Q 01/05

Which port city is Tunisia's second-largest city by population?

A) Sfax

B) Sousse

C) Bizerte

D) Gabès

Answer · why

A) Sfax

Sfax owes its size to trade: phosphates from the Gafsa mines arrive by rail for export, and its harbour is a major fishing port. Its old town still si...

Q 02/05

Tunisia is bordered by Libya and which other country?

A) Niger

B) Chad

C) Algeria

D) Sudan

Answer · why

C) Algeria

Algeria lies to the west. France, which already ruled it, invaded Tunisia in 1881 on the pretext that Tunisian tribesmen had raided across that border...

Q 03/05

The ruins of which Phoenician-founded ancient city lie just outside the Tunisian capital?

A) Utica

B) Cyrene

C) Leptis Magna

D) Carthage

Answer · why

D) Carthage

Carthage's legendary founder, Queen Dido of Tyre, was offered only as much land as an oxhide could cover, so she cut the hide into thin strips and rin...

Q 04/05

Which general marched war elephants over the Alps to attack Rome in 218 BC?

A) Hanno

B) Hannibal

C) Gisco

D) Hamilcar

Answer · why

B) Hannibal

Hannibal ravaged Roman territory for some 15 years yet could not take Rome itself; recalled to defend his homeland, he was beaten at Zama, in today's ...

Q 05/05

What name is given to Rome's three wars against a North African rival, the last ending in 146 BC?

A) Samnite Wars

B) Punic Wars

C) Mithridatic Wars

D) Illyrian Wars

Answer · why

B) Punic Wars

The Punic Wars take their name from Punicus, the Romans' word for their Phoenician-descended rival. After the third, Rome turned the conquered land in...