Egyptian Geography

Eg Geography

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  1. Which place completes this sentence about Heliopolis, Cairo? A year later, he established The ______ Electric Railways & Heliopolis Oases Company.
  2. Which place completes this sentence about Heliopolis, Cairo? In the first design, it was to be composed of two separate oases connected to the center of ______ by a tramline.
  3. Which place completes this sentence about Coptic Cairo? Mark arrived in ______, becoming the first Patriarch, though the religion remained underground during the rule of the Romans.
  4. Which place completes this sentence about Coptic Cairo? Fustat became the administrative capital of Egypt and replaced ______ as its most important city.
  5. Which place completes this sentence about Tahrir Square? The square was originally called "______ Square", after the 19th-century ruler of Egypt, Khedive Ismail, who commissioned the new downtown distā€¦
  6. Which place completes this sentence about Library of Alexandria? The Library of ______ in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world.
  7. Complete the sentence about El-Mahalla El-Kubra with the correct year: Beginning in April ______ the city held mass demonstrations protesting the election results of President Hosni Mubarak, claimingā€¦
  8. Complete the sentence with the correct year: During the Arab Spring in early ______, protests broke out in the city.
  9. Complete the sentence about Citadel of Saladin with the correct year: In the 20th century it was used as a military garrison by the British occupation and then by the Egyptian Army until being openedā€¦
  10. Complete the sentence about Citadel of Saladin with the correct year: The Citadel stopped being the seat of government when Egypt's ruler, Khedive Ismail, moved to his newly built Abdeen Palace in theā€¦
  11. Complete the sentence about Pharos of Alexandria with the correct year: In ______, the Ministry of State of Antiquities in Egypt had plans to turn submerged ruins of ancient Alexandria, including thosā€¦
  12. Complete the sentence about 6th of October with the correct year: The settlement was established in ______ by the 504th presidential decree of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.
  13. Complete the sentence about 6th of October with the correct year: The city is named after the date of commencement for Operation Badr, the 6th of October ______, which began the October War.
  14. Complete the sentence about New Cairo with the correct year: The city was established in ______ as part of Egypt's strategic effort to alleviate the chronic congestion of Greater Cairo by decentralisiā€¦
  15. Complete the sentence about Banha with the correct year: Banha University was established in November ______ as a branch of Zagazig University in the governorate.
  16. Complete the sentence about Kafr El Sheikh with the correct year: After the ______ coup d'Ć©tat and the subsequent abolition of the monarchy, the governorate took the name of its capital city Kafr El Sā€¦
  17. Complete the sentence about Kafr El Sheikh with the correct year: The modern name of the city means "village of the sheikh", and refers to sheikh Talhha at-Tilmisānī, who died here in ______.
  18. Complete the sentence about Mit Ghamr with the correct year: Mit Ghamr is one of the Egyptian cities that declared its independence in the ______ Egyptian revolution through what became known as the Sā€¦
  19. Complete the sentence about Mit Ghamr with the correct year: In 564 AH/______ AD, the city of Mit Ghamr was subjected to a Crusader attack during the reign of Caliph al-Adid li-Din Allah.
  20. Complete the sentence about Port Fuad with the correct year: After the war of ______, Port Fuad was the only piece of Sinai held by the Egyptians.
  21. Complete the sentence about Port Fuad with the correct year: After the October War, in the Camp David Accord of ______, Israel agreed to return Sinai to Egypt peacefully, and later the two countries sā€¦
  22. Complete the sentence about Port Fuad with the correct year: Despite its important location, as of ______, Port Fuad was still considered a residential zone, with very few facilities and no major downā€¦
  23. Complete the sentence about Ain Sokhna with the correct year: The site was first brought to attention in ______ by Professor Mahmud Abd El Raziq.
  24. Complete the sentence about Gilf Kebir with the correct year: The name Gilf Kebir was given to the plateau by Prince Kamal el Dine Hussein in ______, as it had no local name.
  25. Complete the sentence about Gilf Kebir with the correct year: The hills of the Gilf Kebir were first seen from a distance by European explorers in ______ - with W.
