Libya map quiz
Explore cities and landmarks of Libya!
Quizzes in this pack
Libya: cities, landmarks.
| Cities | 8 questions |
| Landmarks | 8 questions |
Sample questions
- The capital and largest city in the northwest on the Mediterranean coast, founded by the Phoenicians as Oea
- Answer: Tripoli
- Second-largest city in the east on the Gulf of Sidra, de facto capital of Cyrenaica and center of the 2011 revolution
- Answer: Benghazi
- Third-largest city on the coast between Tripoli and Benghazi, Libya's commercial and trading hub
- Answer: Misrata
- Largest city in the Saharan south, capital of the Fezzan region, a key oasis in the vast desert
- Answer: Sabha
- Berber town in the Nafusa Mountains near the Tunisian border, known for its old fortified granary, the qasr, with hundreds of storage rooms
- Answer: Nalut
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Tripoli
Mediterranean coast of Libya
Tripoli, the capital of Libya, was founded by the Phoenicians more than 2,500 years ago. By the old harbour stands the Red Castle, a fortress that has been rebuilt by every ruler since the Romans, and in the old town stands a Roman triumphal arch for the emperor Marcus Aurelius.
- Did you know?
- Tripoli means “three cities” in Greek
Misrata
North-western Libya, on the coast
Misrata is a port city on the Libyan coast between Tripoli and Benghazi and one of the country's main centres of trade and industry, with a large steelworks and a busy fishing port.
- Known for
- The port, steel, trade
Derna
Eastern Libya, on the coast
Derna lies on the coast of eastern Libya where a deep wadi meets the sea, below the green Jebel Akhdar mountains. In September 2023 two dams above the town burst during Storm Daniel, and the flood swept away whole districts and killed thousands of people.
- Known for
- The 2023 flood, the wadi, Jebel Akhdar
Murzuq
Fezzan, southern Libya
Murzuq is an old oasis town in the south of Libya and was for centuries the capital of the Fezzan and a great stop for caravans crossing the Sahara. Its mud-brick castle and old mosque still stand, and the vast sand sea of Murzuq lies to the south.
- Known for
- The castle, caravans, the sand sea
Cyrene
Jebel Akhdar, eastern Libya
Cyrene was founded in 631 BC by Greek settlers from the island of Thera, today's Santorini, and became one of the great cities of the Greek world. Its Temple of Zeus was larger than the Parthenon in Athens.
- Built
- Founded 631 BC
- Did you know?
- The city grew rich on silphium, a plant so prized it was put on its coins, and then picked until it died out
Ubari Lakes
Ubari Sand Sea, Fezzan
In the Ubari Sand Sea of south-western Libya, small lakes lie between dunes more than 100 metres high, ringed by date palms. Fed by water from deep underground, they are saltier than the sea, and several have dried up as more water is pumped up for farming.
- Did you know?
- Tiny brine shrimp live in the salty water, and the people who lived here once ate them
How it works
Pick a quiz, then find, name or choose your answer on the 3D globe. A round has 10 questions by default, or more, up to the whole quiz. Each round picks what you need most: questions due again, new ones and the places you tend to mix up. In a short round, the questions you miss are asked once more at the end. Spaced repetition then brings them back on later days until you know them.
Every round also fills your mastery badges for the continent or country, the topic and the whole world: bronze at 50%, silver at 80% and gold at 100%.
