Lebanese Geography

Lebanese Geography

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  1. Complete the sentence about Tripoli, Lebanon with the correct year: Evidence of settlement in Tripoli dates back as early as ______ BC.
  2. Complete the sentence about Sidon with the correct year: Around ______ BC, Sidon was part of the Egyptian Empire and ruled by Zimredda of Sidon.
  3. Complete the sentence about Tyre, Lebanon with the correct year: The city has many ancient sites, including the Tyre Hippodrome, and was added as a whole to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in…
  4. Complete the sentence about Zahlé with the correct year: A March ______ account reported that animals had become extremely scarce because many had died from starvation during the Great Famine of Mount…
  5. Complete the sentence about Byblos with the correct year: Jacques Cauvin published studies of flint tools from the stratified Neolithic and Chalcolithic sites in ______.
  6. Complete the sentence about Byblos with the correct year: Remains of humans found in Chalcolithic burials have been published by Henri Victor Vallois in ______.
  7. Complete the sentence about Byblos with the correct year: Tombs from this era were discussed by Emir Maurice Chehab in ______.
  8. Complete the sentence about Nabatieh with the correct year: After Israel's withdrawal in ______ Nabatieh was on the edge of the so-called security zone.
  9. Complete the sentence about Nabatieh with the correct year: On 24 August ______ an IAF air strike on Ain Abu Suwar near Nabatieh killed nine people.
  10. Complete the sentence about Nabatieh with the correct year: On 17 May ______ two bombs exploded in Nabatieh killing four people including a member of the South Lebanon Army.
  11. Complete the sentence about Aley with the correct year: In ______, the municipality of Aley began renovating the downtown area, especially its historic souk, and the city quickly revived its role in L…
  12. Complete the sentence about Bint Jbeil with the correct year: In ______, Victor Guérin found it to be a village with one thousand Metualis, spread over a low hill and into a valley, with many recently…
  13. Complete the sentence about Bint Jbeil with the correct year: During the turbulent transition to the French Mandate in the spring of ______, Bint Jbeil emerged as a central stronghold for the anti-Fre…
  14. Complete the sentence about Bint Jbeil with the correct year: During the wider ______ labor strikes and nationalist protests across the Levant, French authorities sought to suppress burgeoning indepen…
  15. Complete the sentence about Bint Jbeil with the correct year: In ______, the tobacco revolt against French rule broke out in Bint Jbeil following the killing of three protesters by gendarmes.
  16. Complete the sentence about Jezzine with the correct year: Following the ______ invasion of Lebanon, Jezzine became part of the Israeli ‘security zone’.
  17. Complete the sentence about Jezzine with the correct year: On 24 August ______, fighting in Jezzine between the SLA and Hezbollah resulted in two Hezbollah fighters being killed.
  18. Complete the sentence about Jezzine with the correct year: In the spring of ______, Hezbollah launched a five-month campaign attempting to cut off the SLA in Jezzine from the IDF and the other SLA for…
  19. Complete the sentence about Zgharta with the correct year: In ______, Father Ghodar, a Jesuit priest to Zgharta recorded: "Zgharta represents a horrific nightmare for its enemy.
  20. Complete the sentence about Zgharta with the correct year: Another later visitor in ______ records that "From Tripoli I left for Zgharta, which is two hours away.
  21. Complete the sentence about Anjar, Lebanon with the correct year: Since ______, the ruins of the Umayyad settlement of Anjar have been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
  22. Complete the sentence about Anjar, Lebanon with the correct year: After being abandoned in later years, Anjar was resettled in ______ with several thousand Armenian refugees from the Musa Dagh area.
  23. Complete the sentence about Baabda with the correct year: In ______, Baabda Palace was built in Baabda as the official presidential residence, on a hill overlooking Beirut.
  24. Complete the sentence about Baabda with the correct year: During the War of Liberation, Syrian forces attacked it on October 13, ______, forcing Aoun to seek shelter in the French Embassy in Baabda.
