Palestinian Geography and Nature

Geography And Nature

215 practice questions, each with the answer and an explanation.

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  1. Which place completes this sentence about Monastery of Temptation? In 1998, a cable car was built from ______'s Tell es-Sultan to the level of the monastery by an Austrian-Swiss company as a tourist a…
  2. Which place completes this sentence about Ya'bad? In 1694, Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, a Muslim traveler, passed by Ya'bad and noted it as "a village between ______ and Arrabeh".
  3. Which place completes this sentence about Solomon's Pools? By way of an aqueduct, the water first flowed to ______, passed through an underground channel, and finally reached the Temple Mount area of…
  4. Which place completes this sentence about Khan Younis Camp? On 3 November 1956, the camp and city of ______ were occupied by the Israel Defense Forces.
  5. Which place completes this sentence about Khan Younis Camp? In the ensuing operation, about 275 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces, including 140 refugees from the camp, in what became known a…
  6. Which place completes this sentence about Jabalia Camp? The First Intifada in December 1987 began in ______ and the camp is considered by Israel to be a "Hamas stronghold".
  7. Which place completes this sentence about Jabalia Camp? During the 2014 Gaza War, Israeli artillery reportedly hit a UNWRA school in ______ Camp, killing at least 15 Palestinians sheltering there.
  8. Which place completes this sentence about Nuseirat Camp? The Nuseirat camp was named after the local Nuseirat tribe, part of the larger Hanajira confederation, that historically dominated the area bet…
  9. Which place completes this sentence about Sebastia, Nablus? During the early Roman period, the city was expanded and fortified by Herod the Great, who renamed it ______ in honor of emperor Augustus.
  10. Which place completes this sentence about Sebastia, Nablus? Conquered by Muslims in the 7th century, the present-day village of ______ is home to a number of important archaeological sites.
  11. Which place completes this sentence about Sebastia, Nablus? According to first-century historian Josephus, Herod the Great renamed the city ______ in honor of the Roman emperor Augustus.
  12. Which place completes this sentence about Yatta, Hebron? The succession of governance over ______ during the 20th century—spanning British, Jordanian, and Israeli control—saw a demographic expansion.
  13. Which place completes this sentence about Masafer Yatta? The 2024 documentary film No Other Land, winner of the Best Documentary Oscar, focuses on Masafer ______.
  14. Which place completes this sentence about Masafer Yatta? Since the June War in 1967, Masafer ______ has been under Israeli occupation.
  15. Which place completes this sentence about Masafer Yatta? There were attacks in Masafer ______ in March 2026 as part of a broader series of attacks by settlers throughout the West Bank.

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