Sudan sentences woman to death over religion

May 19, 2014

Q: A Sudanese court has sentenced a 27-year-old woman to death for converting to Christianity even though she had been raised as a Christian since she was 6 years old when her Muslim father left her Christian mother. Where is Sudan?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: The court found Meriam Yehya Ibrahim guilty of apostasy - the abandonment or renunciation of a religion. Apostasy also is a crime in Sudan's northern neighbor . . .

A. Chad

B. Egypt

C. Ethiopia

D. Saudi Arabia

Q: Which nation across the Red Sea from Sudan is the birthplace of Islam and one of the countries that also has the death penalty for apostasy?

A. Afghanistan

B. Pakistan

C. Somalia

D. Saudi Arabia

Q: Religion was a factor in South Sudan's split from Sudan in 2011. South Sudan independence followed a . . .

A. Vote by the people

B. Civil war

C. Both

Q: South Sudan is covered by grassland, swamps and tropical forest. The Republic of Sudan is mostly covered by the . . .

A. Sahara Desert

B. Nile Delta

C. Atlas Mountains

D. All of the above

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