B. According to the CIA World Factbook, 59.7 percent are Muslim, 39 percent are Christian and 1.3 percent are other religions. Religious rivalry was a key part of the Lebanese Civil War that killed an estimated 150,000 to 230,000 civilians from 1975 to 1990. Another million people were wounded and a million fled the country.

Q: Troops from which neighbor occupied Lebanese territory after the civil war?

A. Syria

B. Israel

C. Both

D. Neither

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C. The Syrian troops occupied parts of Lebanon from 1976 until 2005. Israeli forces entered southern Lebanon in 1982 and withdrew in 2000. Syria and Israel are the only nations that border Lebanon.

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Q: In Saudi Arabia, a leading cleric told the nation's legislative assembly that allowing women to drive there would spell the end of virginity and increase divorce. Saudi Arabia does not border Lebanon but it is located to the . . .

A. Northeast

B. Southeast

C. Southwest

D. Northwest

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B. Saudi Arabia occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula southeast of Lebanon. Syria and Jordan lie between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.

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Q: Saudi Arabia is 100 percent Muslim, according to the CIA World Factbook. It also is home to the holiest site in Islam . . .

A. Imam Ali Mosque

B. Baghdad

C. Mecca

D. Dome of the Rock

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C. As the birthplace of Muhammad and a site of the composition of the Quran, Mecca is regarded as the holiest site in Islam. The dominant and official form of Islam in Saudi Arabia is Salafism, often described as "puritanical," "intolerant" or "ultra-conservative."

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