Tunisia's president ousted

Q: President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali quit and fled Tunisia after ruling it for 23 years. Where is Tunisia?

Circle the area on this map


Q: Ben Ali's fall came after a college-educated street vendor burned himself to death in protest of his dismal prospects and set off violent protests that spread to the capital . . .

A. Tunis

B. Tripoli

C. Casablanca

D. Khartoum

Q: Tunisian demonstrators protested over unemployment, rising prices, corruption and disparities between rich and poor. According to the CIA World Factbook, which nation has greater income inequality than Tunisia?

A. Egypt

B. India

C. Yemen

D. U.S.

Q: Tunisia is formally a democracy with a multi-party system, but one party has controlled the country since 1956, when it gained independence from . . .

A. Algeria

B. Britain

C. France

D. Ottoman Empire

Q: Algeria borders Tunisia on the west. Which country borders it on the southeast?

A. Morocco

B. Libya

C. Egypt

D. Sudan


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