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Egypt
Libya
the Maghreb
100
government under a single leader
What is dictatorship?
100
water and vegetation surrounded by desert
What is oasis?
100
capital of Egypt
What is Cairo?
100
capital of Libya
What is Tripoli?
100
meaning of Maghreb
What is "the land farthest west"?
200
underground rock layer that stores water
What is aquifer?
200
nonreligious
What is secular?
200
two bodies of water the Suez Canal connects
What is Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea?
200
national hero who liberated Libya from Italian occupation
Who was Omar Mukhtar (Lion of the Desert)?
200
The three countries that make up the Maghreb
What are Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco?
300
old area of cities with narrow streets and small shops
What is casbah?
300
desert region of shifting sand dunes
What is erg?
300
Huge monuments that are a symbol of Egypt
What are pyramids?
300
Major religion of Libya today
What is Islam?
300
largest country in Africa
What is Algeria?
400
marketplace
What is bazaar?
400
particles of soil deposited by water
What is silt?
400
Type of government Egypt has today
What is replublic?
400
Dictator of Libya in 1951
Who was Muammar al-Qaddhafi?
400
country that controlled Algeria from 1834-1962
What was France?
500
area formed by soil at a river's mouth
What is delta?
500
ancient form of Egyptian writing
What is hieroglyphics?
500
Major religion in Egypt today
What is Islam?
500
Major language spoken in Libya
What is Arabic (عربى)?
500
Number one energy resource in all of North Africa
What is oil or petroleum?