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Maghreb
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1
Which historic minaret is not in North Africa?
The right one as it a minaret of the Sultan Ahmed mosque in Istanbul (Turkey)
The left one as it is the minaret of the Kaylan mosque in Bukhara (Uzbekistan)
The left one as it is a minaret of the great mosque of Damascus (Syria)
The middle one as it is the remaining minaret of the great mosque of Seville (Spain)
2
It is regarded as the oldest continuously operating institution of higher learning in the world. What is its name?
Al-Qarawiyyin of Fez (Morocco)
The Kutubiyya Mosque of Marrakesh (Morocco)
Az-Zaytuna in Tunis (Tunisia)
The Great Mosque of Algiers (Algeria)
3
Where did the Italian mathematician Fibonacci learn the (western) Arabic numerals that most of the world uses today?
In Béjaïa (Algeria)
In Marrakesh (Morocco)
In Palermo (Sicily) since it had once been ruled by Muslims.
In Tunis (Tunisia)
4
Which historic mosque in the Maghreb is pictured?
Az-Zaytuna in Tunis (Tunisia)
The Great Mosque of Kairouan (Tunisia)
Al-Qarawiyyin of Fez (Morocco)
Great Mosque of Algiers (Algeria)
5
Which scholar was not from the Maghreb?
Al-Idrisi
Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Battuta
Al-Khwarizmi
