Geography and Archipelago

Geography And Archipelago

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

All 201 questions

  1. Complete the sentence about Sumatran tiger with the correct year: In ______, a total of 26 protected areas across Sumatra containing about 800 tigers were identified.
  2. Complete the sentence about Sumatran rhinoceros with the correct year: In ______, the species was given a scientific name by Johann Fischer von Waldheim.
  3. Complete the sentence about Bali myna with the correct year: The Bali myna was formally described in ______ by the German ornithologist Erwin Stresemann based on a female specimen collected on the islā€¦
  4. Complete the sentence about Bali myna with the correct year: The Bali myna is critically endangered, and the wild population has been close to extinction since at least ______.
  5. Complete the sentence about Javan hawk-eagle with the correct year: Because of the plumage variability of Spizaetus eagles, the Javan hawk-eagle was not uniformly agreed upon as a full species until _ā€¦
  6. Complete the sentence about Anoa with the correct year: The ______ Encyclopedia Britannica source states, with regard to behavior, that B. depressicornis "in habits... appears to resemble the Indian bā€¦
  7. Complete the sentence about Rafflesia arnoldii with the correct year: During the return voyage in ______, his ship was taken by the British, with whom France was at war, and all his papers and notes wā€¦
  8. Complete the sentence about Rafflesia arnoldii with the correct year: Brown eventually gave a speech before the June ______ meeting of the Linnean Society of London, where he first introduced the genuā€¦
  9. Complete the sentence about Titan arum with the correct year: Amorphophallus titanum was first brought to flower in cultivation at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in ______.
  10. Complete the sentence about Titan arum with the correct year: Amorphophallus titanum was first scientifically described in ______ by the Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari.
  11. Complete the sentence about Titan arum with the correct year: Beccari initially named the species Conophallus titanum in ______, in a letter that was published anonymously on his behalf under the titlā€¦
  12. Complete the sentence about Teak with the correct year: A ______ study found that in its native range in Thailand, the major pollinators were species in the bee genus Ceratina.
  13. Complete the sentence about Teak with the correct year: Tectona grandis was first formally described by Carl Linnaeus the Younger in his ______ work Supplementum Plantarum.
  14. Complete the sentence about Teak with the correct year: In ______, Harold Norman Moldenke published new descriptions of four forms of this species in the journal Phytologia.
  15. Complete the sentence about Sangiran with the correct year: Following the enactment of National Law No. 5 of ______ on cultural heritage objects, there were stronger controls on these activities.
  16. Complete the sentence about Trowulan with the correct year: In October ______, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Indonesia submitted Trowulan to the UNESCO World Heritage list.
  17. Complete the sentence about Muara Takus with the correct year: The site was abandoned for many centuries before it was rediscovered by Cornet De Groot in ______.
  18. Complete the sentence about Muara Takus with the correct year: The site was explored and surveyed by W.P Groenveld in ______ and excavations have been conducted periodically since.
  19. Complete the sentence about Toraja with the correct year: The Dutch colonial government named the people Toraja in ______.
  20. Complete the sentence about Toraja with the correct year: In ______, Hinduism was introduced to the Torajans by a mission from Bali, in which thousands of Torajans converted to Hinduism.
  21. Complete the sentence about Tana Toraja Regency with the correct year: The Tana Toraja boundary was determined by the Dutch East Indies government in ______.
  22. Complete the sentence about Tana Toraja Regency with the correct year: In ______, Tana Toraja was under the administration of the Bugis state of Luwu.
  23. Complete the sentence about Tana Toraja Regency with the correct year: Since ______, Tana Toraja has been named as the second tourist destination after Bali by the Ministry of Tourism, Indonesia.
