Bh Geography

Bh Geography

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  1. Complete the sentence about Manama with the correct year: In ______, the Safavid Persians expelled the Portuguese, and Manama became a regional center for commerce and pearling.
  2. Complete the sentence about Hamad Town with the correct year: Split from the municipality of Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah in ______, its territory is now in the Northern Governorate.
  3. Complete the sentence about Hamad Town with the correct year: In ______ the government opened the door of Bahrain to the Kuwaiti people who were suffering from the effects of the Gulf War with Iraq.
  4. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The Kuwaitis returned home in early ______ at the end of the war.
  5. Complete the sentence about Hamad Town with the correct year: In ______ the government gave the council houses to the people of Hamad town for free.
  6. Complete the sentence about Isa Town with the correct year: Isa Town's first residents began living there from December ______ onwards.
  7. Complete the sentence about Isa Town with the correct year: In ______'s election, ex-Harvard academic Dr Munira Fakhro of Wa'ad lost in controversial circumstances to Sunni Islamist Dr Salah Ali of Al…
  8. Complete the sentence about Isa Town with the correct year: The school was founded in July ______ by a group of overseas Pakistanis.
  9. Complete the sentence about Sitra with the correct year: One notable conflict occurred in ______ between the local populace and a group of Bani Utbah individuals who arrived in Sitra from Zubarah seek…
  10. Complete the sentence about Sitra with the correct year: The first oil infrastructure was built in ______ by the Bahrain Petroleum Company, including a draw bridge connecting Sitra to the main island.
  11. Complete the sentence about Jidhafs with the correct year: Founded in October ______ to relieve pressure on the obstetrics department at Salmaniya Medical Complex, it initially had 34 beds.
  12. Complete the sentence about Al-Malikiyah with the correct year: In ______, the town was named "Al-Malikiyah", after a Syrian army officer Adnan al-Malki.
  13. Complete the sentence about Al-Malikiyah with the correct year: In ______, a decree was issued to ban all non-Arabic place names.
  14. Complete the sentence about Al-Malikiyah with the correct year: The region was controlled by the Kurdish Bohtan principality until ______ and inhabited mostly by the Kurdish Hesinyan tribe, giving the…
  15. Complete the sentence about Al-Malikiyah with the correct year: The French chose the village of Ayn Dywar as the center for the region, but in ______ they moved the administrative center to Derik.
  16. Complete the sentence about Saar, Bahrain with the correct year: All of the seals are of the early Dilmun style circa 2050 BC to ______ BC.
  17. Complete the sentence about Amwaj Islands with the correct year: In ______, entrepreneur Yara Salman opened 'Yara Beauty Salon', a luxury beauty salon in the islands.
  18. Complete the sentence about Bahrain World Trade Center with the correct year: Designed by the multi-national architectural firm Atkins, construction on the towers was completed in ______.
  19. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The three turbines were turned on for the first time on 8 April ______.
  20. Complete the sentence about Bab Al Bahrain with the correct year: Opened in ______ and designed by the British adviser to the emir, Charles Belgrave, Bab Al Bahrain once stood on the Manama coastline.
  21. Complete the sentence about Bab Al Bahrain with the correct year: The monument itself was refurbished in ______ to incorporate Islamic architectural features.
  22. Complete the sentence about Bahrain National Museum with the correct year: In ______, a cultural agreement was signed between UNESCO and the Bahraini government which helped pave the way for the const…
  23. Complete the sentence about Bahrain National Museum with the correct year: A national museum was first opened at Government House in Manama on 4 March ______ by the head of state council at the time…
  24. Complete the sentence about Bahrain National Museum with the correct year: The modern museum was designed by Danish architects Krohn & Hartvig Rasmussen and officially opened in December ______.
  25. Complete the sentence about Bahrain National Museum with the correct year: The museum celebrated its 25th anniversary in ______ by renovating the Hall of Dilmun Graves, and hosting an international co…
  26. Complete the sentence about Bahrain National Museum with the correct year: The museum possess a collection of Bahrain's ancient archaeological artifacts acquired since ______, and covering around 5000…
  27. Complete the sentence about Arad Fort with the correct year: Arad Fort was built in the typical style of Islamic forts during the 15th century before the Portuguese invasion of Bahrain in AD ______.
  28. Complete the sentence about Dilmun burial mounds with the correct year: Between Sunday the 10th and Tuesday the 19th of February ______, some of the mounds were excavated by the British explorer J.
  29. Complete the sentence about Dilmun with the correct year: Rimum was already known to archaeology from the Durand Stone, discovered in ______.
  30. Complete the sentence about Hawar Islands with the correct year: The islands were first surveyed in ______, when they were called the Warden's Islands, and two villages were recorded.
  31. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The ______ Grand Prix was the first Formula One race held in the Middle East.
  32. Complete the sentence about Bahrain International Circuit with the correct year: Beginning in ______, Australian V8 Supercars raced at the BIC, with the event known as the Desert 400.