  26. Complete the sentence about Gilf Kebir with the correct year: The western side of the Gilf Kebir was explored in ______ by the Clayton-AlmĆ”sy Expedition, headed by Sir Robert East Clayton and Count LĆ”ā€¦
  27. Complete the sentence about Temple of Luxor with the correct year: Along with the other archaeological sites in Thebes, the Luxor Temple was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in ______.
  28. Complete the sentence about Temple of Luxor with the correct year: The Luxor Temple had begun to be excavated by Professor Gaston Maspero after ______, once he had been given permission to commence opā€¦
  29. Complete the sentence about Temple of Luxor with the correct year: Maspero had taken an interest earlier, and he had obtained the post of Mariette Pasha to complete the job in ______.
  30. Complete the sentence about Karnak Temple Complex with the correct year: In ______, UCLA launched a website dedicated to virtual reality digital reconstructions of the Karnak complex and other resourcā€¦
  31. Complete the sentence about Temple of Kom Ombo with the correct year: All the temple buildings in the southern part of the plateau were cleared of debris and restored by Jacques de Morgan in ______.
  32. Complete the sentence about Elephantine with the correct year: Prior to ______, there were temples to Thutmose III and Amenhotep III on the island.
  33. Complete the sentence about Elephantine with the correct year: In ______, they were destroyed during the campaign of Muhammad Ali, who had taken power in Egypt, to conquer Sudan.
  34. Complete the sentence about Dendera Temple complex with the correct year: In ______ it was removed from the temple ceiling by Frenchmen and later replaced with a copy.
  35. Complete the sentence about Bubastis with the correct year: The tomb of the late New Kingdom vizier Iuty was discovered in December ______ in the "Cemetery of the Nobles" of Bubastis by the Egyptian aā€¦
  36. Complete the sentence about Giza Governorate with the correct year: Giza acquired a large stretch of Egypt's Western Desert, including Bahariya Oasis when the 6th of October Governorate was merged intā€¦
  37. Complete the sentence about Monufia Governorate with the correct year: The governorate is named after Menouf, an ancient city which was the capital of the governorate until ______.
  38. Complete the sentence about Monufia Governorate with the correct year: Chief among them is Menoufia University, established by presidential decree in ______.
  39. Complete the sentence about Monufia Governorate with the correct year: Another major institution is Sadat City University, which was founded by a ______ presidential decree after having previously funā€¦
  40. Complete the sentence about Monufia Governorate with the correct year: In ______, Menoufia Governorate ranked eleventh among Egyptian governorates located in the Nile Delta and Nile Valley in terms ofā€¦
  41. Complete the sentence about Gharbia Governorate with the correct year: In ______, 22 districts across Egypt, including six in Gharbia, were renamed.
  42. Complete the sentence about Beheira Governorate with the correct year: In ______, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi appointed the first female governor in the country's history, Nadia Ahmed Abdā€¦
  43. Complete the sentence about South Sinai Governorate with the correct year: The ______ Sinai bombings that targeted tourist hotels in and around Nuweiba killed 34 people and wounded over 170.
  44. Complete the sentence about South Sinai Governorate with the correct year: The site contains the world's oldest continually operating library, possessing many unique books including the Syriac Sinaitiā€¦
  45. Complete the sentence about Sohag Governorate with the correct year: In early ______, some residents of the poorer villages of Sohag were able to move into their new homes built, in part, with aid froā€¦
  46. Complete the sentence about Suez Governorate with the correct year: Additionally, the Suez Public Free Zone, established in ______, further enhances the economic landscape, being divided between Suezā€¦
  47. Complete the sentence about Suez Governorate with the correct year: In mid-______ an agreement was made between Russia and Egypt for the development of a Russian Industrial Zone.
  48. Complete the sentence about Monastery of Saint Anthony with the correct year: In ______, the Egyptian government began what was to be an 8-year, $14.5 million project to restore the monastery.
  49. Complete the sentence about Saint Catherine's Monastery with the correct year: The monastery includes a Fatimid mosque built in ______ AD that is still preserved.
