Iraqi Geography and Nature

Geography And Nature

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  1. Complete the sentence about Arabian oryx with the correct year: In ______, Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville subdivided the antelope group, adopted Oryx as a genus name, and changed the species name…
  2. Complete the sentence about Arabian oryx with the correct year: In ______, Martin Lichtenstein confused matters by transferring the name Oryx leucoryx to the scimitar oryx, now Oryx dammah.
  3. Complete the sentence about Arabian oryx with the correct year: The Zoological Society of London obtained the first living individual in Europe in ______.
  4. Complete the sentence about Arabian oryx with the correct year: Oldfield Thomas renamed the scimitar oryx as Oryx algazal in ______ and gave the Arabian oryx its original name.
  5. Complete the sentence about Iraq with the correct year: In ______, a military coup led by Abdul Karim Qasim overthrew the monarchy and established a republic.
  6. Complete the sentence about Tell Halaf with the correct year: The Mitanni Empire controlled this region in the 15th century BC until around ______ BC.
  7. Complete the sentence about Tell Halaf with the correct year: In the Late Bronze, Suppiluliuma I of Hatti conquered the Mitanni stronghold of Carchemish, leading to the assassination of Tushratta of M…
  8. Complete the sentence about Kish with the correct year: After that, the Ur III never recovered and declined until its fall in ______ BC - marking the end of the Early Bronze Age.
  9. Complete the sentence about Sippar with the correct year: The city flourished under Babylonian rule until the Sack of Babylon by Mursili I of Hatti around ______ BC.
  10. Complete the sentence about Sippar with the correct year: In the succeeding Late Bronze Age collapse period, it was taken by the Neo-Babylonian ruler Nebuchadnezzar I about ______ BC.
  11. Complete the sentence about Borsippa with the correct year: In ______, work at Borsippa was conducted under the direction of Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, with most of the actual digging done by his subo…
  12. Complete the sentence about Great Mosque of Samarra with the correct year: The Iraqi State Organization of Antiquities have been working closely with historians and architects in a restoration process…
  13. Complete the sentence about Imam Ali Shrine with the correct year: The shrine underwent extensive restoration during the Safavid period, beginning with Shah Ismail I after his conquest of Baghdad in _…
  14. Complete the sentence about Al-Askari Mosque with the correct year: As of April ______, the golden dome and the minarets were restored and the shrine reopened to visitors.
  15. Complete the sentence about Mustansiriya Madrasa with the correct year: The most significant degradation to the madrasa's architecture and position within Baghdad was the ______ Mongol Siege of Baghda…
  16. Complete the sentence about Baghdad Zoo with the correct year: The Baghdad Zoo was built in ______ under Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr.
  17. Complete the sentence about Iraq Museum with the correct year: On 14 June ______, the Iraqi government moved the collection to a new building and established the Baghdad Antiquities Museum, with Bell…
  18. Complete the sentence about Iraq Museum with the correct year: Bahija Khalil became the director of the Iraq Museum in ______.
  19. Complete the sentence about Tahrir Square, Baghdad with the correct year: The number of monument's parts is fourteen, which was done on purpose by its creator, Jawad Saleem, to represent the 14 July I…
  20. Complete the sentence about Green Zone with the correct year: As of ______, there continued to be some five thousand of these Iraqis living in the International Zone.
  21. Complete the sentence about Sadr City with the correct year: During the urban development of Baghdad, Al-Habibiyah Jewish Cemetery was built by Saddam Hussein in ______.
  22. Which place completes this sentence about Karbala? With a population of around 800,000 people in 2024, Karbala is the second-largest city in central Iraq, after ______.
  23. Which place completes this sentence about Karbala? After the Siege of ______ in 1258, Karbala came under the control of the Mongol Empire led by Hulegu Khan.
  24. Which place completes this sentence about Samarra? Samarra remained the residence of the caliph until 892, when al-Mu'tadid returned the capital to ______.
  25. Which place completes this sentence about Tal Afar? On 27 April 2025, ______ Today reported of an ongoing government initiative to convert Tal Afar District into the 20th governorate of Iraq.
  26. Which place completes this sentence about Nineveh? Nineveh was an ancient Near Eastern city of Upper Mesopotamia, located in the modern-day city of ______ in northern Iraq.
  27. Which place completes this sentence about Eridu? The site was initially excavated by John George Taylor, the British Vice-counsel at ______, in 1855.
  28. Which place completes this sentence about Samarra Archaeological City? The modern city of ______ was founded in 836 CE by the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim as a new administrative capital and military ba…
  29. Which place completes this sentence about Samarra Archaeological City? The remains of prehistoric ______ were first excavated between 1911 and 1914 by the German archaeologist Ernst Herzfeld and Fried…
  30. Which place completes this sentence about Erbil Citadel? After the Mongols captured the citadel in 1258, the importance of ______ declined.
