NewsTracker Answers for week of Mar. 23, 2015

Q: Twenty-three people, including 20 foreign tourists, were killed last week when gunmen targeted a museum in Tunisia. Where is Tunisia?

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Q: More than 40 people also were wounded in the attack at the Bardo Museum in Tunisia's capital ...

A. Algiers

B. Cagliari

C. Tripoli

D. Tunis


D. Tunis also is the largest city in Tunisia. Algiers is the capital of Tunisia's western neighbor Algeria, and Tripoli is the capital of Libya, Tunisia's neighbor to the east and south. Cagliari is the capital of the Italian island of Sardinia which lies about 170 miles north of Tunisia in the Mediterranean Sea.


Q: Tunisia was the country where the Arab Spring revolts against autocratic rule began four years ago. Which of these nations did NOT overthrow their leaders during the Arab Spring?

A. Algeria

B. Libya

C. Tunisia

D. Yemen


A. Algeria's protesters won some major political reforms but they did not oust their government. Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Yemen all overthrew their leaders. Of all the countries affected by Arab Spring, Tunisia has made the most successful transition toward democracy, recently completing presidential and parliamentary elections and a peaceful rotation of political power. 


Q: The attack was another blow to Tunisia's important tourism industry, and the Bardo Museum is a major tourist attraction in Tunis. Another attraction is the ancient ruins of ...

A. Acropolis

B. Hadrian’s Wall

C. Carthage

D. Troy


C. The ruins of the city-state of Carthage - destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC - lie in a suburb of Tunis. Tourism in Tunisia has suffered since the overthrow of its autocratic leader in 2011. In its struggle toward democracy, the nation also has been plagued by Islamic extremists fighting to turn Tunisia into a theocracy.


Q: Officials are worried about Tunisian militants returning home to fight the government after joining jihadists in ...

A. Iraq

B. Libya

C. Syria

D. All of the above


D. Tunisia has become the largest source of foreign fighters joining the Islamic State and other extremist groups in Syria and Iraq. And, others are fighting in neighboring Libya where Tunisia’s most-wanted terrorist was recently killed.