Algerian Culture, Economy and Society

Economy and Society

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  1. What is the currency of Algeria?
  2. Which sector provides most of Algeria's export earnings?
  3. Algeria joined which oil-producing group in 1969?
  4. Which fertile plain south of Algiers is a main area for citrus and vegetables?
  5. Which motorway of about 1,200 kilometres links the Tunisian border to the Moroccan border?
  6. Where does most of Algeria's population live?
  7. Which high plateau in the Hoggar, at about 2,700 metres, holds a hermitage and is famed for sunrises?
  8. Which huge underground water reserve shared by Algeria, Tunisia and Libya is tapped by Saharan wells?
  9. What are the foggaras of the Touat and Gourara oases?
  10. What is the nickname of Algeria's national football team?
  11. Which city hosted the first Pan-African Cultural Festival in 1969?
  12. Which sporting event was held in Algiers in 1975?
  13. Algeria is a founding member of which 1989 Maghreb bloc?
  14. In 1975 the Algiers Agreement settled a border dispute between which two states?
  15. Which tree is grown for cork in the humid forests of the north-east?
  16. Which port city hosts Algeria's main steel complex, El Hadjar?
  17. Which tree is the backbone of Saharan oasis agriculture?
  18. Algeria joined which organisation of Arab states in 1962?
  19. Which festival ending the month of fasting is a public holiday in Algeria?
  20. Which Hoggar city is the main stop on the road from Algiers south to Niger?
  21. Which state company, created in 1969, supplies electricity and gas to Algerian homes?
  22. Which national exam ends secondary school in Algeria?
  23. How is the Algerian school system divided?
  24. Which city south of Algiers is nicknamed the city of roses and oranges?
  25. Which resort in the Djurdjura is Algeria's best-known winter sports station?

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