L7 - Kicking off in Mali

Question 1

What do rebels controlling North Mali want?

Answer 1

Autonomy from Mali

Question 2

What is the climate in the north of Mali?

Answer 2

Desert highlands

Question 3

What is the climate in the south of Mali?

Answer 3

Fertile savanna

Question 4

What encourages extremism?

Answer 4

Food shortage

Question 5

What percentage of the population in Mali are below the poverty line?

Answer 5

64%

Question 6

Mali is a secular country. What is a secular country?

Answer 6

A country that doesn’t support a particular religion, all religions are accepted.

Question 7

What is produced from the subsistence agriculture in Mali?

Answer 7

Cotton, cereal and rice

Question 8

What are the barriers in Mali that prevent it from developing?

Answer 8

There is little shelter, water, roads and hospitals

Question 9

When did the Mali President get ousted in a Coup-D’Etat?

Answer 9

March 2012

Question 10

What is Mali’s second main export?

Answer 10

Gold mining

Question 11

Who controls Timbuktu?

Answer 11

AQIM (al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb)