Circle the area on this map
C. Algeria and Morocco are on Africa’s Mediterranean Sea coast. Morocco also borders the Atlantic Ocean. France said one of the dead men and the jailed tourist were French citizens
A. The British once ruled much of Africa but not Algeria or Morocco. The first outsiders to rule parts of Algeria were the Phoenicians, who came from the area of what is now Lebanon. They were followed by Romans, Byzantines, Arabs and Ottoman Turks before France colonized what is now Algeria from 1830 to 1962.
B. The Berbers descended from Stone Age tribes of North Africa and predated the migration of Arabs to the region from the early 7th century to the 17th century. Although almost all Algerians are Berber in origin, only 15% identify themselves as primarily Berber. Most identify as Arabic, which became the dominant culture and language of the region.
D. Spain ruled West Sahara and also some parts of Morocco before it gained independence from France and Spain in 1956. European powers in the 19th century coveted Morocco for its strategic position on the southern end of the Strait of Gibraltar, which connects the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. Europe and Africa are only 8.1 miles apart at the strait.