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  1. Complete the sentence about Rabat with the correct year: When the French established a protectorate over Morocco in ______, Rabat became its administrative center.
  2. Complete the sentence about Rabat with the correct year: When Morocco achieved independence in ______, Rabat became its capital.
  3. Complete the sentence about Marrakesh with the correct year: The city was founded circa ______ by Abu Bakr ibn Umar as the capital of the Almoravid dynasty.
  4. Complete the sentence about Agadir with the correct year: Since ______ it has been well served by low-cost flights and a motorway from Tangier.
  5. Complete the sentence about Oujda with the correct year: The Marinid sultan Abu Yusuf Yaqub destroyed the city when he defeated Sultan Yaghmorasan in ______.
  6. Complete the sentence about Oujda with the correct year: Around ______, Sultan Abu al-Hasan took the city again during a series of campaigns which extended Marinid control into the central Maghreb for…
  7. Complete the sentence with the correct year: To the west of the city is the site of the Battle of Isly which occurred in ______.
  8. Complete the sentence about Kenitra with the correct year: In ______, the French officially named the locale "Port Lyautey".
  9. Complete the sentence about Essaouira with the correct year: The fortress of Castelo Real of Mogador fell to the local resistance of the Regraga fraternity four years after its establishment, in _____…
  10. Complete the sentence about El Jadida with the correct year: In ______ a Portuguese captain, Jorge de Mello, landed at this location, allegedly driven here by a storm.
  11. Complete the sentence about El Jadida with the correct year: As Azemmour was difficult to access, the Portuguese returned and built a citadel at the more accessible Mazighan in the summer of ______.
  12. Complete the sentence about Laayoune with the correct year: The modern city is thought to have been founded by the Spanish captain Antonio de Oro in ______.
  13. Complete the sentence about Laayoune with the correct year: From ______ it became the administrative capital of the Spanish Sahara, administered by the Governor General of Spanish West Africa.
  14. Complete the sentence about Laayoune with the correct year: The city was founded by the Spanish captain Antonio de Oro in ______ as a small military outpost but quickly became the Spanish Sahara's adm…
  15. Complete the sentence about Laayoune with the correct year: The town was the scene of the Zemla Intifada that occurred on June 17, ______, culminating in a massacre with deaths ranging from 2 to 11 pe…
  16. Complete the sentence about Laayoune with the correct year: After the Spanish withdrew in ______, Laayoune, along with much of the rest of the Western Sahara, was annexed by Morocco.
  17. Complete the sentence about Dakhla, Western Sahara with the correct year: In ______, a dock was anchored off the coast of the Río de Oro Peninsula to support the work of the Canarian fishing fleet.
  18. Complete the sentence about Dakhla, Western Sahara with the correct year: In ______, the settlement of Villa Cisneros was promoted by the Spanish Society of Africanists and funded by the government of…
  19. Complete the sentence about Dakhla, Western Sahara with the correct year: By ______, Spanish colonial authority was extended 150 miles inland.
  20. Complete the sentence about Mohammedia with the correct year: In ______, the Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah made of Fédala a grains warehouse of Tamasna province and built the Kasbah to protect the…
  21. Complete the sentence about Mohammedia with the correct year: The construction of the sea line in ______ made of Fédala the first and most modern oil port in North Africa.
  22. Complete the sentence about Mohammedia with the correct year: US Army invaded Fédala from the Atlantic on November 8, ______, as part of Operation Torch.
  23. Complete the sentence about Larache with the correct year: The Portuguese established the nearby Graciosa fortress in ______.
  24. Complete the sentence about Larache with the correct year: The Kasbah, which was built in ______ by Moulay en Nasser, later became a pirate stronghold.
  25. Complete the sentence about Asilah with the correct year: The Portuguese kept hold of the town but in ______ the Saadians briefly regained control of Asilah, but then lost it to the Spanish.
  26. Complete the sentence about Asilah with the correct year: In ______, the town was taken by the Moroccans under the leadership of Moulay Ismail.
