Jordanian Geography

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

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  1. Which place completes this sentence about Zarqa Governorate? The capital of ______ governorate is Zarqa City, which is the largest city in the governorate.
  2. Which place completes this sentence about Zarqa Governorate? The census of 2004 shows that the population of ______ Governorate for that year was 764,650 of whom 94.5% is considered urban population a…
  3. Which place completes this sentence about Madaba Governorate? Mukawer 15 km south of ______ city, is where the body of Saint John the Baptist supposedly lies after he was beheaded at the request of Ki…
  4. Which place completes this sentence about Madaba Governorate? The site is located on top of a mountain rising from the shores of the ______ and overlooking the Dead Sea and ancient Israel.
  5. Which place completes this sentence about Madaba Governorate? The ______ Map is the only complete mosaic map of Jerusalem from the Byzantine era.
  6. Which place completes this sentence about Karak Governorate? The land of ______ Governorate was the home of the Kingdom of Moab, during the first millennium BC.
  7. Which place completes this sentence about Karak Governorate? From the 15th century until 1917, ______ was under Ottoman rule, and then later under the Emirate of Transjordan.
  8. Which place completes this sentence about Tafilah Governorate? The entire land covered by ______ Governorate was the stronghold of the Edomites with the town of Busairah as their capital.
  9. Which place completes this sentence about Tafilah Governorate? Almost all towns in ______ Governorate date back to the Edomite period, the capital city of Tafilah held the Edomite name of Tophel.
  10. Which place completes this sentence about Tafilah Governorate? Lawrence, Jaafar Pasha, and Prince Zeid bin Hussein repulsed a counter-attack of 1000 Turkish soldiers led by Hamid Fakhri Pasha, in an a…
  11. Which place completes this sentence about Tafilah Governorate? The population of ______ Governorate is estimated to be about 81,000 for the year 2008.
  12. Which place completes this sentence about Ma'an Governorate? Evidence for human settlement in ______ Governorate dates back to at least 7000 BC, when the Neolithic village of Basta was founded.
  13. Which place completes this sentence about Ma'an Governorate? In the 7th century A.D. the lands of ______ were annexed to the Islamic Khaliphate following the 629 Battle of Mu'tah.
  14. Which place completes this sentence about Jerash Governorate? The elevation range of the province is 300 to 1247 m above sea level with fresh water streams and the ______ River flowing through it.
  15. Which place completes this sentence about Jerash Governorate? The national census of 2015 shows that the population of ______ Governorate was 237,059 making up 2.49% of the population of Jordan.
  16. Which place completes this sentence about Ajloun Governorate? Article 14 of the Administrative Divisions System of the Ministry of Interior divides ______ Governorate into two departments.
  17. Which place completes this sentence about Ajloun Governorate? The castle was built as a garrison structure to protect ______'s strategic location from crusaders.
  18. Which place completes this sentence about Ajloun Governorate? In 2008, olive, grape and fruit farms constituted a total area of 141.4 km which is 34% of the area of ______ Governorate.
  19. Which place completes this sentence about Ajloun Governorate? There are 28 primary and secondary schools in ______, most of them being public institutions.
  20. Which place completes this sentence about Ajloun Governorate? According to the Agriculture Directorate ______ has about 190,000 dunums of natural and planted forests.
  21. Which place completes this sentence about Mafraq Governorate? The population of ______ Governorate according to the census of 2004 was 244,188 of whom 30% is considered urban and 70% is rural.
  22. Which place completes this sentence about Mafraq Governorate? In July 2012, the Zaatari refugee camp was opened in ______ Governorate for Syrian refugees.
  23. Complete the sentence about Wadi Rum with the correct year: A French team of archaeologists completed the excavations in ______.
  24. Complete the sentence about Dibeen Forest Reserve with the correct year: The area was protected as a nature reserve in ______ under the initiative of the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature.