  50. Complete the sentence about Saint Catherine's Monastery with the correct year: From the time of the First Crusade, the presence of Crusaders in the Sinai until ______ spurred the interest of Europeanā€¦
  51. Complete the sentence about Hanging Church with the correct year: A set of 10 wooden panels from a door at the church that were engraved with Christian iconography in ______ AD can be found in the Briā€¦
  52. Complete the sentence about Mosque of Muhammad Ali with the correct year: Coste's proposal, presented in ______, was for a mosque in a neo-Mamluk style.
  53. Complete the sentence about Mosque of Muhammad Ali with the correct year: Instead, construction restarted in ______ in a completely different, more Ottoman style.
  54. Complete the sentence about Mosque of Muhammad Ali with the correct year: The extensive decoration of the mosque was not completed until ______, during the reign of Sa'id Pasha.
  55. Complete the sentence about Mosque of Muhammad Ali with the correct year: On December 29, ______, King Fuad ordered the formation of a committee of senior Egyptian and foreign engineers to inspect theā€¦
  56. Complete the sentence about Al-Hakim Mosque with the correct year: In ______, a major restoration and reconstruction of the mosque was completed by the Dawoodi Bohras, resulting in its reopening for rā€¦
  57. Complete the sentence about Sultan Hassan Mosque with the correct year: When he reached maturity in ______, he arrested the Emir Manjaq who controlled all of the state's affairs.
  58. Complete the sentence about Sultan Hassan Mosque with the correct year: Discontented Emirs arrested the Sultan in ______, held him in jail for three years, and promoted his brother as-Salih Salih to tā€¦
  59. Complete the sentence about Sultan Hassan Mosque with the correct year: After his assassination in ______, Sultan Hasan's body was never found; the mausoleum never served its purpose.
  60. Complete the sentence about Sultan Hassan Mosque with the correct year: In fact, work appears to have continued even up to ______, even after Sultan Hasan's death, before eventually ceasing.
  61. Complete the sentence about Baron Empain Palace with the correct year: In ______, Baron Ɖdouard Empain came to Egypt with the intention of expanding his commercial empire and to build railway lines inā€¦
  62. Complete the sentence about Baron Empain Palace with the correct year: According to Egyptian Minister of Antiquities, Khaled al-Anany, preparations for the first phase of the building's renovation begā€¦
  63. Complete the sentence about Bibliotheca Alexandrina with the correct year: The first pledges were made for funding the project at a conference held in ______ in Aswan along the upper Nile River with Uā€¦
  64. Complete the sentence about Pompey's Pillar with the correct year: In early ______, British naval officer Commander John Shortland of HMS Pandour flew a kite over Pompey's Pillar.
  65. Complete the sentence about Mount Sinai with the correct year: The summit has a Greek Orthodox chapel, constructed in ______ on the ruins of a 16th-century church, that is not open to the public.
  66. Complete the sentence about Ras Muhammad with the correct year: In ______, the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency established the area as a marine reserve for the protection of marine and terrestriā€¦
  67. Complete the sentence about Giza Plateau with the correct year: Survey data suggested to Lehner possible locations for the city of the pyramid builders, so in ______ the mission of the GPMP was extendā€¦
  68. Which place completes this sentence about Aswan High Dam? The ______ High Dam, often called simply Aswan Dam, was built between 1960 and 1970 across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt.
  69. Which place completes this sentence about Aswan High Dam? When the ______ High Dam was completed, it was the tallest earthen dam in the world, surpassing the Chatuge Dam in the United States.
  70. Which place completes this sentence about Suez Canal? After Egypt closed the ______ Canal at the beginning of the Six-Day War on 5 June 1967, the canal remained closed for eight years, reopening on 5ā€¦
  71. Which place completes this sentence about Suez Canal? The expansion was intended to nearly double the capacity of the ______ Canal, from 49 to 97 ships per day.
  72. Which place completes this sentence about Gulf of Suez? The gulf was formed within a relatively young but now inactive Gulf of ______ Rift rift basin, dating back about 26 million years.
  73. Which place completes this sentence about Gulf of Suez? The gulf is considered one of the world's important maritime zones due to being an entrance to the ______ Canal.