  33. Complete the sentence about Bahrain International Airport with the correct year: Established in ______, it is the Arabian Peninsula's oldest international airport.
  34. Complete the sentence about Bahrain International Airport with the correct year: The origins of Bahrain's international airport dates to ______ when a chartered flight to Bahrain landed.
  35. Complete the sentence about Bahrain International Airport with the correct year: The first scheduled commercial airliner to arrive in Bahrain, in ______, was a flight from London to Delhi operated on…
  36. Complete the sentence about Bahrain International Airport with the correct year: In ______, the operation of H.P.42 aircraft from London to India via Bahrain had been stepped up to a twice-weekly freq…
  37. Complete the sentence about King Fahd Causeway with the correct year: Subsequently, Bahrain, which drove on the left, changed to driving on the right in ______.
  38. Complete the sentence about Gulf of Bahrain with the correct year: The King Fahd Causeway that connects Saudi Arabia to the island of Bahrain was inaugurated on 26 November ______.
  39. Complete the sentence about Climate of Bahrain with the correct year: Following the return of Janan to Qatar in March ______, the state of Bahrain consists of 33 natural islands in the Bahrain Islands…
  40. Complete the sentence about Muharraq Island with the correct year: The Al Khalifa dynasty settled there in the nineteenth century and resided there until ______.
  41. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In the far south, the Khalifa Bin Salman Port which opened in ______.
  42. Complete the sentence about Jidda Island with the correct year: In ______ Jidda became the location of one of Bahrain's prisons.
  43. Complete the sentence about Bahrain with the correct year: In ______, the Bani Utbah and allied tribes captured Bahrain from Nasr Al-Madhkur.
  44. Complete the sentence about Bahrain with the correct year: Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a semi-constitutional monarchy in ______, and Article 2 of the constitution made sharia a principal…
  45. Complete the sentence about Bahrain with the correct year: In ______, the country experienced protests inspired by the regional Arab Spring.
  46. Complete the sentence about Capital Governorate with the correct year: The Capital Governorate was formed by royal decree on 3 July ______.
  47. Complete the sentence about Arabian oryx with the correct year: The Arabian oryx was extinct in the wild by the early 1970s, but was saved in zoos and private reserves, and was reintroduced into the w…
  48. Complete the sentence about Arabian oryx with the correct year: The name "oryx" was introduced by Peter Simon Pallas in ______ for the common eland as Antilope oryx.
  49. 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…
  50. 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.
  51. Complete the sentence about Arabian oryx with the correct year: The Zoological Society of London obtained the first living individual in Europe in ______.
  52. 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.
  53. Complete the sentence about Juffair with the correct year: In ______, John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf described Juffair as a village located on the northern tip of the cape of Juff…
  54. Complete the sentence about Juffair with the correct year: A British naval installation known as HMS Jufair was established near the old Juffair village on April 13, ______, in the area where ASU-SWA…
  55. Complete the sentence about Juffair with the correct year: In ______, the United States Navy leased office space aboard HMS JUFFAIR from the British.
  56. Complete the sentence about Juffair with the correct year: In ______, after their treaty expired, the British left Bahrain, granting the island total independence.
  57. Complete the sentence about Beit Al Quran with the correct year: Established in ______, the complex is most famous for its Islamic museum, which has been acknowledged as being one of the most renowned…
  58. Complete the sentence about Siyadi House with the correct year: The oldest part of the complex is Siyadi Mosque, which Isa and Jassim bin Yousif Siyadi donated to the Muharraq community in ______.
  59. Complete the sentence about Siyadi House with the correct year: The original building was later revised and, according to Yarwood, the preserved structure dates to ______.
  60. Complete the sentence about Barbar Temple with the correct year: The most recent of the three Barbar temples was rediscovered by a Danish archaeological team in ______.
  61. Complete the sentence about Barbar Temple with the correct year: Excavations, by a Danish team led by Hellmuth Andersen and Peder Mortensen, began that year and extended until ______.
  62. Complete the sentence about Diyar Al Muharraq with the correct year: In December ______ Dragon City Mall, a Chinese-themed shopping center operated by Chinamex, was completed on the islands.
  63. Complete the sentence about Bahrain Defence Force with the correct year: On November 1, ______, the National Guard was renamed to the Bahrain Defence Force.
  64. Complete the sentence about Bahrain Defence Force with the correct year: In ______ Isa ibn Salman appointed his eldest son and heir apparent, Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa, to be minister of defense and co…
  65. Complete the sentence about Bahrain Defence Force with the correct year: Sheikh Hamad, a recent graduate of Mons Officer Cadet School in ______, was tasked with restructuring the Bahrain Defence Force…
  66. Complete the sentence about Naval Support Activity Bahrain with the correct year: Located near Manama, it supported naval operations and personnel in the Middle East, especially during the ______ Iraq…
  67. Complete the sentence about Naval Support Activity Bahrain with the correct year: In ______, the Bahrain Petroleum Company discovered the first oil field in the Persian Gulf outside of Iran.
