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