Moldovan Geography and Nature

Geography And Nature

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  1. Complete the sentence about Nistru with the correct year: Eco-TIRAS International Environmental Association of River Keepers was established in ______ in Moldova.
  2. Complete the sentence about Bîc with the correct year: Floods were frequently a problem, with a particularly heavy flood doing extensive damage in July ______.
  3. Which place completes this sentence about Bălți? A ______ neighborhood, 10th district, 9th district, the area of the former Bălți concentration camp, and the Bălți City Airport are situated in the val…
  4. Which place completes this sentence about Edineț? The town is located 201 km north of the national capital, ______.
  5. Which place completes this sentence about Ceadîr-Lunga? By local accounts the settlement was founded around 1812, by migrants from Ceadîr in ______ County who settled the Lunga valley, thus its name C…
  6. Which place completes this sentence about Dniester? In 1919, on Easter Sunday, the bridge was blown up by the French Army to protect ______ from the Bolsheviks.
  7. Which place completes this sentence about Cuciurgan Reservoir? Lake Cuciurgani is a popular resort area for the inhabitants of nearby ______, the capital of Transnistria.
  8. Which place completes this sentence about Curchi Monastery? The monastery is located in ______ forest near Curchi, approximately 14 km southwest of the town of Orhei.
  9. Which place completes this sentence about Noul Neamț Monastery? The monastery church was reopened in 1989, followed in 1991 by the Romanian-language school for Orthodox priests, under the leadership o…
  10. Which place completes this sentence about Bender Fortress? By the end of the 16th century, Moldavian detachments had attacked the ______ fortress several times, but without any success.
  11. Which place completes this sentence about Stephen the Great Monument? On August 25, 1942, the monument was returned to ______ and taken back to Romania in 1944.
  12. Which place completes this sentence about Stephen the Great Monument? In 1945, the Soviet authorities ordered the restoration of the monument to ______.
  13. Which place completes the sentence? The town is 3 km from the ______ railway station and 6 km from that of Mateuţi.
  14. Which place completes this sentence about Vulcănești? The symbol of the town, the monument dedicated to the Battle of ______ was erected in around 1849.
  15. Which place completes this sentence about Vulcănești? After the Union of Bessarabia with Romania in 1918 Vulcănești was integrated into the ______ county in Romania.
  16. Which place completes this sentence about Balti Steppe? The untouched natural richness of the northern Moldavian region became known as ______ steppe only in the beginning of the last century.
  17. Which place completes this sentence about Balti Steppe? Before 1940 the term used to mean Jijia Plain plus Middle Prut Valley plus ______ steppe, because the three regions have an identical relief and…
  18. Which place completes this sentence about Balti Steppe? First human settlements appeared on the territory of ______ steppe in ancient times.
  19. Complete the sentence about Cahul with the correct year: Cahul is home to the State University of Cahul, opened in ______ and named after Romanian writer and philologist Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu.
  20. Complete the sentence about Cahul with the correct year: The city has the team of FC Cahul-______ who play in Moldovan "A" Division.
  21. Complete the sentence about Nisporeni with the correct year: The Romanian People's Salvation Cross, the largest cross in Moldova, was built in ______ in Nisporeni.
  22. Complete the sentence about Dniester with the correct year: Eco-TIRAS International Environmental Association of River Keepers was established in ______ in Moldova.
  23. Complete the sentence about Padurea Domneasca with the correct year: Bison, which had previously disappeared in the territory of Moldova, were brought from the Polish Kampinos and Białowieża national…
  24. Complete the sentence about Padurea Domneasca with the correct year: In ______, Moldova held negotiations with the Ministry of the Environment of Belarus on the exchange of several more animals.
  25. Complete the sentence about Orhei District with the correct year: In ______, after the collapse of the Russian Empire, Bessarabia joined Romania.
  26. Complete the sentence about Ungheni District with the correct year: About noble families who ruled the territory known as follows: the ______ Pan Bratul, Procelnic's son, reigned here.
  27. Complete the sentence about Hîncești District with the correct year: In ______, after the Russo-Turkish War, the Russian Empire occupied the region of Basarabia, leading to an intense russification of…
