NewsTracker Answers for week of July 08, 2013

Q: After widespread protests against President Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's military deposed him last week and replaced him with an interim civilian leader. Where is Egypt on this map?

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Q: More than 35 people were killed as Morsi's supporters and opponents clashed across the nation Friday. Many rival protests were held in Egypt's capital . . .

A. Alexandria

B. Baghdad

C. Cairo

D. Damascus


C. Anti-Morsi protesters filled Cairo's Tahrir Square while his supporters gathered outside a mosque and at barracks in Cairo to demand his release from detention and reinstatement. Many of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood allies also have been arrested and detained.


Q: Plain-clothes police arrested the head of al-Jazeera's Cairo bureau Sunday over "negative" broadcasts. The Arabic TV news channel is based in Qatar, which is located on the . . .

A. Mediterranean Sea

B. Persian Gulf

C. Red Sea

D. Gulf of Carpentaria


B. With its enormous oil and gas reserves Qatar is one of the world's richest countries. It's rulers have been strong supporters of Morsi and pumped $10 billion into Egypt's troubled economy since Morsi was elected a year ago.


Q: Morsi was elected after massive protests forced out the previous president Hosni Mubrack in 2011. What nation on Egypt's western border also ousted its leader that year?

A. Morocco

B. Algeria

C. Tunisia

D. Libya


D. After ruling Libya for 42 years, Muammar Gaddafi was ousted and killed in a 2011 revolution. In what was known as the Arab Spring, protests and unrest swept through Egypt and these other North African nations that year leading to the ouster of long-time leaders in three countries and political reforms in two others.


Q: Muslim Brotherhood leaders and clerics have attacked Christians for joining anti-Morsi protests. Most of Egypt's Christian minority belong to which sect?

A. Roman Catholic

B. Eastern Orthodox

C. Coptic Orthodox

D. African Methodist Episcopal


C. According to tradition, the Egyptian church was established in 42 A.D. by Saint Mark, an apostle and evangelist. The first Christians in Egypt were common people who spoke the Egyptian Coptic language. About 10 percent of Egyptians are Coptic Christians.