Moroccan Culture, Economy and Society

Culture Economy And Society

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  1. Complete the sentence about Lawrence of Arabia with the correct year: The British Film Institute named Lawrence of Arabia the third-greatest British film in ______.
  2. Complete the sentence about Lawrence of Arabia with the correct year: In ______, it was voted the best British film in The Sunday Telegraph's poll of Britain's leading filmmakers.
  3. Complete the sentence about Casablanca with the correct year: Casablanca is a ______ American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henr…
  4. Complete the sentence about Casablanca with the correct year: Wallis to purchase the film rights to the play in January ______.
  5. Complete the sentence about Casablanca with the correct year: Principal photography began on May 25, ______, ending on August 3; the film was shot entirely at Warner Bros.
  6. Complete the sentence about Casablanca with the correct year: The film's copyright was renewed in ______; it will enter the public domain in the US and countries with the rule of the shorter term on J…
  7. Complete the sentence about Casablanca with the correct year: Although Rick professes to be neutral in all matters, he ran guns to Ethiopia in ______ and fought on the Republican side in the Spanish C…
  8. Complete the sentence about Hammam with the correct year: The first recorded use of the term 'Turkish bath' in English was in ______.
  9. Which place completes the sentence? A new suburban campus is planned to open in ______ in 2034.
  10. Which place completes this sentence about National Library of Morocco? In 1984, Muhammad Abu Khubza authored a library catalog for the ______ branch.
  11. Which place completes this sentence about Said Aouita? Saïd Aouita was born on November 2, 1959, in ______, a coastal Moroccan city.
  12. Which place completes this sentence about ONCF? In 2009, a branch-line of the E-W link was completed, running from Taourirt for 100 km to ______.
  13. Which place completes this sentence about OCP Group? Subsequently, OCP launched other mining sites in Youssoufia in 1931 and in Benguerir in 1976, and launched chemical production in ______ in 1965, a…
  14. Which place completes this sentence about Maroc Telecom? In 1967, Morocco placed the first underwater cable between ______, Morocco, and Perpignan, France, through the Mediterranean.
  15. Which place completes this sentence about Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy? The first large-scale Noor complex was developed near ______ and combined several power plants with a total capacity o…
  16. Complete the sentence about Standard Moroccan Amazigh with the correct year: As part of the standardization process, in ______, IRCAM chose Tifinagh, referring to Neo-Tifinagh, as Standard Moroccan Am…
  17. Complete the sentence about Fatima Mernissi with the correct year: Fatema Mernissi was born on 27 September ______ in Fez, Morocco.
  18. Complete the sentence about Fatima Mernissi with the correct year: Mernissi's first monograph, Beyond the Veil, was published in ______.
  19. Complete the sentence about Marrakech International Film Festival with the correct year: Daniel Toscan du Plantier, who initially co-organized and led the festival, died in February ______ from a hear…
  20. Complete the sentence about Marrakech International Film Festival with the correct year: In ______, the festival emphasized global diversity and showcased a special tribute to Moroccan cinema followin…
  21. Complete the sentence about Moroccan Sign Language with the correct year: Moroccan Sign Language was recognized in ______ in national legislation.
  22. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The first school for the deaf in Morocco was founded in ______.
  23. Complete the sentence about Moroccan Sign Language with the correct year: Moreover, in ______, Morocco signed the UN Protocol on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
  24. Complete the sentence about Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University with the correct year: In ______, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings rated Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University as th…
  25. Complete the sentence about Morocco national football team with the correct year: At the ______ World Cup, Morocco became the first African and first Arab team to reach a World Cup semi-final.
  26. Complete the sentence about Achraf Hakimi with the correct year: Paris Saint-Germain then signed him in ______ for a reported fee of €68 million.
  27. Complete the sentence about Achraf Hakimi with the correct year: Born in Spain, Hakimi was capped by Morocco at the under-20 level, before making his senior international debut in ______ at 17 years o…
  28. Complete the sentence about Abdelhak Nouri with the correct year: On 8 July ______, Nouri collapsed during a friendly match against Werder Bremen, due to cardiac arrhythmia.
  29. Complete the sentence about Walid Regragui with the correct year: In the summer of ______, he moved from Grenoble to Moroccan club Moghreb Tétouan.
  30. Complete the sentence about Nawal El Moutawakel with the correct year: In ______, El Moutawakel was named the Minister of Sports in the upcoming cabinet of Morocco.
  31. Complete the sentence about Stade Mohammed V with the correct year: The same record attendance was repeated during Morocco's match against Argentina in ______.
  32. Complete the sentence about Grand Stade de Tanger with the correct year: The stadium hosted the ______ Trophée des Champions for the second time on July 29, in which Paris Saint-Germain beat Monaco 2–…
  33. Complete the sentence about Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium with the correct year: Opened on 5 September ______, it is the home stadium of the Morocco national football team.
  34. Complete the sentence about Royal Air Maroc with the correct year: As of November ______, the airline serves 45 countries and 134 routes.
  35. Complete the sentence about ONCF with the correct year: Another project completed in ______ is a short-cut between Rabat and Tangier.
