North Africa

Vocabulary

100

An old district in a city is called this... 

What is a Casbah

200

What is the name for a city in which almost no taxes are placed on goods sold there?

What is free port city

300

Western Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco make up what?

What is the Maghreb

400

What is Tunisia's capital city?

What is Tunis

500

What country in North Africa is not known for its oil production?

What is Morrocco

Vocabulary

100

This is a crowded marketplace in North Africa

What is souk

200

What is the Egyptian term for king?

What is pharaoh.

300

What is the name of the mountain range in the northwest region of Africa?

What is Atlas Mountains

400

What food is made from small pellets of pasta made from wheat?

What is couscous

500

This provides a connection between the Mediterranean sea and the Red sea

What is Suez canal

North Africa 1

100

In which country do the women have more freedom than any other North African country

What is Tunisia

200

Which countries (3) most important trading partners is the EU?

What is Algeria, Morocco, & Tunisia

300

Where are settlements in the desert located?

What is near an oasis

400

What is the name of the peninsula where the Suez Canal was built?

What is Sinai peninsula

500

What is the most important resource of the North western African countries?

What is oil

North Africa 2

100

What is the name of an important free-port city?

What is Tangier

200

How many climate zones are there in North Africa?

What is 3

300

What is Egypts capital?

What is Cairo

400

What is Egypts second largest city?

What is Alexandria

500

What are some issues facing both Cairo and Egypt?

What is poverty, overcrowding, high unemployment, pollution

North Africa 3

100

Who was the first Egyptian to win the Nobel Peace Prize? 

Naguib Mahfouz

200

Who used camels to travel through the Sahara?

What are the Tuareg people

300

Where did ancient Egyptians bury their kings?

What is in stone pyramids.

400

What are the climates of North Africa?

What is desert, steppe, Mediterranean

500

What is the name for the writing system that ancient Egyptians developed?

What is hieroglyphics