  27. Complete the sentence about Asilah with the correct year: Asilah served then as a base for pirates in the 19th and 20th centuries, and in ______, the Austrians punitively bombarded the city due to Mor…
  28. Complete the sentence about Asilah with the correct year: A major plan to restore the town was undertaken in ______ by its mayor, Mohamed Benaissa.
  29. Complete the sentence about Al Hoceima with the correct year: In September ______, Spanish General José Sanjurjo landed at Al Hoceima and claimed the territory for Spain.
  30. Complete the sentence about Al Hoceima with the correct year: After Morocco gained its independence in ______, Al Hoceima developed quickly, and the Moroccan government changed its name from the Spani…
  31. Complete the sentence about Beni Mellal with the correct year: The kasbah was restored in the 19th century by Moulay Sliman and again in ______ by the French Protectorate administration.
  32. Complete the sentence about Salé with the correct year: The Banu 'Ashara reportedly hosted Ibn Tumart, the founder of the Almohad movement, in their palace in ______, while he was on his way to Marrak…
  33. Complete the sentence about Salé with the correct year: When Abd al-Mu'min summoned the rulers of al-Andalus to pledge allegiance to him in ______, he received them in this palace.
  34. Complete the sentence about Salé with the correct year: In September ______, Salé was raided and occupied by warriors sent in a fleet of ships by King Alfonso X of Castile.
  35. Complete the sentence about Merzouga with the correct year: On 26 May ______, during the night, Merzouga experienced flash floods that caused severe damage to buildings, cars, and the traditional irri…
  36. Complete the sentence about Tinghir with the correct year: Lush palm trees cover about 38 km on tracts 500 to ______ metre wide along the Wadi Todgha.
  37. Complete the sentence about Midelt with the correct year: The development of these mines led to the construction of a railroad from Midelt to the Mediterranean coast and the electrification of Midelt…
  38. Complete the sentence about Midelt with the correct year: The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary founded the Kasbah Miryam des Soeurs in ______ which later would become the Priory of our Lady of the Atla…
  39. Complete the sentence about Midelt with the correct year: After Moroccan independence in ______, control reverted to the Moroccan government.
  40. Complete the sentence about Azrou with the correct year: The town was long neglected by the Moroccan authorities since independence in ______ to the detriment of the nearby town of Ifrane.
  41. Complete the sentence about Volubilis with the correct year: The ruins remained substantially intact until they were devastated by an earthquake in ______ and subsequently looted by Moroccan rulers se…
  42. Complete the sentence about Jemaa el-Fnaa with the correct year: Marrakesh was founded by the Almoravid dynasty in ______ by Abu Bakr ibn Umar and subsequently developed by his successors.
  43. Complete the sentence about Jemaa el-Fnaa with the correct year: After a destructive struggle, Marrakech fell to the Almohads in ______, who undertook many construction projects throughout the city.
  44. Complete the sentence about Koutoubia Mosque with the correct year: The mosque was founded in ______ by the Almohad caliph Abd al-Mu'min right after he conquered Marrakesh from the Almoravids.
  45. Complete the sentence about Bahia Palace with the correct year: As Abdelaziz was only sixteen, Ba Ahmed became the effective ruler of Morocco until his own death from disease in ______.
  46. Complete the sentence about Majorelle Garden with the correct year: As a young aspiring painter, Jacques Majorelle was sent to Morocco in around ______ to convalesce from a serious medical condition.
  47. Complete the sentence about Majorelle Garden with the correct year: In ______, he commissioned the architect, Paul Sinoir, to design a Cubist villa for the property.
  48. Complete the sentence about Saadian Tombs with the correct year: The most generally cited timeline and the most complete analysis was laid out by Deverdun in ______, based on a number of arguments and…
  49. Complete the sentence about Saadian Tombs with the correct year: Al-Ghalib himself was eventually buried next to his father in ______, in the new mausoleum he had built.
  50. Complete the sentence about Saadian Tombs with the correct year: When al-Mansur's mother, Lalla Mas'uda, a wife of Muhammad al-Shaykh, died in ______, he decided to have her buried within the same mau…
  51. Complete the sentence about Hassan II Mosque with the correct year: Completed in ______, it was designed by Michel Pinseau under the guidance of King Hassan II and built by Moroccan artisans from all…
  52. Complete the sentence about Hassan II Mosque with the correct year: The historical context of the mosque began with the death of King Mohammed V in ______.