  24. Complete the sentence about Tana Toraja Regency with the correct year: The formation of North Toraja Regency was finally determined through the plenary session of the People's Representative Council oā€¦
  25. Complete the sentence about Tomohon with the correct year: Tomohon was formerly a part of the Minahasa Regency in North Sulawesi, but it officially became a city separated from the Regency, inaugurateā€¦
  26. Complete the sentence about Tomohon with the correct year: One of them was found in the ethnographic works of Reverend Nicolaas Graafland, written on 14 January ______.
  27. Complete the sentence about Tomohon with the correct year: In ______, Tomohon was separated from Manado and again became the Tomohon district with two subdistrict: Tomohon and Tombariri.
  28. Complete the sentence about Gorontalo with the correct year: Located on the Minahasa Peninsula, Gorontalo was formerly part of the province of North Sulawesi until its inauguration as a separate proviā€¦
  29. Complete the sentence about Gorontalo with the correct year: As of ______, Gorontalo scores 0.670 in Human Development Index, one of the lowest in Indonesia.
  30. Complete the sentence about Gorontalo with the correct year: The peninsula which includes Gorontalo has had some type of human civilization since approximately ______ years ago.
  31. Complete the sentence about Palopo with the correct year: Until it acquired its city autonomy on 10 April ______, Palopo was the capital of Luwu Regency.
  32. Complete the sentence about Palopo with the correct year: Little is known of Palopo before the Dutch annexation of South Sulawesi in ______.
  33. Complete the sentence about Merauke with the correct year: On 11 December ______, Australian ocean rower Michael 'Tarzan' Fomenko was washed ashore at Tomerau, near Merauke, in a dugout canoe which heā€¦
  34. Complete the sentence about Manokwari with the correct year: The harbour was visited by the British navigator Thomas Forrest in January ______ on his ship Tartar.
  35. Complete the sentence about Manokwari with the correct year: The French naturalist RenƩ Lesson visited Manokwari in ______.
  36. Complete the sentence about Biak with the correct year: Supiori was formerly part of Biak Numfor Regency, but was made a separate regency in ______.
  37. Complete the sentence about Biak with the correct year: Biak was first sighted by Europeans by the Portuguese navigator Jorge de Menezes in ______.
  38. Complete the sentence about Biak with the correct year: The Spanish navigator Ɓlvaro de Saavedra sighted the island on 24 June ______, when trying to return from Tidore to New Spain.
  39. Complete the sentence about Wamena with the correct year: The town itself was founded by the Dutch in ______, as one of the last towns founded during their presence in Western New Guinea.
  40. Complete the sentence about Ternate with the correct year: Moluccan tradition says that there was an exodus of people moving out of Halmahera around ______ due to political conflicts.
  41. Complete the sentence about Ternate with the correct year: In ______, Tobona gathered all the Momole from other villages for a meeting, who all agreed to choose Cico, the chief of Sampalu village, asā€¦
  42. Complete the sentence about Tidore with the correct year: In ______ Tidore was forced to sign a treaty that reduced it to a Dutch vassal.
  43. Complete the sentence about Tidore with the correct year: The sultanate was abolished in the Sukarno era and re-established in ______ with the 36th sultan.
  44. Complete the sentence about Bontang with the correct year: In ______, the village of Bontang was established as a district headquarters, which was at that time called the Onderdistrict van Bontang.
  45. Complete the sentence about Bontang with the correct year: In ______, the government of the then Kutai Regency recognized Bontang as a district.
  46. Complete the sentence about Bontang with the correct year: A third district ā€“ West Bontang ā€“ was created on 16 August ______ from parts of the other two.
  47. Complete the sentence about Grasberg mine with the correct year: In August ______, FCX announced that it will divest its ownership in PTFI so that Indonesia owns 51%.
  48. Complete the sentence about Grasberg mine with the correct year: In March ______, the New York Times published an article revealing the Dutch were searching for the mountain source of alluvial gold thā€¦
  49. Complete the sentence about Grasberg mine with the correct year: In ______ the rebel group Free Papua Movement attacked the mine.
  50. Complete the sentence about Payakumbuh with the correct year: In ______, Payakumbuh had the highest economic growth of any city in West Sumatra.
