Western Sahara (; "", , Spanish and French: Sahara Occidental) is a disputed territory in the Maghreb region of North Africa, partially controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and partially Moroccan-occupied, bordered by Morocco proper to the north, Algeria to the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its surface area amounts to . It is one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world, mainly consisting of desert flatlands. The population is estimated at just over 500,000, of which nearly 40% live in Laayoune, the largest city in Western Sahara.

Occupied by Spain until the late 20th century, Western Sahara has been on the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories since 1963 after a Moroccan demand. It is the most populous territory on that list, and by far the largest in area. In 1965, the UN General Assembly adopted its first resolution on Western Sahara, asking Spain to decolonise the territory. One year later, a new resolution was passed by the General Assembly requesting that a referendum be held by Spain on self-determination. In 1975, Spain relinquished the administrative control of the territory to a joint administration by Morocco (which had formally claimed the territory since 1957) and Mauritania. A war erupted between those countries and a Sahrawi nationalist movement, the Polisario Front, which proclaimed the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) with a government in exile in Tindouf, Algeria. Mauritania withdrew its claims in 1979, and Morocco eventually secured "de facto" control of most of the territory, including all the major cities and natural resources. The United Nations considers the Polisario Front to be the legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people, and maintains that the Sahrawis have a right to self-determination.

1. What did the Spanish occupy?
2. Until when?
3. Does it govern itself?
4. According to whose records?
5. Is it big or small compared to other types on the records?
6. When were the Spanish asked to back off?
7. By whom?
8. Did they end up backing off?
9. When?
10. How many places took over then?
11. And they got along?
12. What happened between them?
13. Who won in the end?
14. What part of the world is this in?
15. Where is that?
16. Who shares controlling factors?
17. What is at its border?
18. To what side?
19. What about to the opposite of that?
20. Is there water at any border?

Numbered answers:
1. Western Sahara
2. the late 20th century
3. no
4. the United Nations
5. big
6. 1965
7. the UN General Assembly
8. yes
9. In 1975
10. Morocco and Mauritania
11. no
12. A war erupted
13. Morocco
14. the Maghreb region
15. North Africa
16. Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Morocco
17. Morocco proper
18. the north
19. Mauritania
20. yes