  25. Complete the sentence about Dibeen Forest Reserve with the correct year: In ______ their main focus was the decline in animal species due to illegal hunting in the area and the disregard to nature in…
  26. Complete the sentence about Dibeen Forest Reserve with the correct year: As a result, in ______, the RSCN was given the right to issue hunting licenses and develop hunting patrols to regulate hunting…
  27. Complete the sentence about Shobak Castle with the correct year: After its capture, Saladin awarded it to his brother, al-'Adil, who held it until after his brother's death in ______.
  28. Complete the sentence about Petra Treasury with the correct year: In the ______ video game Assassin's Creed, the relief where Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad confronts Robert de Sable in the Jerusalem Vault is mod…
  29. Complete the sentence about Ad Deir with the correct year: The monastery was spatially documented in ______ by the non-profit research group Zamani Project, which specialises in 3D digital documentati…
  30. Complete the sentence about Ad Deir with the correct year: The monastery has appeared in several Hollywood movies, such as the ______ film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
  31. Complete the sentence about King Hussein Bridge with the correct year: In ______, the Ottoman government of the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem built a bridge at this site.
  32. Complete the sentence about King Hussein Bridge with the correct year: In ______, British general Edmund Allenby built a bridge over the remnant of the Ottoman predecessor.
  33. Complete the sentence about King Hussein Bridge with the correct year: In ______, subsequent to the Israel-Jordan peace treaty, a new modern paved crossing was constructed adjacent to the older wooden…
  34. Complete the sentence about Amman Governorate with the correct year: The Byzantine site at Umm ar-Rasas was designated as a World Heritage Site in ______.
  35. Complete the sentence about Al-Husn, Jordan with the correct year: In ______, the German traveler named Seetzen arrived in al-Husn and became a guest of Al Sheikh Abdalla Ghanma.
  36. Complete the sentence about Al-Husn, Jordan with the correct year: In ______, the Swiss tourist and discoverer of Petra, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, arrived in al-Husn.
  37. Complete the sentence about Al-Husn, Jordan with the correct year: In ______ al-Husn's inhabitants were predominantly Sunni Muslims and Greek Christians.
  38. Complete the sentence about Sweileh with the correct year: The population of the village according to the ______ Ottoman census was 745.
  39. Complete the sentence about Amman Citadel with the correct year: The hill became the capital of the Kingdom of Ammon, sometime after ______ BCE.
  40. Complete the sentence about Fuheis with the correct year: In ______, German researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research implemented a demonstration facility for decentralised wast…
  41. Complete the sentence about Mahis with the correct year: In ______ Mahis was noted located south of Al-Salt, and as being in ruins.
  42. Complete the sentence about Mahis with the correct year: The village was listed in the ______ Ottoman census for the district of Salt as Mahis and the tribe of Jabara and had a population of 505.
  43. Complete the sentence about Shoubak with the correct year: Shoubak was annexed to the Ayyubid dynasty by Saladin in ______.
  44. Complete the sentence about Shoubak with the correct year: Shoubak became a nahia in ______, and administratively belonged to the Ottoman Kerak department.
  45. Complete the sentence about Shoubak with the correct year: In the 31st Administrative Divisions System of ______, Shoubak became a full department within Ma'an Governorate benefiting from the decentra…
  46. Complete the sentence about Deir Alla with the correct year: After a long interruption, work resumed in ______, initially under Franken, for several seasons.
  47. Complete the sentence about Deir Alla with the correct year: At the end of the ______ campaign, 11 clay tablets, 3 inscribed in a West Semitic Early Canaanite script, 7 bearing only dots, and one unin…
  48. Complete the sentence about Deir Alla with the correct year: The tablets were found in the destruction layer of storerooms dated by a cartouche of Queen Twosret of Egypt to around ______ BCE.
  49. Complete the sentence about Aaron's Tomb with the correct year: Around ______ CE, Baldwin I, Crusader king of Jerusalem, visited the monastery with his entourage.
  50. Which place completes this sentence about Yarmouk River? The hydroplant of Naharayim, on the confluence with ______, served Mandatory Palestine from 1932 to 1948.