  68. Complete the sentence with the correct year: HMS Juffair opened on 13 April ______, as part of the port at Mina Salman.
  69. Complete the sentence about Naval Support Activity Bahrain with the correct year: Middle East Force from ______, a small shore facility that provided logistical and communications support to Marine ex…
  70. Complete the sentence about Mina Salman with the correct year: Mina Salman was a natural harbour prior to the establishment in ______ of the port covering 80 hectares.
  71. Complete the sentence about Mina Salman with the correct year: The Manama harbour, where Mina Salman is now located, was first mentioned in Islamic texts that have been dated to ______ AD.
  72. Complete the sentence about Mina Salman with the correct year: The current Al Khalifa dynasty have ruled the country since ______.
  73. Which place completes this sentence about Riffa? Riffa was formerly the principal settlement on Bahrain Island, before being supplanted by the port of ______ over the course of the 19th century.
  74. Which place completes this sentence about Muharraq? The city of Muharraq lies on the eastern edge of Bahrain, directly across the water from ______, and is connected to the capital by a series of caus…
  75. Which place completes this sentence about Muharraq? The French School of Bahrain is located in ______, in Muharraq Municipality.
  76. Which place completes this sentence about Hamad Town? Hamad Town is 18 km from the capital ______ and 19 km from the airport.
  77. Which place completes this sentence about Hamad Town? The people of Hamad Town tend to go the capital ______ to work.
  78. Which place completes this sentence about Isa Town? Originally the school was housed at a rented building in ______ with 100 students.
  79. Which place completes this sentence about Amwaj Islands? Amwaj Islands are connected to ______ Island by two causeways, each about 1 km in length.
  80. Which place completes this sentence about Dilmun burial mounds? At ______ three cuneiform inscriptions were found, in Mound 8.
  81. Which place completes this sentence about Muharraq? By the 5th century AD, ______ had become a major centre of Nestorian Christianity, which had come to dominate the southern shores of the Persian Gul…
  82. Which place completes this sentence about Muharraq? The oldest and largest Fareej in ______ is Fareej Al Bin Ali.
  83. Which place completes this sentence about Muharraq Island? The island is named after ______ City, the former capital of Bahrain.
  84. Which place completes this sentence about Muharraq Governorate? The centre of ______ contains some of the oldest residential properties in the Kingdom, many of which have been rented out by their Bahr…
  85. Which place completes this sentence about Barbar Temple? The most recent of the three ______ temples was rediscovered by a Danish archaeological team in 1954.
  86. Complete the sentence about A'ali with the correct year: In February ______ some of the mounds were investigated by the British explorer J.
  87. Complete the sentence about A'ali with the correct year: Lorimer's ______ Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, A'ali was a considerable village situated 6 miles southwest of the Manama fort.
  88. Complete the sentence about Al-Malikiyah with the correct year: As of ______, Al-Malikiyah is the fifth largest city in Al-Hasakah governorate.
  89. Complete the sentence about Amwaj Islands with the correct year: At ______, Amwaj Islands saw the completion of infrastructure such as electricity, roads, water, sewerage and telecoms, and became fit…
  90. Complete the sentence about Bahrain Bay with the correct year: Completed in ______ and sporting several flyovers, Bahrain Bay is linked to the main multi-lane carriageways of the city by the purpose-b…
  91. Complete the sentence about Tree of Life, Bahrain with the correct year: In ______, the tree was nominated to the New 7 Wonders of Nature list, but it did not finish on the list.
  92. Complete the sentence about Gulf of Bahrain with the correct year: The Hawar Islands, just off the coast of Qatar, were listed as a Ramsar site in ______. they are home to many bird species including…
  93. Complete the sentence about Geography of Bahrain with the correct year: Following the return of Janan to Qatar in March ______, the state of Bahrain consists of 33 natural islands in the Bahrain Islan…
  94. Complete the sentence about Al Areen Wildlife Park with the correct year: A falcon stadium and petting zoo was opened in ______ under the sponsorship of Viva Bahrain.
  95. Complete the sentence about Socotra cormorant with the correct year: Despite its name, it was only confirmed in ______ that it breeds on the Socotra islands in the Indian Ocean.
  96. Complete the sentence about Socotra cormorant with the correct year: Since ______, this species has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, on the grounds of its small number of breeding local…
  97. Complete the sentence about City Centre Bahrain with the correct year: The shopping centre opened in September ______ to be the largest in Bahrain.
  98. Complete the sentence about Bahrain Petroleum Company with the correct year: BAPCO was established in ______ in Canada by Standard Oil Company of California for oil exploration activities in Bahrain.
  99. Complete the sentence about Bahrain Petroleum Company with the correct year: In ______, more than 60% BAPCO's shares was acquired by the Government of Bahrain.
  100. Complete the sentence about Bahrain Petroleum Company with the correct year: In ______, all BAPCO's shares were taken over by the Government of Bahrain.

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