  74. Which place completes this sentence about Garden City, Cairo? As the Nile's course shifted west away from medieval ______, the areas it left behind became swampy plains.
  75. Which place completes this sentence about Garden City, Cairo? In fact, throughout the majority of political and technological upheaval throughout ______, Garden City managed to maintain its chic firstā€¦
  76. Which place completes this sentence about Islamic Cairo? The history of ______ begins, in essence, with the conquest of Egypt by Muslim Arabs in 640, under the commander 'Amr ibn al-'As.
  77. Which place completes this sentence about Citadel of Saladin? The Citadel stopped being the seat of government when Egypt's ruler, Khedive Ismail, moved to his newly built Abdeen Palace in the new dowā€¦
  78. Which place completes this sentence about Library of Alexandria? Between 270 and 275 AD, ______ saw a Palmyrene invasion and an imperial counterattack that probably destroyed whatever remained of theā€¦
  79. Which place completes this sentence about Library of Alexandria? The Library of ______ was not the first library of its kind.
  80. Which place completes this sentence about Citadel of Qaitbay? The Qaitbay Citadel in ______ is considered one of the most important defensive strongholds, not only in Egypt, but also along the Mediterā€¦
  81. Which place completes this sentence about Pharos of Alexandria? In 2016, the Ministry of State of Antiquities in Egypt had plans to turn submerged ruins of ancient ______, including those of the Pharoā€¦
  82. Which place completes this sentence about Pharos of Alexandria? In 332 BC, Alexander the Great founded the city of ______ on an isthmus opposite Pharos.
  83. Which place completes this sentence about Climate of Egypt? For example, in December 2013, ______ received a single overnight snowfall for the first time since 1899.
  84. Which place completes this sentence about Banha? Located on the east bank of the ______ Branch of the Nile River in the rich farmland of the southern part of the river's delta.
  85. Which place completes this sentence about Banha? Banha University was established in November 1976 as a branch of ______ University in the governorate.
  86. Which place completes this sentence about Mit Ghamr? Mit Ghamr is the second largest city in Dakahlia Governorate, beside the city of ______.
  87. Which place completes this sentence about Port Fuad? Until 2016 the town was accessible only by ferry to ______.
  88. Which place completes this sentence about Port Fuad? In November 2015, President Al-Sisi publicly launched a new harbour development project at East ______.
  89. Which place completes this sentence about Temple of Luxor? Along with the other archaeological sites in Thebes, the ______ Temple was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979.
  90. Which place completes this sentence about Temple of Luxor? The ______ Temple was built with sandstone from the Gebel el-Silsila area, which is located in South-Western Egypt.
  91. Which place completes this sentence about Temple of Luxor? The ______ Temple had begun to be excavated by Professor Gaston Maspero after 1884, once he had been given permission to commence operations.
  92. Which place completes this sentence about Temple of Luxor? The ______ Temple was built during the New Kingdom and dedicated to the Theban Triad consisted of Amun, his consort Mut, and their son Khonsuā€¦
  93. Which place completes this sentence about Gharbia Governorate? The largest urban and administrative center by both area and population is El Mahalla El Kubra, followed by ______.
  94. Which place completes this sentence about Sharqia Governorate? The capital of the governorate is ______ and Sharqia has a strong industrial and agricultural sector.
  95. Which place completes this sentence about Beheira Governorate? Located in the northern part of the country in the Nile Delta, its capital is ______.
  96. Which place completes this sentence about Qena Governorate? Haya Karima, an Egyptian initiative endorsed by Abdel Fatah El-Sisi has implemented 690 projects in ______ Governorate.
  97. Which place completes this sentence about Qena Governorate? In the case of ______ governorate, there is one kism, a number of marakiz and 1 new city.
  98. Which place completes this sentence about Asyut Governorate? In ______ Governorate, there is 1 new city, three aqsam and eleven marakiz.
  99. Which place completes this sentence about Asyut Governorate? In July 2013, a large number of Christians took to the streets to protest Muslim extremism in ______.
  100. Which place completes this sentence about Asyut Governorate? In 2016, Switzerland committed to funding a solid waste management program in ______, a project with the Egyptian Ministry of Environment tā€¦

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