Physical Features
The Nile/Sinai Peninsula & Suez Canal
The Sahara/Mountains
Climate and Resources
Vocabulary
100
Which desert lies south of the five northern countries?
The Sahara
100
The Nile river flows in which direction?
North
100
The Sahara is the ________________ desert in the world.
largest
100
North Africa is described as very ____________.
dry
100
What does impact mean?
effect or result
200
This Sea is north of the five northern African countries
Mediterreanean Sea
200
The Nile River is known as the ____________ river in the world.
longest
200
The name Sahara orginated from an Arabic word meaning
desert
200
In Libya the humidity is very low which causes Libya to be hot during the day and ________ at night.
cold
200
The longest river in the world is ____________?
The Nile
300
Name the 5 northern countries in Africa.
What is morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt
300
Which two rivers form the Nile river?
The Blue Nile and the White Nile
300
If traveling across the Sahara desert, one would want to find which water source to help keep them hydrated, clean and possibly fed?
An Oasis
300
Which two weather systems have helped carve out bare rock surgace out of the land?
floods and high winds
300
The largest desert in the world is _____________?
The Sahara
400
Which country lies between the borders Algeria and Libya?
Tunisia
400
Which landform lies east of the Nile river?
Sinai Peninsula
400
Mountains in the Saharan desert can rise to as much as _____________ feet.
9,000
400
Name three natural resources that the Sahara provides?
coal, oil and natural gas
400
A wet, fertile area in a desert where a natural spring or well provides water is an _____________.
oasis
500
The northern African countries stretch from this ocean to this sea?
The Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea
500
The Suez canal connects which two seas?
The Mediterranean and the Red
500
What is the name of the mountain range on the northwest side of the Sahara near the Mediterranean Sea?
Atlas Mountains
500
Identify the three climates of Northern Africa
desert, Mediterranean and Steppe
500
What is finely ground fertile soil that is good for growing crops?
silt
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