  53. Complete the sentence with the correct year: When al-Mansur died in ______, construction on the mosque stopped.
  54. Complete the sentence about Hassan Tower with the correct year: After Yaqub al-Mansur's death in ______ the mosque and the new capital remained unfinished and his successors lacked the resources or th…
  55. Complete the sentence about Mausoleum of Mohammed V with the correct year: Construction began in ______ and involved renovations to the esplanade of the ruined Almohad-era mosque to which the Hassan T…
  56. Complete the sentence about Mausoleum of Mohammed V with the correct year: Construction was completed in ______ and Mohammed V's body was transferred here that same year.
  57. Complete the sentence about Kasbah of the Udayas with the correct year: After Abu Yusuf Ya'qub's death in ______ the mosque and the capital remained unfinished and his successors lacked the resources…
  58. Complete the sentence about Fes el-Bali with the correct year: UNESCO listed Fes el Bali, along with Fes Jdid, as a World Heritage Site in ______ under the name Medina of Fez.
  59. Complete the sentence about Bab Mansour with the correct year: Begun in the later years of Moulay Isma'il's reign, the gate was finished in ______ by his son Moulay Abdallah.
  60. Complete the sentence about Moulay Ismail with the correct year: Moulay Ismail failed against the Ottoman Regency of Algiers during the Battle of Moulouya in ______, as he tried to expand his territor…
  61. Complete the sentence about Rif with the correct year: The Hispano-Moroccan War broke out in ______ in Tetouan, and Morocco was defeated.
  62. Complete the sentence about Toubkal with the correct year: The first recorded ascent was on 12 June ______ by the Marquis de Segonzac, Vincent Berger and Hubert Dolbeau, but the mountain may well have…
  63. Complete the sentence about Toubkal with the correct year: On 17 December ______, two trekkers, from Denmark and Norway, were murdered close to the foot of the trail in a terror-related attack.
  64. Complete the sentence about Atlantic Ocean with the correct year: While the Norse were the first known humans to cross the Atlantic, it was the expedition of Christopher Columbus in ______ that proved…
  65. Complete the sentence about Erg Chigaga with the correct year: To the southeast is the Erg Smar, adjacent to Erg Ezzahar, and to the west is the Iriki Lake, a dried lake now part of the Iriqui Nationa…
  66. Complete the sentence about Cap Spartel with the correct year: The cape rises to a height of 326 m at the top of Jebel Quebir, where a lighthouse built by Sultan Muhammad IV in ______ is situated at t…
  67. Complete the sentence about Cap Spartel with the correct year: In December ______, the P&O liner Delhi ran aground near to Cape Spartel.
  68. Complete the sentence about Cap Spartel with the correct year: The Battle of Cape Spartel was a naval battle on 29 September ______ during the Spanish Civil War.
  69. Complete the sentence about Cape Juby with the correct year: On 28 May ______, Mohammed ben Abdallah, the Sultan of Morocco, signed a peace and commerce treaty with King Charles III of Spain.
  70. Complete the sentence about Cape Juby with the correct year: In ______, the British North West Africa Company established a trading post near Cape Juby called "Port Victoria".
  71. Complete the sentence about Cape Juby with the correct year: On 26 March ______, Moroccan soldiers attacked the post, killing the director of the post and leaving two workers badly injured.
  72. Complete the sentence about Cape Juby with the correct year: In ______, the company sold its post to the Sultan of Morocco.
  73. Complete the sentence about Cape Juby with the correct year: When Morocco regained full independence in ______, it requested the cession of officially Moroccan areas controlled by Spain.
  74. Complete the sentence about Cape Juby with the correct year: In ______, the Scottish engineer Donald Mackenzie was the first to propose the creation of a Sahara Sea.
  75. Complete the sentence about Western Sahara with the correct year: Mauritania withdrew its claims in ______, and Morocco secured de facto control of most of the territory, including all major cities an…
  76. Complete the sentence about Ceuta with the correct year: In ______, Marinid Ceuta was conquered and annexed by the Kingdom of Portugal.
