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Complete the sentence about Accra with the correct year: A Portuguese fort was destroyed by the local inhabitants in ______; trade afterwards was conducted on the beaches.
Complete the sentence about Accra with the correct year: By ______ the kingdom was a regional power, bolstered by European trade.
Complete the sentence about Accra with the correct year: A dispute in ______ escalated to war when Accra invaded Larteh.
Complete the sentence about Accra with the correct year: In ______ Akwamuhene Ansa Sasraku, using the circumcision of a visiting Akwamu prince as pretext, attacked Accra.
Complete the sentence about Accra with the correct year: Ansa Sasraku returned in ______, burning Osu town and Small Accra and chasing Ofori to exile in Fetu.
Complete the sentence about Kumasi with the correct year: After Ghana gained independence in ______, the city became the capital of the Ashanti Region.
Complete the sentence about Kumasi with the correct year: The city is often regarded as "The Garden City" after Maxwell Fry published his ______ "Garden City of West Africa" plan for the city.
Complete the sentence about Tamale with the correct year: The Spanish established presidio Los Adaes in ______ in modern-day Robeline, Louisiana.
Complete the sentence about Takoradi with the correct year: In ______, Ghana's first deepwater seaport was built in Takoradi.
Complete the sentence about Cape Coast with the correct year: The market drew the attention of William Towerson, the first documented English navigator to have reached the Guinea coast, who touched la…
Complete the sentence about Cape Coast with the correct year: Sometime in ______, a plot of land was bought from the King of Fetu by Hendrik Carloff, acting for Dutch privateers working against the Du…
Complete the sentence about Sunyani with the correct year: In ______, the British set up a district headquarters in the city and with the construction of a road between it and Kumasi, Sunyani became a…
Complete the sentence about Koforidua with the correct year: Koforidua was founded in ______ by Akan migrants from Asanteman.
Complete the sentence about Koforidua with the correct year: The completion of the Kumasi railway in ______ saw Koforidua becoming an important road and rail junction.
Complete the sentence about Ho, Ghana with the correct year: The University of Health and Allied Sciences which was established in ______ is located in Ho.
Complete the sentence about Bolgatanga with the correct year: In ______, a $141 million project was underway to help increase the quality of transportation of the Bolgatanga-Bawku-Pulmakom Road.
Complete the sentence about Tema with the correct year: Tema was commissioned by Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah, and grew rapidly after the construction of a large harbor in ______.
Complete the sentence about Tema with the correct year: The main Tema Township was constructed, and the Tema Harbour officially opened, in ______.
Complete the sentence about Techiman with the correct year: In ______, Techiman was destroyed, with the population fleeing to Gyaman.
Complete the sentence about Techiman with the correct year: Only in ______ were did Asantehene Prempeh I allow them to return.
Complete the sentence about Aflao with the correct year: During this time, it change hands from the Danish to the British in ______ due to slavery ending.
Complete the sentence about Aflao with the correct year: In ______, The British added Aflao into the Gold Coast after initially not being included.
Complete the sentence about Elmina with the correct year: The town grew around São Jorge da Mina Castle, built by the Portuguese Diogo de Azambuja in ______.
Complete the sentence about Elmina with the correct year: By ______, the Portuguese were importing slaves from as far away as Benin, who accounted for 10 percent of the trade in Elmina, and were used…
Complete the sentence about Keta with the correct year: In June ______, a Danish official was killed at Agorko near Denu in retaliation for him killing the chief of Keta years earlier.
Complete the sentence about Keta with the correct year: The civil war between Keta and Anloga in the year ______, initiated by the Danes, culminated in the defeat of Keta.
Complete the sentence about Keta with the correct year: From ______ Hausa Constabulary were based at Keta, and soon there grew to be a community of Hausa traders in the town.
Complete the sentence about Akosombo Dam with the correct year: The dam was conceived in ______ by geologist Albert Kitson, but no plans were drawn until the 1940s.
Complete the sentence about Akosombo Dam with the correct year: In May ______, the Ghana government called for tenders for construction of the hydroelectric dam.
Complete the sentence about Akosombo Dam with the correct year: In ______, an Italian consortium, Impregilo which had just completed the Kariba Dam, won the contract.
Complete the sentence about Lake Volta with the correct year: Aluminium Limited, the main industrial sponsor of the project, withdrew after Ghana became independent in ______.
Complete the sentence about Lake Volta with the correct year: Dodi Island has become a major tourist site in Ghana since its formation in ______ following the construction of Lake Volta.
Complete the sentence with the correct year: The Akosombo Dam was completed in ______ as part of the Volta River Project.