  25. Complete the sentence about Broummana with the correct year: Brummana High School was founded by the Quaker Theophilus Waldmeier in ______.
  26. Complete the sentence about Broummana with the correct year: Among the fruits of that career are two of Lebanon's most vigorous institutions - Broummana High School, and Asfuriya Mental Hospital, foun…
  27. Complete the sentence about Broummana with the correct year: In ______, he traveled to Europe to seek financial backing from the Society of Friends.
  28. Complete the sentence about Dbayeh with the correct year: Dbayeh refugee camp was established in ______ for Palestinian Christian refugees from Bassa and Kafr Berem.
  29. Complete the sentence about Hermel with the correct year: The lithic industry at the site was discussed by Henri Fleisch in ______.
  30. Complete the sentence about Marjayoun with the correct year: On 10 June ______, during the Battle of Marj Ayyun, the Ayyubids defeated the Crusaders.
  31. Complete the sentence about Rashaya with the correct year: Rachaya is known for the Rashaya Citadel where Bshara El Khoury was jailed in ______.
  32. Complete the sentence about Rashaya with the correct year: In June ______, the town was the scene of a massacre, where two hundred and sixty five Christians were killed by Druze forces, some within th…
  33. Complete the sentence about Naqoura with the correct year: Following the ______ invasion An-Naqoura became part of the Israeli Security Zone.
  34. Complete the sentence about Naqoura with the correct year: In November ______ Israeli and Lebanese officials began a series of meetings in the UN headquarters in An-Naqoura to negotiate an Israeli wit…
  35. Complete the sentence about Naqoura with the correct year: On 3 September ______ a Swedish soldier serving with UNIFIL, was killed when he was caught in a shootout between Palestinians and SLA gunmen…
  36. Complete the sentence about Deir al-Qamar with the correct year: Lady Hester Stanhope visiting Deir al-Qamar in ______ wrote “I have traveled for nine hours together & never found a place to pitch a t…
  37. Complete the sentence about Deir al-Qamar with the correct year: In the year ______, Deir al-Qamar became a major site of conflict between Druze notables and Maronites inhabiting the town.
  38. Complete the sentence about Beiteddine with the correct year: Bashir moved the headquarters of the emirate from Deir al-Qamar to Beit ed-Dine by ______.
  39. Complete the sentence about Beiteddine with the correct year: After ______, when Emir Bashir II was sent into exile the palace was used by the Ottomans as a government building.
  40. Complete the sentence about Beiteddine Palace with the correct year: After ______, the palace was used by the Ottomans as a government building.
  41. Complete the sentence about Cedars of God with the correct year: Pierre Belon visited the area in ______, making him the first modern traveler to identify the Cedars of God in his Observations.
  42. Complete the sentence about Litani River with the correct year: Henry Naccache was appointed its president in june ______ and Salah Halwani its general director.
  43. Complete the sentence about Nahr al-Kalb with the correct year: As of February ______, the site remains a focus of historical research and preservation.
  44. Complete the sentence about Nahr al-Kalb with the correct year: In November ______, digital documentation of the cuneiform inscriptions was carried out to support their preservation and study.
  45. Complete the sentence about Jeita Grotto with the correct year: In ______ the lower caverns were opened to the public, meanwhile exploration was still underway mainly by the Lebanese Caving Club.
  46. Complete the sentence about Jeita Grotto with the correct year: In ______, the Spéléo Club contributed to a study of the upper galleries aiming to provide an access tunnel which was to be dug for tour…
  47. Complete the sentence about Jeita Grotto with the correct year: In ______, a concert with electronic music by the French composer Francois Bayle was held in the cave to celebrate the inauguration of t…
  48. Complete the sentence about Pigeon Rocks with the correct year: A campaign was started early ______ against the privatization of Raouché and the adjacent area-called al-Dalieh-which was initially titl…
  49. Complete the sentence about Beirut Souks with the correct year: In October ______, fighting extended to the souks, gunmen blew up shops and set others on fire.
