8

Who is the current President of the UAE?

Answer 8

Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed

Question 9

Who is the current prime minister and Vice President of the UAE?

Answer 9

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Question 10

What is the population of the UAE?

And Dubai?

Answer 10

UAE: almost 10 millions.

Dubai: 3.3 millions.

Question 11

The UAE is the middle power.

True or false?

Answer 11

True.

Question 12

Of which international organization is the UAE part of?

Give 6 examples.

Answer 12

• UN
• Non-Aligned Movement
• Arab League
• Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
• OPEC
• Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Question 13

On what is the UAE economy based on?

Answer 13

The UAE made its wealth initially through oil and gas revenue.

Now the UAE is diversification its economy with tourism and business.

Question 14

Which branch of Islam is mostly present in the UAE?

Answer 14

90% of the Emirati population are Sunni Muslim.

10 % of the Emirati population are Shia Muslim.

Question 15

What climate does the UAE has?

Answer 15

Desert climate.

Question 16

What kind of REGIME the UAE has?

What GOVERNMENT the UAE has?

Answer 16

The UAE is an authoritarian regime.

The UAE is a federal constitutional monarchy (made up from 7 federation).

Question 17

How is the UAE human’s rights?

Answer 17

The UAE has a very poor human’s rights record. According to many IOs/NGOs, the UAE violates a number of fundamental human rights.

Especially when it comes to:

• Low paid foreign labour
• Freedom of speech.

Question 18

On what is based the legal system of the UAE?

Answer 18

The legal system of the UAE is based on a strict interpretation of the Sharia-Law.

Question 19

What kinf of punisment/sentence can be applied is you transgress the Sharia Law?

Answer 19

You can be sentence to received lashes.

It is called “flogging”.

Question 20

What is the UAE GDP?

Answer 20

420 billion $

Question 21

What is the UAE top airlines?

Answer 21

• Emirates (based in Dubai).

- Ethiad airline (based in Abu Dhabi).

Question 22

The UAE is the first country in the world to appoint a minister for artificial intelligence?

Answer 22

True.

The position of Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence since it was created in 2017

Question 23

What is the national animal of the UAE?

Answer 23

Arabian Oryx.

(it looks like a white goat with two long dark horn).

Question 24

The UAE is often ranked in the top safest country?

Answer 24

True according to many reports.

Question 25

The UAE has no rivers?

Answer 25

True

Question 26

When was the Trucial States (UAE) under british protectorate?

Answer 26

Between 1820 (The General Maritime Treaty) and 1971 (independence).