  51. Complete the sentence about Jember with the correct year: An expansion of dormant Notohadinegoro Airport was verified for reuse/operational in June ______.
  52. Complete the sentence about Probolinggo with the correct year: In ______, Regent Djojonegoro changed the city's name to Probolinggo.
  53. Complete the sentence about Probolinggo with the correct year: In ______, under Dutch East Indies' Governor General Daendels rule, Probolinggo was sold to a Chinese man Han Kik Ko.
  54. Complete the sentence about Purwokerto with the correct year: After the flood of ______, the capital was moved to Purwokerto, which was located about 18 km further north.
  55. Complete the sentence about Pekalongan with the correct year: A book written in ______ by a Song dynasty official already had a record of Pekalongan, then known to Chinese merchants as "Pukalong".
  56. Complete the sentence about Tegal with the correct year: By district ordinance no. 5/______, 28 July is the anniversary of the city of Tegal.
  57. Complete the sentence about Salatiga with the correct year: On 1 July ______ the village of Salatiga was designated as a stads gemeente or small town by the Dutch East Indies government.
  58. Complete the sentence about Salatiga with the correct year: According to Government Regulation No. 69 of ______, 13 villages from Semarang Regency were moved into Salatiga, and Salatiga District was dā€¦
  59. Complete the sentence about Cilacap with the correct year: Nusakambangan sheltered Cilacap from the worst of the ______ tsunami.
  60. Complete the sentence about Garut with the correct year: The Limbangan Regency, which has now become the Garut Regency, was founded by Lieutenant-Governor Stamford Raffles on February 16, ______.
  61. Complete the sentence about Bandung Regency with the correct year: In February ______, for example, over 15 people were killed in a large landslide in the Ciwidey area.
  62. Complete the sentence about Bandung Regency with the correct year: The ring road will serve vehicles from travelling from south to north and can be used during Eid ul-Fitr ______.
  63. Which place completes this sentence about Bekasi? Located on the eastern border of ______, it serves as a commuter city within the Jakarta metropolitan area.
  64. Which place completes this sentence about Bekasi? In 2019, ______-Cikampek elevated toll road will operate to ease traffic on the current toll road between Cikunir and West Karawang with a total lengtā€¦
  65. Which place completes this sentence about Bekasi? Beside a double track railway, the government also built a 17.9 km light rail transit line connecting East Bekasi-Cawang-Dukuh Atas across Greater ___ā€¦
  66. Which place completes this sentence about Bekasi? Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport and Halim high-speed train station are located on the border of Bekasi and East ______.
  67. Which place completes this sentence about Depok? Depok became an independent city on 20 April 1999, having previously been part of ______ Regency.
  68. Which place completes this sentence about Depok? In March 1982, Depok was reclassified as an administrative city within ______ Regency.
  69. Which place completes this sentence about Depok? On 20 April 1999, the city of Depok merged with some neighbouring districts of ______ Regency to form an autonomous city, independent of the Regency, wā€¦
  70. Which place completes this sentence about Palembang? Palembang was the host city of the 2011 Southeast Asian Games and the 2018 Asian Games along with ______.
  71. Which place completes this sentence about South Tangerang? The municipality of South ______ is an autonomous city established on 26 November 2008, based on Banten province's constitution.
  72. Which place completes this sentence about South Tangerang? The Mayor of South ______ is the highest-ranking official within the South Tangerang City government.
  73. Which place completes this sentence about South Tangerang? There are five stations located in South ______, namely Jurangmangu, Pondok Ranji, Rawa Buntu, Serpong and Sudimara.
  74. Which place completes this sentence about Malang? Malang is the third largest city by economy in East Java, after ______ and Kediri, with an estimated 2016 GDP at Rp. 44.30 trillion.
  75. Which place completes this sentence about Denpasar? Denpasar is the largest city in the Lesser Sunda Islands and the second largest city in Eastern Indonesia after ______.
