The major waterway in Egypt; the source of all life
What is the Nile River
100
A man who holds complete power over a country is called...
What is a dictator
100
The biggest city in Norther Africa, Egypt's capital
What is Cairo
100
The most critical natural resource in Egypt is...
What is the Nile River Valley as a water supply
100
The ethnic group that is native to Northern Africa is called...
What are Berber peoples
200
Between the Sinai Peninsula and Egypt lies a a waterway called...
What is the Suez Canal
200
Because Egypt's government is in the midst of revolution and transition right now, who holds most of the power?
What is the military?
200
This is not the capital of Egypt today, but it was a major city for Alexander the Great and Cleopatra with trade, education, and transportation
What is Alexandria
200
Another major source of income ($3 billion dollars a year) comes from this French gift...
What is the Suez Canal
200
Most Northern African are Muslim, meaning they most likely fast during what holiday?
What is Ramadan
300
This mountain range the northwest coast of Northern Africa
What is the Atlas Mountains
300
Many of the countries we have discussed have violence in their countries because their government and religion are merged together. We would call this type of government...
What is theocracy
300
Tunis is the capital of what Northern African country?
What is Tunisia
300
Morocco builds much of its economy from tourism and _______________, the product of iron ore and other minerals.
What is fertilizer
300
Europe's conquest of Africa during the 19th and 20th centuries affected Africa's culture. What do we call this conquest of Africa?
What is colonization
400
The landscape of the Sahara Desert is not what one may expect. From above, one would see that most of the desert is covered with what landform?
What are dunes
400
Libya's dictator that was assassinated in 2011 was named...
Who is Gadhafi
400
Tripoli is the capital of what country?
What is Libya
400
Oil is the most important natural resource for what country?
What is Libya
400
The majority of Egyptian farmers that own small plots of land are called...
What is fellahin
500
What are the three climates found in Northern Africa?
What are desert, steppe, and Mediterranean.
500
This country is the has the most women's rights and is a major issue as they create their new constitution
What is Tunisia
500
Sitting on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, this is the capital of Algeria.
What is Algiers
500
Tunisia has strong ties with European countries in trade with over 2/3 of its imports from Europe. Algeria, on the other hand, is attempting to mend ties with Europe and help its own country by what kind of trade?
What are exports
500
People in Northern African greet friends and acquaintances by...