Miscellaneous
What is the oldest university in the world?
The University of al Karoueen.
Which group of people were nomad people?
The Berber or the Amazids.
Name the time gap that was the Muslim Conquest of North Africa.
622 AD – 750 AD
For which North African country was there a war fought to gain independence?
Algeria.
Name any tradition you know celebrated in North Africa
Ghat Festival – Libya.
National Tree Festival – Tunisia.
Egypt festival (revolution day).
Sango festival – Nigeria.
Marathon des Sables – Morocco.
Ghardaia Carpet Festival – Algeria.
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What is the largest country in North Africa?
Algeria
In the ancient history of North Africa, what type of religions were mainly practiced?
Polytheistic ones.
Which Islamic Calipha first conquered North Africa?
The Rashid Calipha.
Which North African country was colonized by two European powers?
Morocco – Spain, and France.
Which country has Marathon des Sables?
Morocco.
Who first came up with the word "Africa" and what is the Arab equivalent of that word?
b. "Ifriqiyyah."
What is important about Ancient Egypt?
Give two or all of the below:
In what is now Egypt, one of the first earliest civilizations were formed with the first historical records. This historical period – known for its baffling pyramids, symbolic pharaohs, and unique Rosetta stone – is also the first civilization with historic records and dynasties in Africa.
Which power managed to control all of North Africa first?
the Roman Republic
Which North African country first gained independence from European powers, and when was this?
Libya in 1951.
Which festival is practiced in Nigeria?
Name five countries that makeup North Africa
Can be any five of the following:
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan.
What does "Amazir" roughly translate to?
"Free people."
Who ruled Western North Africa at this time?
the Carthage
Name four European powers that colonized North African countries.
1. France.
2. Spain.
3. Italy.
4. U.K
Name a tradition practiced in Tunisia that ties to environmentalism.
National Tree Festival.
Name two facts about the word "Libya."
The word “Libya” was originally used to describe North Africa. The word was derived from the name of a tribe on the Gulf of Sidra and the Greeks had used this word.
Name the four countries the Berbers inhibited.
What is now Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya.
Name three powers that ruled what is now Egypt, after Ancient Egypt fell.
1. The Persian empire.
2. Alexander the Great.
3. The Ptolemaic Empire.
Name the last Islamic Empire to rule all of North Africa and one important fact during that reign.
The Ottoman Empire, and that the countries paid the Empire to have their own independence, or recognition.
Name four Islamic holidays or traditions practiced by the Muslims in North Africa.
Any four of the following:
Eid-ul Fitr
Eid-ul Adha
Ashura
Al-hijra
Ramadan