  36. Complete the sentence about Al Boraq with the correct year: Following further delays, construction of the line began on 29 September ______, when a groundbreaking ceremony took place in Tangier.
  37. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Another two lines, T3 and T4, were inaugurated on 23 September ______.
  38. Complete the sentence about Attijariwafa Bank with the correct year: The ______ merger brought together the branch networks and operations of both banks under the name Attijariwafa Bank.
  39. Complete the sentence about Maroc Telecom with the correct year: On 4 January ______ Vivendi acquired an additional 16% for 12.4 billion dirhams raising its participation to 51%.
  40. Complete the sentence about Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy with the correct year: Masen was established in ______ as part of Morocco's strategy to diversify its energy mix and increase the sha…
  41. Complete the sentence about Gladiator with the correct year: Principal photography began in January ______ and wrapped in May of that year.
  42. Complete the sentence about Moroccan culture with the correct year: The remains of early Homo sapiens were found at Jebel Irhoud in ______.
  43. Complete the sentence about Moroccan culture with the correct year: Morocco participated in the ______ Eurovision Song Contest, where it finished in the penultimate position.
  44. Complete the sentence about Farid Belkahia with the correct year: Through Guillou, Farid Belkahia met Nicolas de Staël in ______.
  45. Complete the sentence about Mohammed Chabâa with the correct year: In ______, he was hired as a professor at the School of Fine Arts of Casablanca and at the National School of Architecture in Rabat.
  46. Complete the sentence about Hassan El Glaoui with the correct year: El Glaoui was born in Marrakesh, Morocco, on December 23, ______, to the last Pasha of Marrakesh, Thami El Glaoui.
  47. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, he was injured in an automobile accident with his wife in Aix-les-Bains.
  48. Complete the sentence about Hassan El Glaoui with the correct year: Following his father's death in ______ shortly after the independence of Morocco, his family's wealth was confiscated for a year.
  49. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______ he moved back to Morocco to be closer to his mother.
  50. Complete the sentence about Hassan El Glaoui with the correct year: In ______ his first show since his return to Morocco was held in a large tent.
  51. Complete the sentence about Leila Alaoui with the correct year: Alaoui died from injuries suffered in a ______ terrorist attack in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
  52. Complete the sentence about Jardin Majorelle with the correct year: The villa houses the Berber Museum and in ______ the Yves Saint Laurent Museum opened nearby.
  53. Complete the sentence about Jardin Majorelle with the correct year: As a young aspiring painter, Jacques Majorelle was sent to Morocco in around ______ to convalesce from a serious medical condition.
  54. Complete the sentence about Jardin Majorelle with the correct year: In ______, he commissioned the architect, Paul Sinoir, to design a Cubist villa for the property.
  55. Complete the sentence about Jacques Majorelle with the correct year: Majorelle received his art education at the École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy in ______ and later at the Académie Julian in Paris with…
  56. Complete the sentence about Jacques Majorelle with the correct year: Initially, he built a house in the Mooroccan style, but in ______ he commissioned the architect, Paul Sinoir, to design a Cubist vi…
  57. Complete the sentence about Jacques Majorelle with the correct year: In ______, he painted the villa in a special shade of the blue which Majorelle had developed after being inspired by the blue tiles…
  58. Complete the sentence about Jacques Majorelle with the correct year: The garden proved costly to run, and in ______ Majorelle opened the garden to the public with an admission fee designed to defray t…
  59. Complete the sentence about Agdal Gardens with the correct year: Together with the medina of Marrakech and the Menara Gardens, the Agdal Gardens were listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in _____…
  60. Complete the sentence about Agdal Gardens with the correct year: The tradition of creating gardens on the outskirts of the city began early with the Almoravids who founded Marrakesh in ______.
  61. Complete the sentence about Almond Blossom Festival with the correct year: Capitalizing on the tourism, the people of the Willunga District began the festival in ______ to raise money to replace the o…
  62. Complete the sentence about Date Festival with the correct year: Since ______ the annual festival has been held to celebrate the Date Palm harvest in the Coachella Valley.
  63. Complete the sentence about Date Festival with the correct year: Dates were an unknown commodity in the desert until ______ when date palms were transplanted there from Algeria.
  64. Complete the sentence about Date Festival with the correct year: With the popularity of the date gardens the idea was planted for the first Date Festival in ______ to be held in Indio's city park.
  65. Complete the sentence about Date Festival with the correct year: In ______ Western themes were in style and the Fair took on a Western theme complete with wiskerenos, cowboy hats, and rodeo events.
  66. Complete the sentence about Festival International du Film de Marrakech with the correct year: The International Film Festival of Marrakech was created in ______.
  67. Complete the sentence about Festival International du Film de Marrakech with the correct year: In ______, the Marrakech International Film Festival Foundation revised its statutes and restructured the…
  68. Complete the sentence about Throne Day with the correct year: Since Mohammed VI's accession in ______, the holiday has taken place on 30 July.
