Morocco

• Capital: Rabat
• Major Cities
  • Casablanca
  • Fez
  • Marrakesh
• Major Geographical Features
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Strait of Gibraltar
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Atlas Mountains
  • Anti-Atlas Mountains
  • Moulouya River
  • Rif Mountains
• Official Name: Kingdom of Morocco
• Religion: Muslim (98.7%)
• Languages:
  • Arabic (official)
  • Berber
  • French
• 1905-1906: First Moroccan Crisis; considered one of the causes of World War One
  • Kaiser Wilhem II visited Morocco to support its independence in order to drive France and the United Kingdom apart
  • BACKFIRE!
• Independence: 1956 from France
• Government: constitutional monarchy
• Currency: Moroccan dirham (MAD)
• Morocco is slightly larger than California
• Literacy: 52.3%
• Climate: Mediterranean
• Called the "Gateway to Africa"
• Exports
  • Clothing
  • Fruits
  • Vegetables
  • Chemicals
  • Fish
• 1 of 3 remaining kingdoms in Africa
• Sovereignty of the Western Sahara is disputed between Morocco and the Polisario Front