  50. Complete the sentence about Beirut Souks with the correct year: Reconstruction of Beirut's central district began as soon as the guns fell silent in ______.
  51. Complete the sentence about Beirut Souks with the correct year: Beirut Souks were opened to the public on October 2, ______, after a 10-year delay due to political instability.
  52. Complete the sentence about Martyrs' Square, Beirut with the correct year: Like the Martyr's Square in Damascus, it is named after the 6 May ______ executions ordered by Djemal Pasha during World War…
  53. Complete the sentence about Martyrs' Square, Beirut with the correct year: In ______, the historic square took its name to commemorate the martyrs executed there under Ottoman rule.
  54. Complete the sentence about Martyrs' Square, Beirut with the correct year: Initially named Sahat al-Burj, the Municipality of Beirut modernized the square in ______ as the main meeting place of the ci…
  55. Complete the sentence about Hamra Street with the correct year: Before ______, Hamra Street and the surrounding district was known as Beirut's trendiest.
  56. Complete the sentence about Mar Mikhael with the correct year: Since ______, Mar Mikhaël has emerged as one of the most fashionable in Beirut, with many trendy boutiques, art galleries, antique furnit…
  57. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Souk Abu Nasr was located in the same area and was operational with the zawiya until ______.
  58. Complete the sentence about Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque with the correct year: Soon after the Lebanon Civil War, following a donation by the late Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, the foundation for the Mohamm…
  59. Complete the sentence about Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque with the correct year: Hariri was assassinated on February 14, ______, and his body is buried next to the mosque, within the Martyrs' Square of Beir…
  60. Complete the sentence about Saint George Maronite Cathedral with the correct year: The cathedral houses the cathedra of the Archbishop of Beirut and the chair used by Pope John Paul II during his ____…
  61. Complete the sentence about Saint George Maronite Cathedral with the correct year: In ______, a new 72-meter campanile was inaugurated, symbolizing interfaith harmony by matching the height of nearby…
  62. Complete the sentence about Saint George Maronite Cathedral with the correct year: The earlier structure was built in ______ to serve the Maronites of Beirut.
  63. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Work began in ______ using Roman columns from the temple of Deir El Qalaa in Beit Mery.
  64. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The edifice was completed and consecrated on Palm Sunday in ______.
  65. Complete the sentence about Our Lady of Lebanon with the correct year: The Maronite Patriarch of Antioch named her the "Queen of Lebanon" in ______ upon the Shrine's completion.
  66. Complete the sentence about Temple of Bacchus with the correct year: The temple complex is considered an outstanding archaeological and artistic site of Imperial Roman Architecture and was inscribed a…
  67. Complete the sentence about Temple of Bacchus with the correct year: In ______, the State of Greater Lebanon was proclaimed and protections and repairs of the site were mandated by the Lebanese govern…
  68. Complete the sentence about Temple of Bacchus with the correct year: In the mid-______'s the Lebanese civil war broke out and protections of the site ceased as Al-Biqā became a stronghold for Palestin…
  69. Complete the sentence about Temple of Bacchus with the correct year: In ______ the ruins at Baalbek were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  70. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, Syria and Egypt fell to the Ottoman Sultan Selim I.
  71. Complete the sentence about Byblos Castle with the correct year: In ______, the castle had to fend off an attack from Cypriot vessels from Famagusta.
  72. Complete the sentence about Beaufort Castle, Lebanon with the correct year: Saladin captured Beaufort in ______, but 50 years later Crusaders re-took it.
  73. Complete the sentence about Beaufort Castle, Lebanon with the correct year: In ______ Sultan Baibars finally captured the castle for the Islamic forces.
  74. Complete the sentence about Beaufort Castle, Lebanon with the correct year: Little is known of the site prior to its capture by Crusader forces in ______, as no contemporary documents mention the site…
  75. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Fulk, King of Jerusalem, captured the fortification in ______ and gave the site to the lords of Sidon.
  76. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Saladin defeated the Crusaders at the Battle of Hattin in ______.
