Question: What does "Jamahiriya" mean?
Answer: state of the masses

Question: What was Gaddafi's role in jamahiriya?
Answer: he retained power as military commander-in-chief and head of the Revolutionary Committees responsible for policing and suppressing opponents

Question: List two reasons why Libya become an "international pariah."
Answer: Overseeing unsuccessful border conflicts with Egypt and Chad, Gaddafi's support for foreign militants and alleged responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing

Question: Name two significant events in 1986 that demonstrated the world's view of Libya.
Answer: U.S. bombing of Libya and United Nations-imposed economic sanctions

Question: How did Gaddafi lose power?
Answer: uprising led by the National Transitional Council (NTC) broke out, resulting in the Libyan Civil War. NATO intervened militarily on the side of the NTC

Question: What was Libya's socialist government called?
Answer: Jamahiriya ("state of the masses")

Question: Why did Libya become an "international pariah"?
Answer: Gaddafi's support for foreign militants and alleged responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing

Question: How did the world respond to Libya in 1986?
Answer: U.S. bombing of Libya and United Nations-imposed economic sanctions.

Question: How did Gaddafi lose power?
Answer: an anti-Gaddafist uprising led by the National Transitional Council (NTC) broke out, resulting in the Libyan Civil War

Question: How did Gaddafi die?
Answer: Retreating to Sirte, Gaddafi was captured and killed by NTC militants.

Question: What does the term Jamahiriya mean in English?
Answer: state of the masses

Question: In what year did Gaddafi found the Jamahiriya?
Answer: 1977

Question: Along with Egypt, what nation did Libya have border issues with in this era?
Answer: Chad

Question: What terrorist bombing was Gaddafi's Libya supposedly involved in?
Answer: Lockerbie

Question: In what year did the United states bomb Libya?
Answer: 1986

Question: Describe Gaddafi's humble upbringing.
Answer: was born in a tent near Qasr Abu Hadi, a rural area outside the town of Sirte in the deserts of western Libya

Question: How did Gaddafi's father earn a living?
Answer: as a goat and camel herder

Question: How did his upbringing impact his later life preferences?
Answer: He repeatedly expressed a preference for the desert over the city and retreated to the desert to meditate.

Question: What culture did Gaddafi experience as a child?
Answer: Bedouin

Question: When was Gaddafi born?
Answer: Gaddafi's date of birth is not known with certainty, and sources have set it in 1942 or in the spring of 1943

Question: Describe Gaddafi's early childhood.
Answer: Gaddafi was born in a tent near Qasr Abu Hadi, a rural area outside the town of Sirte in the deserts of western Libya

Question: How did Gaddafi's father earn a living?
Answer: Abu Meniar earned a meager subsistence as a goat and camel herder

Question: How come no one knows for sure when Gaddafi was born?
Answer: Nomadic Bedouins, they were illiterate and kept no birth records

Question: How did his early childhood experiences impact his later life?
Answer: He repeatedly expressed a preference for the desert over the city and retreated to the desert to meditate.

Question: When did Gaddafi's parents die?
Answer: His father, Mohammad Abdul Salam bin Hamed bin Mohammad, was known as Abu Meniar (died 1985), and his mother was named Aisha (died 1978)

Question: Other than Mohammad Abdul Salam bin Hamed bin Mohammad, what was Gaddafi's father called?
Answer: Abu Meniar

Question: When did Gaddafi's mother die?
Answer: 1978

Question: How many sisters did Gaddafi have?
Answer: three

Question: Near what town was Gaddafi's birthplace of Qasr Abu Hadi?
Answer: Sirte

Question: What was the name of Gaddafi's tribe?
Answer: Qadhadhfa

Question: When did Libya become an independent nation?
Answer: In 1951

Question: When Libya first became an independent country, what form of government did it adopt?
Answer: an absolute monarchy

Question: What countries occupied Libya after World War II?
Answer: British and French forces

Question: Who was the first leader of Libya?
Answer: a pro-western monarch, Idris

Question: What World War I event directly impacted Gaddafi's family?
Answer: Gaddafi's paternal grandfather, Abdessalam Bouminyar, was killed by the Italian Army during the Italian invasion of 1911

Question: How did World War I directly impact Gaddafi's family?
Answer: According to later claims, Gaddafi's paternal grandfather, Abdessalam Bouminyar, was killed by the Italian Army during the Italian invasion of 1911

Question: What happened to Libya right after World War II?
Answer: Libya was occupied by British and French forces

Question: When was it announced that Libya would be independent?
Answer: In 1951, the UN created the United Kingdom of Libya, a federal state under the leadership

Question: What was the first type of government that Libya had?
Answer: a pro-western monarch, Idris, who banned political parties and established an absolute monarchy.

Question: What country occupied Libya during World War II?
Answer: his nation was occupied by Italy

Question: What nation controlled Libya as a colony when Gaddafi was a child?
Answer: Italy

Question: Who battled the Italians during the North African campaign?
Answer: British

Question: Who was Gaddafi's father's father?
Answer: Abdessalam Bouminyar

Question: During what year did the Italians invade Libya?
Answer: 1911

Question: Along with the British, who occupied Libya at the end of the Second World War?
Answer: French

Question: Describe Gaddafi's first experience with education.
Answer: a religious nature, imparted by a local Islamic teacher

Question: In addition to gaining an education, describe how Gaddafi managed to attend school 20 miles from his family.
Answer: During the week Gaddafi slept in a mosque, and at weekends walked 20 miles to visit his parents

Question: How did Gaddafi deal with peer pressure regarding his cultural background?
Answer: Bullied for being a Bedouin, he was proud of his identity and encouraged pride in other Bedouin children.

Question: When Gaddafi's family moved to Sabha, describe his educational experiences in secondary school.
Answer: Gaddafi was popular at school; some friends made there received significant jobs in his later administration, most notably his best friend Abdul Salam Jalloud.

Question: Describe Gaddafi's parents' educational backgrounds.
Answer: where his father worked as a caretaker for a tribal leader while Muammar attended secondary school, something neither parent had done.

Question: Why was Gaddafi made fun of in elementary school?
Answer: Bullied for being a Bedouin, he was proud of his identity and encouraged pride in other Bedouin children.

Question: How did Gaddafi manage to attend elementary school so far from home?
Answer: During the week Gaddafi slept in a mosque, and at weekends walked 20 miles to visit his parents.

Question: Were Gaddafi's parents educated?
Answer: while Muammar attended secondary school, something neither parent had done.

Question: Was Gaddafi's education free?
Answer: Education in Libya was not free, but his father thought it would greatly benefit his son despite the financial strain.

Question: How did his early relationships play a role later when Gaddafi  became a ruler?
Answer: Gaddafi was popular at school; some friends made there received significant jobs in his later administration, most notably his best friend Abdul Salam Jalloud.

Question: In what religion was Gaddafi educated?
Answer: Islamic

Question: What town did Gaddafi's family move to after they left Sirte?
Answer: Sabha

Question: What geographical portion of Libya is Fezzan located in?
Answer: south-central

Question: Who was Gaddafi's closest friend in secondary school?
Answer: Abdul Salam Jalloud

Question: In what town did Gaddafi first attend primary school?
Answer: Sirte