In the past month, the people of Tunisia and Egypt have revolted and succeeded in ousting their long-time leaders from power. Answer the following questions regarding each of the other countries experiencing anti-government protests: (Visit  the CIA World FactBook website for answers that cannot be found in the article. On the homepage, choose the country from the drop-down box. The answers to #1, 2 & 3 can be found under "Government" and "People")

1. Name the leader, and number of years he has been in power.
a) Libya
b) Yemen
c) Bahrain
d) Iran
e) Algeria
f) Morocco
g) Syria
h) Jordan

2. Name the capital city of each country:
a) Libya
b) Yemen
c) Bahrain
d) Iran
e) Algeria
f) Morocco
g) Syria
h) Jordan

3. What is the major religion in each country?
a) Libya
b) Yemen
c) Bahrain
d) Iran
e) Algeria
f) Morocco
g) Syria
h) Jordan

4. Define autocracy, regime and concessions as used in the article.

5. What types of changes are the protestors demanding of their governments?

6. What concessions have the rulers of each country made thus far?
a) Libya
b) Yemen
c) Bahrain
d) Iran
e) Algeria
f) Morocco
g) Syria
h) Jordan

7. The rulers of these countries are men who are used to being obeyed - and who are used to telling the people what they can and can't do. Why do you think the rulers are making concessions now?