Vocabulary
People who move from place to place searching for food.
What are Nomads?
A course taken by a river as it flows.
What is a Channel?
Ancient Egyptians built massive tombs because of this belief.
What is life after death?
Morocco has the most diversified economy in North Africa.
What is Morocco?
The religion practiced by most people in North Africa.
What is Islam?
A dry streambed found in North Africa.
What is a Wadi?
Area formed by soil deposits when a river slows down.
What is a Delta?
The war that gave Rome control of western North Africa.
What is the Third Carthage War?
Main natural resources of Tunisia.
What are phosphates and iron ore?
Muslims who want governments to follow strict Islamic law.
Who are Islamic fundamentalists?
Underground layers of rock where water collects.
What are Aquifers?
The vital water source where most Egyptians live within 12 miles.
What is the Nile River?
The country where the Arab Spring revolts began.
What is Tunisia?
Chemical compounds found in Morocco used for fertilizer.
What are Phosphates?
Two political forces strong in modern North Africa.
What are democracy movements and Islamic fundamentalism?
Fine, rich soil that is excellent for farming.
What is Silt?
North African open-air market.
What is a Souk?
The empire that ruled North Africa before Islamic rule.
What is the Roman Empire?
Underground water sources important for desert regions.
What are Aquifers?
Islamic rule had a greater impact on North African ______ than Roman rule.
What is culture?
Vast stretches of sand found in the Sahara.
What are Ergs?
Poor farmers of Egypt.
Who are the Fellaheen?
Religion that later had the biggest cultural impact on North Africa.
What is Islam?
A steamed wheat dish common in Morocco.
What is Couscous?
Name the two most important geographic features shaping Egyptian civilization.
What are the Nile River and fertile silt/delta land?