NewsTracker Answers for week of Sep. 08, 2008

Q: Condoleezza Rice last week became first U.S. secretary of state to visit Libya since 1953. Where in the world is Libya?

Circle the area on this map

Q: On Friday, Rice flew to Libya's capital of ...

A. Alexandria

B. Tunis

C. Casablanca

D. Tripoli

D. Tripoli was founded in the 7th century BC by the Phoenicians.

Q: Rice went to Libya to meet with its leader ...

A. Mohamed Hosni Mubarak

B. Moammar Gadhafi

C. Bashar al-Assad

D. Shimon Peres

B. Gadhafi seized power in a 1969 coup, and was once called the “Mad Dog of the Middle East” by late President Ronald Reagan.

Q: Last month, Libya agreed to pay compensation to families of the victims of the 1988 bombing of a U.S. passenger jet over Lockerbie. Where is Lockerbie?

A. Scotland

B. Ireland

C. Canada

D. New York

A. In 2003, Libya took responsibility for the bombing which killed 270 people from 21 countries, including 11 on the ground in the southern Scotland town of Lockerbie.

Q: Libya also recently settled disputes with the nation that ruled it as a colony before its independence in 1951. Which nation ruled Libya?

A. France

B. Great Britain

C. Spain

D. Italy

D. Italy agreed to pay Libya $5 billion to settle disputes arising from the occupation and colonization that started in 1911.