BJU Cultural Geography Chapter 14 5th ed

Egypt is known for its aquaculture

Many of the Berber tribes in North Africa are know as Bedouins.

The Sahara is the worlds smallest dry desert in the world.

The hottest temperature recorded was _________ degrees in Aziziya, Libya.

What type of climate does the southern Sahel have?

What year did Egypt gain independence from Britain?

All of the following a resources of North Africa except:

Saharan phosphate aids world agriculture and keeps the _________ green.

The culture of North Africa can be described as all of the following except:

What empire was the famous and rich ruler Mansa Musa from?

In the 7^th century, ______ settled in the Maghreb region, bringing Islam with them.

__________ are areas of fertile land watered by a natural spring or some other water source like aquifers.

_________ is the longest river in the world at 4,160 miles long.

The _________ play a large role in folk Islam.

What man made body of water was completed in 1869?

A food staple in the Sahel is millet

The food staple in the Maghreb is:

The capitals of Bamako (Mali) and Niamey (Niger) are built on the:

The governments of North Africa can be described as unstable and corrupt.

What country has a large Christian minority known as Copts?

Northern ________ is a transitional region of grass-covered plains between the Sahara and the jungles of Central Africa.

•Sunni Islam is the religion of North Africa.

What is the spread of the desert called?

Port cities of Tangier, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli became known as the _______________

•The greatest environmental concern is how to obtain and manage what little fresh water they have.

Most of the people of North Africa live along the coast of the:

Which two countries have the best economies of the entire North Africa region

The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest writing systems, called pictographs.