  51. Which place completes this sentence about Shobak Castle? The castle was built in 1115 by Baldwin I of Jerusalem during his expedition to the area when he captured ______ on the Red Sea in 1116.
  52. Which place completes this sentence about Citadel of Amman? The ______ Citadel Inscription comes from this period, and is considered to be the oldest known inscription in the Ammonite language, writte…
  53. Which place completes this sentence about Jabal Amman? Along with the rest of old ______, Jabal Amman was first settled during the Neolithic period.
  54. Which place completes this sentence about Jabal Amman? Soon, the jabal was informally established as an elite neighborhood of ______.
  55. Which place completes this sentence about Jabal Amman? As ______ spread west, the 1st Circle was built and Jabal Amman became a primary east-west artery for the quickly expanding city.
  56. Which place completes this sentence about Jabal Amman? Jabal ______ is renowned for its historic buildings and distinctive early 20th century architecture.
  57. Which place completes this sentence about Petra Treasury? As Western Europe continued to explore the Middle East, tourism became more common, and by the 1920s, a small hotel had opened near ______.
  58. Which place completes this sentence about Ad Deir? Arguably one of the most iconic ancient Arab monuments in the ______ Archaeological Park, the monastery is located high in the hills northwest of the…
  59. Which place completes this sentence about Port of Aqaba? The ______ port was particularly important after the Ottomans built the Hejaz railway, which connects the port to Damascus and Medina.
  60. Which place completes this sentence about Irbid Governorate? Ghassanids had established their country in the north of Jordan covering ______, Golan and Horan plains.
  61. Which place completes this sentence about Irbid Governorate? The Jordan national census of 2004 demographic data indicate that ______ Governorate had a population of 928,292.
  62. Which place completes this sentence about Ma'an Governorate? The Edomites were then replaced by the Nabateans who built one of the most significant archaeological and historical sites in the Middle Ea…
  63. Which place completes this sentence about Aqaba Governorate? The industrial port lies about 15 km to the south from the beaches and the ______ city center.
  64. Which place completes this sentence about Aqaba Governorate? The city of ______ was inhabited since 4000 BC, it reached its peak during the Roman era, when the Romans constructed the Via Traiana Nova…
  65. Which place completes this sentence about Aqaba Governorate? In modern history, the city of ______ is known for Lawrence of Arabia and the Battle of Aqaba, one of the key battles in World War I in the…
  66. Which place completes this sentence about Mahis? In 1838 Mahis was noted located south of Al-______, and as being in ruins.
  67. Which place completes this sentence about Mahis? The village was listed in the 1915 Ottoman census for the district of ______ as Mahis and the tribe of Jabara and had a population of 505.
  68. Which place completes this sentence about Ajloun Forest Reserve? The ______ Forest Reserve is a nature reserve located in the Ajloun Governorate in north-west Jordan.
  69. Which place completes this sentence about Ajloun Forest Reserve? In October 2018, ______ Natural Reserve won a place among the top 100 sustainable destinations on the global tourism map.
  70. Which place completes this sentence about Shoubak? Shoubak was first settled by the Edomites who had their capital in Busaira in neighboring ______ Governorate, in the second millennium BC.
  71. Which place completes this sentence about Shoubak? In the 31st Administrative Divisions System of 1995, Shoubak became a full department within ______ Governorate benefiting from the decentralization…
  72. Which place completes this sentence about Sweimeh? In recent years, a seaside resort with hotels, bars, clubs, restaurants, and shopping was built at the northern tip of the ______ near Sweimeh.
  73. Which place completes this sentence about Citadel of Amman? The ______ Inscription comes from this period, and is considered to be the oldest known inscription in the Ammonite language, written in the…
  74. Which place completes this sentence about Iraq al-Amir? Located about 15 km southwest of the town of ______, it has a population of about 6000 people, mostly members of the Abbadi tribe.
  75. Which place completes this sentence about Temple of Hercules? The ______ is considered to be among the world's oldest continuously inhabited places.

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