  77. Complete the sentence about Ceuta with the correct year: Ceuta belonged to the Spanish province of Cádiz as a regular municipality until the passage of its Statute of Autonomy in March ______, when it…
  78. Complete the sentence about Spanish Sahara with the correct year: After gaining independence in ______, Morocco laid claim to the territory as part of a claimed historic pre-colonial territory.
  79. Complete the sentence about Talassemtane National Park with the correct year: The site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on 12 October ______ in the "natural" category.
  80. Complete the sentence about Talassemtane National Park with the correct year: The park was created in October ______ to conserve the last of Morocco's threatened fir forests.
  81. Complete the sentence about Talassemtane National Park with the correct year: Over ______ plant species have been recorded, 47 of which are endemic to Morocco.
  82. Complete the sentence about Barbary macaque with the correct year: The Barbary macaque was included in the grouping Simia by Conrad Gessner in his ______ work Historia Animalium, a name which he claim…
  83. Complete the sentence about Barbary macaque with the correct year: Gessner's Simia was subsequently used as one of Carl Linnaeus' four primate genera when he published Systema Naturae in ______.
  84. Complete the sentence about Atlas bear with the correct year: The Atlas bear finally became extinct in the late 19th century; the last one recorded to be killed by hunters was in ______ in the Tetouan…
  85. Complete the sentence about Fennec fox with the correct year: The fennec fox was scientifically described as Canis zerda by Eberhardt Zimmermann in ______.
  86. Complete the sentence about Fennec fox with the correct year: In ______, Johann Friedrich Gmelin gave the species the synonym of Canis cerdo with the type locality being the Sahara Desert.
  87. Complete the sentence about Fennec fox with the correct year: A few years later, Friedrich Albrecht Anton Meyer assigned the name Viverra aurita to the species in ______; the type locality was Algeria…
  88. Complete the sentence about Fennec fox with the correct year: In ______ Gordon Barclay Corbet renamed the species to Vulpes zerda, its current scientific name.
  89. Complete the sentence about Argan with the correct year: The application for Argane to become a Protected Geographical Indication was made in October ______ with the European Commission.
  90. Complete the sentence about Argan oil with the correct year: In ______, the Moroccan government started to randomly pull argan shipments and test for purity before exporting.
  91. Complete the sentence about Regions of Morocco with the correct year: Prior to the ______ constitutional reforms, this role was held by the wali, the representative of the central government appointed…
  92. Complete the sentence about Regions of Morocco with the correct year: Before ______, Morocco was divided into seven regions: Central, Eastern, North-Central, Northwestern, South-Central, Southern, and…
  93. Complete the sentence about Casablanca-Settat with the correct year: Casablanca-Settat had a gross domestic product of 290 billion Moroccan dirhams in ______, accounting for 32% of Morocco's GDP and r…
  94. Complete the sentence about Casablanca-Settat with the correct year: The ports at Casablanca, Jorf Lasfar and Mohammedia ranked second through fourth nationally by tonnage in ______.
  95. Complete the sentence about Casablanca-Settat with the correct year: Mohammed V International Airport, located 20 km south of Casablanca in Nouaceur Province, is Morocco's busiest airport, handling ne…
  96. Complete the sentence about Marrakesh-Safi with the correct year: Marrakesh-Asfi was formed in September ______ by merging the old region of Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz with the provinces of Asfi and Y…
  97. Complete the sentence about Rabat-Salé-Kénitra with the correct year: Rabat-Salé-Kenitra was formed in September ______ by merging Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer with the region of Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen.
  98. Complete the sentence about Mohammed V International Airport with the correct year: The Casablanca Mohammed V Airport was originally built by the United States in early ______ following Operation Torc…
  99. Complete the sentence about Mohammed VI Tower with the correct year: On 9 March ______, King Mohammed VI laid the foundation stone for the project in Salé, marking the beginning of its development at…
  100. Complete the sentence about Bab Bou Jeloud with the correct year: The current gate was built by the French colonial administration in ______ to serve as the grand entrance to the old city.

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