  31. Which place completes this sentence about Tigris? First, the artificial Shatt al-Hayy branches off, to join the Euphrates near ______.
  32. Which place completes this sentence about Tigris? In February 2016, the United States Embassy in Iraq as well as the Prime Minister of Iraq Haider al-Abadi issued warnings that ______ Dam could collap…
  33. Which place completes this sentence about Tigris? Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, also wrote The Hidden Words around 1858 while he walked along the banks of the Tigris river during his e…
  34. Which place completes this sentence about Mosul Dam? The entire ______ multi-purpose project has an installed capacity of 1,052 MW.
  35. Which place completes this sentence about Zagros Mountains? Some major cities are located on the foothills of the Zagros mountains, including ______, Kermanshah, Khorramabad, and Shiraz.
  36. Which place completes this sentence about Kurdistan Region? The Kurdistan Region Parliament is based in ______, the capital of KRI.
  37. Which place completes this sentence about Anbar Province? The governorate was known as ______ up to 1976 when it was renamed as Al Anbar governorate, and it was known as Dulaim before 1962.
  38. Which place completes this sentence about Nineveh Governorate? In 2004, however, ______ and Tal Afar were the scenes of fierce battles between US-led troops and Iraqi insurgents.
  39. Which place completes this sentence about Nineveh Governorate? The insurgents moved to Nineveh after the Battle of ______ in 2004.
  40. Which place completes this sentence about Basra Governorate? The capital is the city of ______, located in the Basrah district.
  41. Which place completes this sentence about Basra Governorate? Other districts of ______ include Al-Qurna, Al-Zubair, Al-Midaina, Shatt Al-Arab, Abu Al-Khaseeb and Al-Faw located on the Persian Gulf.
  42. Which place completes this sentence about Basra Governorate? During the Gulf War, part of Kuwait became a part of the ______ Governorate and was given the name Saddamiyat al-Mitla' District.
  43. Which place completes this sentence about Najaf Governorate? The capital is the city of ______, with another major city being Al Kufah.
  44. Which place completes this sentence about Al-Qadisiyyah Governorate? Before 1976, it was part of the ad-Diwāniyah Governorate, along with al-Muthannā and ______.
  45. Which place completes this sentence about Muthanna Governorate? Before 1976 it was part of the Diwaniya Province, which included present-day ______ Governorate and al-Qādisiyyah Governorate.
  46. Which place completes this sentence about Sulaymaniyah Governorate? Halabja Governorate was formerly the Halabja District of ______, until it became a separate governorate in 2014.
  47. Which place completes this sentence about Kirkuk Governorate? While Article 140 of the 2005 Constitution mandated the restoration of the name "______ Governorate" by 2007, the administrative transitio…
  48. Which place completes this sentence about Kirkuk Governorate? The Turkmens were seriously affected by the Ba'ath changing ______ borders their percentage fell from 21% to 7%.
  49. Which place completes this sentence about Kirkuk Governorate? From the end of the Gulf War to 1999, about 11,000 Kurdish families were deported from ______.
  50. Which place completes this sentence about Kirkuk Governorate? Since the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, 100,000 Kurds have returned to the city of ______.
  51. Which place completes this sentence about Kirkuk Governorate? The following is the results of the 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election in the ______ governorate.
  52. Which place completes this sentence about Rumaila oil field? The Rumaila oil field is a super-giant oil field located in southern Iraq, approximately 50km to the south west of ______ City.
  53. Which place completes this sentence about Lesser Zab? The region enters history at the end of the 3rd millennium BCE, when ______ is mentioned as Urbilum by king Shulgi of the Ur III dynasty.
  54. Which place completes this sentence about Qaraqosh? The first runs through the Assyrian towns of Bartella and Karamlesh, which connects to the city of ______ as well.
  55. Which place completes this sentence about Qaraqosh? The second, which was gravel before being paved in the 1990s, is direct to ______.
  56. Which place completes this sentence about Rawandiz? Between 1928 and 1932 the British built a strategic road from ______, through Rawandiz, to the Iranian border near modern-day Piranshahr.
  57. Which place completes this sentence about Great Mosque of Samarra? The Great Mosque was built right outside this main area and became a staple for the people of ______ as well as visitors and foreigne…
  58. Which place completes this sentence about Imam Ali Shrine? Ali was struck by the poisoned sword of Ibn Muljam while leading the dawn prayer in the Great Mosque of ______ on 19 Ramadan 40 AH.
  59. Which place completes this sentence about Imam Husayn Shrine? Up to 35 million pilgrims visit ______ on the anniversary of Husayn's martyrdom.
  60. Which place completes this sentence about Imam Husayn Shrine? Under the caliph al-Ma'mun, whose conciliatory policies toward the Shia allowed the shrine to be rebuilt, pilgrims once again visited ____…
  61. Which place completes this sentence about Al-Askari Mosque? Covered in 72,000 gold pieces and surrounded by walls of light blue tiles, the dome was a dominant feature of the ______ skyline.
  62. Which place completes this sentence about Great Mosque of Kufa? The first main mosque of ______ was built with the city's foundation in 638 CE.

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