  76. Which place completes this sentence about Cimahi? Between 1874 and 1893, the Cimahi rail station and a railroad connecting ______ and Cianjur was built.
  77. Which place completes this sentence about Jambi? In 1833, minor conflicts with the Dutch East Indies who were well established in ______, meant the Dutch increasingly felt the need to control the actiā€¦
  78. Which place completes this sentence about Ubud? As of 2018, more tourists visited Ubud than ______ to the south.
  79. Which place completes the sentence? A rail line connecting the city with Payakumbuh and ______ was constructed between 1891 and 1894.
  80. Which place completes this sentence about Mount Bromo? On 29 November 2010, Directorate General of Civil Aviation spokesman Bambang Ervan announced that Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport in ______ would beā€¦
  81. Which place completes this sentence about Sulawesi? The ______ Strait runs along the western side of the island and separates the island from Borneo.
  82. Which place completes this sentence about Greater Sunda Islands? Reinout Willem van Bemmelen, another geologist, noted that during the Pleistocene era, there was a large volcano named Mount Sunda locaā€¦
  83. Which place completes this sentence about Riau Islands? The capital of the province is Tanjung Pinang, while the largest city is ______.
  84. Which place completes this sentence about Riau? The province comprises ten regencies and two cities, with ______ serving as the capital and largest city.
  85. Which place completes this sentence about South Sumatra? The capital and largest city of the province is the city of ______, and the province covers territory historically administered by the Palembanā€¦
  86. Which place completes this sentence about South Sumatra? Around 7th century AD, an ancient Buddhist kingdom of Srivijaya was established in an area that's now ______.
  87. Which place completes this sentence about Banten? The capital city of the province is Serang and its largest city is ______.
  88. Which place completes this sentence about Central Java? Hēlƭng is believed to be located somewhere between ______ and Jepara.
  89. Which place completes this sentence about Nusantara? Nusantara is adjacent to the port city of ______, which serves as the main gateway to the new capital.
  90. Which place completes this sentence about Strait of Malacca? In the 7th century, the maritime empire of Srivijaya, based in ______, Sumatra, rose to power, and its influence expanded to the Malay Peniā€¦
  91. Which place completes this sentence about Java Sea? On 28 December 2014, Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashed into the Java Sea while on route to Singapore from ______, East Java.
  92. Which place completes this sentence about Bali myna? A "breeding loan" involves 12 breeders who each received 15 male and 15 female myna birds from the Association of Starling Conservationists in ____ā€¦
  93. Which place completes this sentence about Titan arum? The first leaf specimen was collected at Air Mancur, to the west of ______ Panjang.
  94. Which place completes this sentence about Tana Toraja Regency? Tana Toraja is centrally placed in the island of Sulawesi, 300 km north of ______, the provincial capital of South Sulawesi.
  95. Which place completes this sentence about Gorontalo? Meanwhile, the city of Gorontalo is one of the oldest cities on Sulawesi, in addition to the cities of ______ and Manado.
  96. Which place completes this sentence about Padang Panjang? The main road through ______ Panjang links coastal Padang and the highland capital, Bukittinggi.
  97. Which place completes this sentence about Padang Panjang? East ______ Panjang District comprises the 8 villages of Koto Panjang, Koto Katik, Ngalau, Ekor Lubuk, Sigando, Ganting, Guguk Malintang and Tā€¦
  98. Which place completes this sentence about Salatiga? Salatiga is thought to be named either after the goddess of Trisala, or after the three wrongs done to the first king of ______.
  99. Which place completes this sentence about Salatiga? The second explanation is based on the story of Ki Ageng Pandanaran, the first regent of ______, who was robbed by three muggers, and he thus namedā€¦
  100. Which place completes this sentence about Salatiga? According to Government Regulation No. 69 of 1992, 13 villages from ______ Regency were moved into Salatiga, and Salatiga District was dissolved.

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