  77. Complete the sentence about Sursock Museum with the correct year: In ______, the Lebanese aristocrat Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock built the private villa that now houses the museum.
  78. Complete the sentence with the correct year: When he died in ______, he bequeathed the villa to the city of Beirut.
  79. Complete the sentence about Sursock Museum with the correct year: The museum opened in ______, directed by Amine Beyhum, with an exhibit of works of contemporary Lebanese artists, setting a precedent…
  80. Complete the sentence about Sursock Museum with the correct year: On 4 August ______, the museum sustained significant damage as a result of a catastrophic ammonium nitrate explosion. 57 artworks were…
  81. Complete the sentence about National Museum of Beirut with the correct year: The collection begun after World War I, and the museum was officially opened in ______.
  82. Complete the sentence about National Museum of Beirut with the correct year: During the ______ Lebanese Civil War, the museum stood on the front line that separated the warring factions.
  83. Complete the sentence about National Museum of Beirut with the correct year: The opening of the museum was scheduled for ______, but was postponed because of the political situation in the lead-up to…
  84. Complete the sentence about Port of Beirut with the correct year: In ______, Lebanon came under French Administration, under the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon, acting as Greater Lebanon.
  85. Complete the sentence about Rafic Hariri International Airport with the correct year: The airport opened on 23 April ______, replacing the much smaller Bir Hassan Airfield, which was located a short d…
  86. Complete the sentence about Rafic Hariri International Airport with the correct year: The airport was the site of the ______ Beirut barracks bombing, in which 241 American servicemen were killed.
  87. Complete the sentence about Climate of Lebanon with the correct year: The western range, the second major region, is the Lebanon Mountains, sometimes called Mount Lebanon, or Lebanon proper before ___…
  88. Complete the sentence about Beqaa Governorate with the correct year: Implementation of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate began in ______ with the appointment of its first governor.
  89. Complete the sentence about Akkar Governorate with the correct year: Akkar Governorate was created by the enactment of Law 522 on 16 July ______, in which Akkar District was separated from North Gover…
  90. Complete the sentence about Faraya with the correct year: In ______ it was reported that the LF had a secret base in Wadi Chabrouh, north of Faraya, where they held a number of Frog missiles.
  91. Complete the sentence about Mzaar Kfardebian with the correct year: In ______, the Mzaar Hotel opened its doors, and the company installed the first chairlift on the Jabal Dib Hills.
  92. Complete the sentence about Mzaar Kfardebian with the correct year: The junction between "Refuge" and "Jabal Dib" was achieved in ______ through the installation of the resort's third lift which was n…
  93. Complete the sentence about Mzaar Kfardebian with the correct year: In ______, after the Lebanese civil war ended, the new group started expansion of the resort.
  94. Complete the sentence about Bourj Hammoud with the correct year: In ______, Bourj Hammoud became an independent municipality and is currently a member of the Metn-North group of municipalities.
  95. Complete the sentence about Sin el Fil with the correct year: The recovery areas were described as "ravines sinueuses" by Raoul Describes after making a collection in ______.
  96. Complete the sentence about Hazmieh with the correct year: Founded in ______ by Theophilus Waldmeier, Ashfuriyeh was the first hospital in the Near East dedicated to the treatment of mentally ill pati…
  97. Complete the sentence about Hazmieh with the correct year: Aline Asmar d'Amman, leading architect in France and Lebanon, was born here in ______.
  98. Complete the sentence about Antelias with the correct year: On 29 March ______ a car bomb in Antelias killed three people.
  99. Complete the sentence about Zouk Mikael with the correct year: In ______, Eli Smith noted Zuk Mekayil as a village located in Aklim el-Kesrawan, Northeast of Beirut; the chief seat of the Maronites.
  100. Complete the sentence about Zouk Mikael with the correct year: On 27 February ______ an IED exploded inside the Maronite Notre Dame de La Deliverance Church killing ten worshippers and wounding 60.

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