Capitals
What is the capital of Egypt?
Cairo
The Berbers (Amazigh) were the original inhabitants of what modern-day country?
Morocco
What canal connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean and is an important piece of the economy of Egypt?
Suez Canal
Morocco is in dispute with Mauritanian rebels over control of what region?
Western Sahara
What is the capital of Tunisia?
Tunis
What was the last country to ban slavery, doing so in 1981?
Mauritania
What desert extends over much of the North African region?
Sahara Desert
What was the name of the series of protests that spread across North Africa starting in 2011 in Tunisia?
Arab Spring
What is the capital of Libya?
Tripoli
Mansa Musa used to be the historical ruler of what empire located in North Africa?
Mali Empire
What is the smallest country in North Africa?
Tunisia
The Darfur Crisis, a widespread Genocide, occurred in the western region of what country?
Sudan
What is the capital of Morocco?
Rabat
Carthage used to be a historical city and empire located in what modern-day country?
Tunisia
What is the largest country by land area in North Africa, and also Africa itself?
Algeria
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi led what North African country from 1969-2011?
Libya
What is the capital of Mali?
Bamako
The FLN, an independence group in what country, signed the Evian Accords, which granted this country independence from France?
Algeria
What country's namesake lake is rapidly shrinking over the last 40 years, causing extensive damage to the economy and ecosystem in the area?
Lake Chad
What is one of the largest exports sent out of Niger?
Uranium