Algeria
By: Mudarrisa Wordah (Teacher Rose)
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from Geography
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2
3
4
Which number
corresponds with the
country Algeria?
$100 Answer from Geography
1
Your Text Here
The Relative Location•In North Africa
•East of Morocco
•West of Tunisia and Libya
$200 Question from Geography
What is the Absolute Location of the capital of
Algeria?
A. 100 degrees S; 30 degrees E
B. 0 degrees N; 55 degrees E
C. 36 degrees N; 3 degrees E
$200 Answer from Geography
C. 36 degrees N latitude; 3 degrees E longitude
•Latitude= position north or south of equator
•Run across (unlike a ladder)
•Longitude=
• position E or W of imaginary line running from N to S
pole; passing through London
•Run up and down (not like long things do)
$300 Question from Geography
Your Text Here
Which desert covers over 80% of
Algeria?
A. Kalahari
B. Gobi
C. Sahara
$300 Answer from Geography
C. Sahara
$400 Question from Geography
How hot has the desert in Algeria been
known to get in the daytime?
A. 55 C- 131 F
B. 38C- 100F
C. 83 C-181 F
$400 Answer from Geography
A. 55 C- 131 F!
$500 Question from Geography
Around what temperature is the
Algerian desert at night?
A. 31 C- 88 F
B. 10 C- 50 F
C. -3 C- 27 F
$500 Answer from Geography
B. 10 C- 50 F!
$100 Question from Economy
What is the Algerian currency?
A. Algerian Dinar
B. Algerian Taka
C. Euro
$100 Answer from Economy
A. Algerian Dinar
$200 Question from Economy
How much American money
equals how much Algerian
money?
A. 1 USD = .744813EUR
B. 1 USD= 1.09074 AUD
C. 1 USD= 72.895 DZD
$200 Answer from Economy
C. 1 USD = 72.895 DZD
$300 Question from Economy
In Algeria crafts are sold as a sort of
income for many. Algeria is most
famous for this craft__________.
A. Berber Rugs and Carpets
B. Babushka doll
C. Cuckoo clocks
$300 Answer from Economy
A. Berber Rugs and Carpets
$400 Question from Economy
________ and ________ are two of
Algeria’s biggest exports.
A. Cotton; Rice
B. Fish; God
C. Natural Gas; Petroleum
$400 Answer from Economy
C. Natural Gas; Petroleum
$500 Question from Economy
Where do the majority of Algerias people live?
(In what region)
$500 Answer from Economy
Along the coast. See pg 202 book
$100 Question from People
How much of the current
Algerian population is of Arab
descent?
A. 5%
B. 83%
C. 25%
$100 Answer from People
B. 83% of Algerians are of Arab descent
(16% are of Berber descent)
(that leaves 1% for other)
$200 Question from People
What is the official language of Algeria?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Algerian
Arabic
French
Celtic
$200 Answer from People
B. Arabic
(French is also spoken by mostly educated
people. Berber dialects are also spoken.)
$300 Question from People
True or False: 49% of the people in
Algeria declare themselves as
Christians.
$300 Answer from People
False- around 99.2% of Algerians are
Muslims, and .5% are Christians
(The official religion is Islam)
$400 Question from People
True or False: Algeria’s people are known for being friendly and
hospitable.
$400 Answer from People
True
$500 Question from People
In honor of the Barbary Pirates you may steal
$500 from any group!
$500 Answer from People
Your Text Here
$100 Question from History
This country invaded Algeria
in 1830 and ruled there until
Algeria gained independence
in 1962.
A. France
B. Scotland
C. Russia
$100 Answer from History
A. France
$200 Question from History
Why was the coast along Algeria known as
the “Barbary Coast” until the early 19th
century?
A. Barbed Coral lined it’s shores until hurricane
Isabella of 1840.
B. It was a hotspot for piracy, such as that from the
Barbarossa (Redbeard) brothers.
C. Alexi Barbaon from France bought out the land
along the waters edge in the 1700’s.
$200 Answer from History
B. It was a hotspot for piracy, such as that from the
Barbarossa (Redbeard) brothers.
$300 Question from History
Who where the first known Algerians?
A. Berbers
B. Turks
C. Sunnis
$300 Answer from History
A. Berbers
$400 Question from History
True or False:
Algerian society is plagued today by political
unrest through bombings and attacks by some
suspect- Islamic extremists.
$400 Answer from History
True
$500 Question from History
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$500 Answer from History
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$100 Question from Other
This Algerian staple food-pasta made
from cracked whear- has also been
served at the Pearl Rogers Dining
Center. C, __,__,__,c,__,___,___
$100 Answer from Other
Answer: Couscous
(The chickpea patties served
at the Pearl are also popular in
Algeria.)- When you eat this
think of me and my country.
$200 Question from Other
What is the capital city of Algeria?
$200 Answer from Other
Answer: Algiers
$300 Question from Other
The _________ is Algeria’s most
endangered animal.
A. Serval cat
B. Poison Dart Frog
C. Polar Bear
D. Dama Gazelle
$300 Answer from Other
A. Serval cat
( D. The Dama Gazelle of Algeria was declared extinct in 1996.)
$400 Question from Other
Which one of these is the Algerian flag?
$400 Answer from Other
This one is!
$500 Question from Other
About what time is it in Algeria right now?
A. 6 A.M.
B. 9 P.M.
C. 4 A.M.
$500 Answer from Other
B. 9 P.M.- Algeria is 6 hrs ahead of us.
Algiers at night.
Final Jeopardy
This author wrote, “If one man kills another,
it murder, but if a hundred thousand men kill
another hundred thousand, it is considered an
act of glory!?”
Final Jeopardy Answer
Who is Tolstoy?
(The book is
Kingdom of God)