MIDTERM

Question 1

What countries are in the Maghreb?

Answer 1

• Morocco
• Algeria
• Tunisia
• Libya
• Mauritania

Question 2

What is the nickname of the Maghreb

Answer 2

The “Berber” countries

Question 3

Morocco in Arabic

Answer 3

المغرب

Question 4

MOROCCO: الإسم الكامل:

Answer 4

المملكة المغربية

Question 5

Moroccan العاصمة

Answer 5

الرباط

Question 6

What is the Maghreb/what does it mean?

Answer 6

Northwestern Africa/westernmost place

Question 7

Is Morocco liberal?

Answer 7

Yes

Question 8

51% universities female, 20% judges

Answer 8

Morocco

Question 9

Berber required in high school

Answer 9

Morocco

Question 10

Northern most tip of which country speak Spanish

Answer 10

Morocco

Question 11

15% habitable, 85% desert

Answer 11

Algeria

Question 12

30% berber

Answer 12

algeria

Question 13

Conservative + not open to foreigners

Answer 13

Algeria

Question 14

Militant state

Answer 14

Tunisia

Question 15

cosmopolitan

Answer 15

tunisia

Question 16

no stable government

Answer 16

Libya

Question 17

Pariah

Answer 17

Libya

Question 18

10th largest oil reserve in world

Answer 18

Libya

Question 19

Most recent

Answer 19

Maur.

Question 20

under sanctions for human rights violations

Answer 20

Maur

Question 21

40% below poverty

Answer 21

Jordan

Question 22

water shortage + #1 income from tourism

Answer 22

Jordan

Question 23

70% muslim (51 shia, 49 sunni), fashionable, Paris of middle east

Answer 23

Lebanon

Question 24

90% muslim, 3% druze, 7% christian, 1st to publicly denounce Iraq

Answer 24

Syria

Question 25

25% Kurdish population

Answer 25

Iraq

Question 26

1990: Hussein invaded

Answer 26

Kuwait

Question 27

religion constitution, Riyadh, mecca, jad--da, medina

Answer 27

saudi

Question 28

700k ppl, most westernized, fishing, mostly shia

Answer 28

Bahrain

Question 29

RICHEST ARAB COUNTY, Education city

Answer 29

QAtar

Question 30

pirate coast- trucial states, burj khalifa, women veiled + cant vote, 0% under poverty level

Answer 30

UAE

Question 31

shipbuilders, progressive

Answer 31

Oman

Question 32

birthplace of alqaeda, 2nd poorest, mud buildings,

Answer 32

yemen

Question 33

7% arable land, 91% below poverty level

Answer 33

sudan

Question 34

keystone, pop culture and entertainment capitol, educated (smartest), 8th most densely populated, coptics

Answer 34

egypt