  28. Complete the sentence about Hîncești District with the correct year: In ______, after the collapse of the Russian Empire, Bessarabia united with Romania.
  29. Complete the sentence about Bălți Municipality with the correct year: The current coat of arms and flag of Bălți, elaborated by Silviu Tabac from the Moldovan State Commission for Heraldry, were adopt…
  30. Complete the sentence about Grigoriopol with the correct year: Grigoriopol was established in ______ as an Armenian settlement.
  31. Complete the sentence about Grigoriopol with the correct year: According to the ______ Soviet census, 45,7% of the inhabitants identified as Moldovans, and 15,4% as Ukrainians.
  32. Complete the sentence about Grigoriopol with the correct year: The head of the Parent-Teacher Association of the school, Mihai Speian, was arrested by the Transnistrian authorities on August 28, _____…
  33. Complete the sentence about Grigoriopol with the correct year: In ______, the ethnic make-up, by mother tongue, was 49.2% Romanian, 24.1% Russian, 10.9% Jewish, 9.3% Ukrainian, 5.3% Armenian.
  34. Complete the sentence about Râbnița with the correct year: Following the Second Partition of Poland, in ______, Rîbnița passed from Poland to Russia.
  35. Complete the sentence about Râbnița with the correct year: Leaving the ghetto without permission was strictly forbidden, with 48 Jews being executed on April 4, ______ for being found outside the ghet…
  36. Complete the sentence about Nisporeni District with the correct year: The Vărzărești monastery was first mentioned on 25 April ______.
  37. Complete the sentence about Nisporeni District with the correct year: The city of Nisporeni was first mentioned by Gaspar Graziani in his book dated 4 January ______.
  38. Complete the sentence about Vadul lui Vodă with the correct year: The settlement of Vadul lui Vodă was first mentioned in historical chronicles in ______.
  39. Complete the sentence about Trebujeni with the correct year: After the defeat of the Tatar-Mongol army in ______, the city was destroyed and left in ruins.
  40. Complete the sentence about Giurgiulești with the correct year: Prehistoric Giurgiulesti cemetery was discovered in ______, when the local kurgans were being excavated.
  41. Complete the sentence about Prut River with the correct year: In ______, the Ottoman army of Suleiman the Magnificent crossed the Prut during the campaign of Karaboğdan.
  42. Complete the sentence about Prut River with the correct year: In ______, the Greek Nationalist leader Alexander Ypsilantis crossed the Prut river at Sculeni, with the intention of touching off a rebel…
  43. Which place completes this sentence about Leova? Leova is a city in Moldova, located 92 km southwest of the national capital, ______.
  44. Which place completes this sentence about Moldova? Moldova is a parliamentary democratic republic with its capital in ______, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre.
  45. Which place completes this sentence about Bîc? First, the Soviets built several dams, with the largest one, the Ghidighici Dam, creating the ______ Sea above Chișinău.
  46. Which place completes this sentence about Cogîlnic? The Cogâlnic rises in the hills of Nisporeni District in the Codri region west of the Moldovan capital, ______.
  47. Which place completes this sentence about Orhei District? During the reign of Stephen the Great the stone city was repaired, equipped with artillery and became the residence of ______'s governor.
  48. Which place completes this sentence about Bălți Municipality? As of the 2024 Moldovan census, the Municipality had a population of 94,546 - while the city of ______ proper had a population of 90,954.
  49. Which place completes this sentence about Bălți Municipality? The current coat of arms and flag of ______, elaborated by Silviu Tabac from the Moldovan State Commission for Heraldry, were adopted by t…
  50. Which place completes this sentence about Râbnița? As early as 1657, ______ was mentioned in documents as an important town.
  51. Which place completes this sentence about Râbnița? Following the Second Partition of Poland, in 1793, ______ passed from Poland to Russia.
  52. Which place completes this sentence about Trebujeni? Situated at 30 km from ______ and 60 km from Chisinau, the commune is situated on the banks of Raut river on the gorges formed by the withdrawal of…
  53. Which place completes this sentence about Trebujeni? Occupation of Old ______ by Mongolians lasted until the early 60s, 14th century.
  54. Which place completes this sentence about Cogîlnic? The Cogâlnic rises in the hills of ______ in the Codri region west of the Moldovan capital, Chișinău.

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