  69. Complete the sentence about Revolution of the King and the People with the correct year: Following the ______ Casablanca massacre, Mohammed V spoke out demanding Morocco's independence for the first t…
  70. Complete the sentence about Revolution of the King and the People with the correct year: Following the French bombardment of Casablanca and conquest of Morocco, the ______ Treaty of Fes officially mad…
  71. Complete the sentence about Revolution of the King and the People with the correct year: On 11 September ______, Allal ben Abdallah attempted to assassinate Mohammed Ben Aarafa, who had been installed…
  72. Complete the sentence about Revolution of the King and the People with the correct year: The negotiations at the Conference of Aix-les-Bains with "representatives of Moroccan public opinion" took plac…
  73. Complete the sentence about Marche Verte with the correct year: The team was formed in ______ when French pilot Jean-Pierre Otelli was tasked with establishing an aerobatic team.
  74. Complete the sentence about Giralda with the correct year: The cathedral, including the Giralda, was registered in ______ as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, along with the Alcázar and the General Arc…
  75. Complete the sentence about Giralda with the correct year: Upon returning to al-Andalus in ______ for a new military campaign, Aby Ya'qub Yusuf ordered the construction of the minaret.
  76. Complete the sentence about Kutubiyya 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.
  77. Complete the sentence about Tinmel Mosque with the correct year: The mosque was added to the Tentative List of potential UNESCO World Heritage Sites in ______.
  78. Complete the sentence about Tinmel Mosque with the correct year: When Ibn Tumart died in ______ he was buried here and a religious sanctuary and pilgrimage site subsequently developed at the site of h…
  79. Complete the sentence about Great Mosque of Taza with the correct year: The Great Mosque of Taza was built on the orders of the Almohad sultan Abd al-Mu'min in the period after ______ CE, around the s…
  80. Complete the sentence about Great Mosque of Taza with the correct year: The Marinid sultan Abu al-Rabi' was buried in this courtyard upon his death in ______.
  81. Complete the sentence about Great Mosque of Tlemcen with the correct year: The original Almoravid mosque presumably had no minaret, as the current minaret was only added in ______ by Yaghmorasan.
  82. Complete the sentence about Great Mosque of Tlemcen with the correct year: The top of the minaret was formerly crowned with an Arabic inscription made in copper, the pieces of which were moved to a lo…
  83. Complete the sentence about Marrakesh Museum with the correct year: After a period of neglect, the palace was carefully renovated by the Omar Benjelloun Foundation and converted into a museum in _____…
  84. Complete the sentence about Dar Si Said Museum with the correct year: After ______, under the French Protectorate administration, the palace served as the seat of the regional leaders of Marrakesh.
  85. Complete the sentence about Dar Si Said Museum with the correct year: The museum was significantly damaged by the September ______ earthquake and was subsequently closed for repairs.
  86. Complete the sentence about Tetouan Archaeological Museum with the correct year: The Tétouan Archaeological Museum was established in ______ as a step towards preserving the cultural and historical he…
  87. Complete the sentence about Nabil Ayouch with the correct year: In Horses of God, Ayouch explores the radicalization that can occur from poverty and extreme machismo, alluding to the ______ Casablanca…
  88. Complete the sentence about Nabil Ayouch with the correct year: The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the ______ Cannes Film Festival.
  89. Complete the sentence about Faouzi Bensaïdi with the correct year: In ______, his film Death for Sale premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
  90. Complete the sentence about Narjiss Nejjar with the correct year: In ______, she directed her first documentary L’exigence de la Dignite.
  91. Complete the sentence about Narjiss Nejjar with the correct year: The film was screened at the ______ Cannes film festival and the 4th International Festival of Rabat Film where she received the grand…
  92. Complete the sentence about Lahcen Zinoun with the correct year: Lahcen Zinoun was born on 14 September ______, in La Cité ouvrière Socica, of Hay Mohammadi, Casablanca.
  93. Complete the sentence about Lahcen Zinoun with the correct year: In ______, Zinoun entered the Conservatory of Casablanca, where he eventually was initiated to modern dance.
  94. Complete the sentence about Lahcen Zinoun with the correct year: In ______, he decided to return to Morocco to contribute to modern dance and give it more recognition in his home country, but was met…
  95. Complete the sentence about 2M TV with the correct year: On January 10, ______, 2M began broadcasting unencrypted., shaking up the Moroccan audiovisual landscape.
  96. Complete the sentence about Al Aoula with the correct year: Launched in ______, Al Aoula was the first television network to produce and transmit its own programmes in the country.
  97. Complete the sentence about Al Aoula with the correct year: Coverage was extended first to Oujda in January ______, followed by Taza, to serve a blanket area between Oujda and Fez.
  98. Complete the sentence about Al Aoula with the correct year: The coverage in Casablanca was improved in October ______, with the building of two 10-kilowatt relay stations near the city.
  99. Complete the sentence about Al Aoula with the correct year: In ______, France had supplied 14 weekly hours of programming.
  100. Complete the sentence about Medi 1 TV with the correct year: Medi 1 TV was first launched on 1 December ______ under the name Medi 1 Sat, as an expansion of the activities of the Medi 1 radio station…

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