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