Complete the sentence about Brong-Ahafo Region with the correct year: Brong-Ahafo was created on 14 April ______ from the then Western Ashanti and named after the main ethnic groups, the Brong and Aha…
Complete the sentence about Greater Accra Region with the correct year: In ______, Greater Accra, then referred to as Accra Capital District, was geographically part of the Eastern Region.
Complete the sentence about Oti Region with the correct year: In March ______, the ministry sent the blue print for the creation of the region along with others to the Council of State.
Complete the sentence about Oti Region with the correct year: A referendum on 27 December ______ approved the creation of Oti Region.
Complete the sentence with the correct year: The council met over 36 times from the time of submission to August ______.
Complete the sentence about Kakum National Park with the correct year: The submission made in ______ is listed under the tentative List of World Heritage Sites.
Complete the sentence about Kakum National Park with the correct year: In ______, the area drained by the headwater catchment of the Kakum River was declared a forest reserve and managed by the Forest…
Complete the sentence about Kakum National Park with the correct year: The logging operations continued till ______ when the management of the reserve was transferred to the Wildlife Department.
Complete the sentence about Digya National Park with the correct year: Digya National Park was created in ______ as a protected area, the first in Ghana.
Complete the sentence about Digya National Park with the correct year: In ______, there were 49 settlements and the government of Ghana began evicting settlement residents from the park.
Complete the sentence about Boti Falls with the correct year: In the ______’s the waterfall was very famous, being visited by the first president of the Republic of Ghana, Dr.
Complete the sentence about Gulf of Guinea with the correct year: The modern application of the name Guinea to the coast dates only from ______.
Complete the sentence about Elmina Castle with the correct year: The Gold Coast gained its independence as Ghana from the United Kingdom in ______.
Complete the sentence about Elmina Castle with the correct year: The Portuguese in ______ were the first Europeans to visit the Gold Coast, but not necessarily the first sailors to reach the port.
Complete the sentence about Cape Coast Castle with the correct year: In ______, a timber fort was constructed by the Swedish Africa Company.
Complete the sentence about Cape Coast Castle with the correct year: In ______, the African Company of Merchants at Cape Coast Castle experienced stagnation by attempting to lower the price of slaves.
Complete the sentence about Cape Coast Castle with the correct year: At Cape Coast Castle, in January ______, nine chests of corn were allocated daily for feeding the eight "chain slaves," in addition…
Complete the sentence about Fort St. Jago with the correct year: The Dutch ceded the fort to Britain in ______, together with the entire Dutch Gold Coast.
Complete the sentence about Fort St. Jago with the correct year: Before the fort was built, the Dutch used the hill as a gun-position to bombard the Portuguese in the year ______.
Complete the sentence about Fort Amsterdam, Ghana with the correct year: Early in ______, Captain Thomas Shirley in the 50-gun ship Leander and the sloop-of-war Alligator sailed to the Dutch Gold Coas…
Complete the sentence about Fort Amsterdam, Ghana with the correct year: In ______, the people of Anomabo, who happened to be allies of the British attacked the fort, leaving it in ruins.
Complete the sentence about Larabanga Mosque with the correct year: According to a legend, in ______ an Islamic trader named Ayuba had a dream while staying here, near a "mystic stone", instructing hi…
Complete the sentence about Larabanga Mosque with the correct year: In September ______, a severe storm destroyed the mihrab and the minaret.
Complete the sentence about Asante Traditional Buildings with the correct year: Among other buildings, the royal mausoleum was destroyed by Robert Baden-Powell in ______.
Complete the sentence about Asante Traditional Buildings with the correct year: The 10 remaining buildings are the last remains of the history and culture of the Asante people and were inscribed on th…
Complete the sentence about Manhyia Palace with the correct year: The palace was built in ______ by the British after they had demolished the Aban Palace built by Ashanti Empire.
Complete the sentence about Manhyia Palace with the correct year: Opoku Ware II was the first king to live in the new palace, which he occupied until his death in ______.
Complete the sentence about Manhyia Palace with the correct year: The palace was converted into a museum and officially opened on 12 August ______ by the then king Opoku Ware II.
Complete the sentence about Black Star Square with the correct year: In ______, Kwame Nkrumah became the first prime minister and president of Gold Coast, now Ghana, after gaining independence from th…
Complete the sentence about Black Star Square with the correct year: Construction ended in ______, and it was named Black Star Square.
Complete the sentence about Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum with the correct year: On the 28th of May ______, the government through its Ministry of Tourism closed down the Nkrumah Mausoleum to a temporary re…
Complete the sentence about Makola Market with the correct year: Makola Market was constructed in Accra in ______ and stood at the heart of the urban Ghanaian life.
