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Maghreb Africa . . . . or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Guess whether the statements apply to the regions of Maghreb Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, both, or neither.
Countries of Maghreb Africa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maghreb
Countries of Sub-Saharan Africa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa
Egypt is excluded from this quiz, as it is technically in the Middle East, and therefore not in the Maghreb
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Last updated: November 28, 2024
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1. Which has a larger population?
Sub-Sahara: 1.13 billion, Maghreb: 105 million (2021 Census)
Maghreb
Sub-Sahara
2. Which has a higher GDP per capita? (2022)
Sub-Sahara: 1,702 U.S dollars, Maghreb: 4,306 U.S dollars
Maghreb
Sub-Sahara
3. Which contains the oldest unbroken treaty with the United States?
Morocco, located in Maghreb Africa, signed the Treaty of Marrakesh in 1786
Maghreb
Sub-Sahara
Neither
4. Which region has desert larger than 300,000 square miles?
Maghreb: Sahara (3.5 million sq miles), Sub-Sahara: Kalahari (347,492 sq miles)
Maghreb
Sub-Sahara
Neither
Both
5. Which region's most populous ethnic group, behind Arabs, is Amazighs (Berbers)?
Maghreb
Sub-Sahara
Neither
Both
6. Which region invented writing?
Neither! Writing was invented by the ancient Sumerians that lived in present-day Iraq
Maghreb
Sub-Sahara
Neither
7. What region's main religion is Christiany?
Maghreb Africa is a majority Muslim region
Maghreb
Sub-Sahara
Neither
Both
8. Which has had scenes of famous movies like Star Wars, Gladiator, and Indiana Jones filmed inside the region?
Star Wars was filmed in Tunisia, Gladiator in Algeria, and Indiana Jones in Tunisia and Morocco
Maghreb
Sub-Sahara
Both
Neither
9. Which region has territory once part of Alexander the Great's empire?
Alexander the Great's territory in Africa only stayed inside modern-day Egypt
Maghreb
Sub-Sahara
Neither
Both
10. Which region contains founding members of the United Nations?
Ethiopia, Liberia and South Africa were all founding members
Maghreb
Sub-Sahara
Both
Neither
11. Which region borders the Atlantic Ocean?
Maghreb: Morocco, Mauritania; Sub-Sahara: Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal + 9 more
Maghreb
Sub-Sahara
Both
Neither
12. Which region is home to Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu, who both worked to stop apartheid in Africa?
Mandela and Tutu are both from South Africa
Maghreb
Sub-Sahara
Both
Neither
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