Complete the sentence about Makola Market with the correct year: On 18 August ______, 55 years after its creation, Makola Market was destroyed.
Complete the sentence about Kejetia Market with the correct year: The market, along with the makola market in Accra, was established in ______, modeled after British markets in order to house large nu…
Complete the sentence about Kejetia Market with the correct year: In August ______, the Government of Ghana announced a redevelopment plan for the entire market.
Complete the sentence about Ankobra River with the correct year: Near its mouth are the remains of Fort Elize Carthago, a Dutch trading post abandoned in ______.
Which place completes this sentence about Cape Coast? Cape Coast became the capital of the Gold Coast from 1821 until 1877, when it was transferred to ______.
Which place completes this sentence about Sekondi-Takoradi? Sekondi-______ is the region's largest city as well as an industrial and commercial center, with a population of 245,382 people, according t…
Which place completes this sentence about Sekondi-Takoradi? After a railway and a deepwater seaport was built in Sekondi and ______ in 1903 and 1928, both cities became important economic sectors in G…
Which place completes this sentence about Sekondi-Takoradi? In 1928, Ghana's first deepwater seaport was built in ______.
Which place completes this sentence about Sunyani? In 1924, the British set up a district headquarters in the city and with the construction of a road between it and ______, Sunyani became an economic…
Which place completes this sentence about Koforidua? The completion of the ______ railway in 1923 saw Koforidua becoming an important road and rail junction.
Which place completes this sentence about Ashanti Region? The center of population in the Ashanti Region is located in the ______ Metropolitan District.
Which place completes this sentence about Western Region, Ghana? The popular Ghana Gold fields mine is located in the region at ______.
Which place completes this sentence about Eastern Region, Ghana? The dam helps supply electricity to an economically important town called ______.
Which place completes this sentence about Upper East Region? The regional capital is ______, which is sometimes referred to as Bolga.
Which place completes this sentence about Greater Accra Region? The Greater ______ Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kil…
Which place completes this sentence about Greater Accra Region? The Greater ______ region is the most urbanized region in the country, with 87.4% of its total population living in urban centres.
Which place completes this sentence about Greater Accra Region? In 1960, Greater ______, then referred to as Accra Capital District, was geographically part of the Eastern Region.
Which place completes this sentence about Greater Accra Region? The largest portion of the population of ______ is Akan, at 39.8% of the population.
Which place completes this sentence about Mole National Park? The Park is 24 km from Damongo, the district capital, 146 km south east of ______, the Regional capital.
Which place completes this sentence about Cape Coast Castle? In 1777, the African Company of Merchants at ______ Castle experienced stagnation by attempting to lower the price of slaves.
Which place completes this sentence about Cape Coast Castle? In the first decade of the 18th century, ______ Castle was determined to be overcrowded.
Which place completes this sentence about Cape Coast Castle? At ______ Castle, in January 1682, nine chests of corn were allocated daily for feeding the eight "chain slaves," in addition to one-fifth…
Which place completes this sentence about Fort Amsterdam, Ghana? The Fort is located at Abandze, on the north-east of ______ in the Mfantseman District of the Central Region of Ghana.
Which place completes this sentence about Asante Traditional Buildings? The Asante Traditional Buildings are a collection of 10 traditionally built buildings from the time of the Ashanti Empire in the…
Complete the sentence about Techiman with the correct year: The mayor of the city's metropolitan, as of ______, is Benjamin Yaw Gyarko.
Complete the sentence about Aflao with the correct year: In early ______, a 2.5 km rail siding was completed to connect the cement works to the port of Lomé.
Complete the sentence about Ahafo Region with the correct year: The final stage for the creation of the region was decided through a referendum by the people within the catchment of the new region on…
Complete the sentence about Western North Region with the correct year: The Western North region is one of the six new regions of Ghana created in ______.
Complete the sentence about Western North Region with the correct year: The final stage for the creation of the region was decided through a referendum by the people within the area of the new region…
Complete the sentence about Western North Region with the correct year: In August ______, the region recorded an outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza.
Complete the sentence about Black Star Square with the correct year: The Golden Jubilee celebration occurred on March 6, ______, and it was led by President John Kuffour.
Complete the sentence about Navrongo with the correct year: Following Ghana's ______ liberation from British colonial authority, Navrongo was designated as the district capital of the Kassena/Nankani…
Complete the sentence about Yendi with the correct year: The area was taken over by the German Empire and incorporated into Togoland in ______.
Complete the sentence about Yendi with the correct year: In ______, a massacre in Yendi killed at least 30 people, including Yakubu II.
Complete the sentence about Yendi with the correct year: Formal education started in the pre-colonial era where a trade school was established in Yendi in ______. and named Moliyili.

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