North Africa Chapter 13 Review

North African countries are located on the southern shore of the _____.

In the early 1900s, ______ seized control of Libya.

Which term refers to dry streambeds?

When did Arab Spring start?

Which mountains are the longest mountain chain in North Africa?

Which mountains form the longest mountain chain in Africa?

Which foreign country's influence can be seen from Morocco to Tunisia in North Africa?

Tunisia's main resources are iron ore and _____.

Which city is the largest in North Africa?

Which country in Africa is the largest Arab nation?

Which country in North Africa has the most oil?

Today's radical North African Muslims want to _____.

What form of writing did the ancient Egyptians use?

Which country controls the important Suez Canal

What is the official language of the five North African countries?

The ancient Egyptians built the ____ as burial tombs

Cairo is the capitol of Egypt.

Which term refers to underground layers of rock in which water collects?

Which resource is found in limited amounts in North Africa?

The religion of _____ was founded on the Arabian Peninsula by the prophet Muhammad in A.D. 632.

A set of religious beliefs based on a strict interpretation of a sacred text

Suez Canal, is a human made waterway that connects the Mediterranean sea to the Red Sea.

What were hieroglyphics?

Which North African country has the highest rate of urbanization?

This river is the longest in the world and runs North:

What are fellaheen?

A caliph is a...?

What country is Couscous from?

Which term refers to an open-air market in North Africa?

Which country in North Africa is the most oil-rich country?

This plant substance gives off a pleasing scent.

The Ottoman Empire, based in modern _____, captured parts of North Africa in the 1500s.

A course taken by a river as it flows is called

Belief in one God

For thousands of years, ancient Egypt was ruled by kings called _____.

The Egyptians practiced _____, which is the belief in many gods.

_____ are a vital resource found off Morocco's coast.

The five countries of North Africa are Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and _____.

Which North African country was the first to achieve independence from European rule?

The massive poor neighborhood of Cairo is?

When Muammar al-Qaddafi ruled Libya, the income from selling _____ did not reach most of the country's people.

What ancient city fought three wars with the Roman Empire for control of much of North Africa?

Who are the fellaheen in Egypt?

The Berbers and Egyptians were linked to the Muslim world in the A.D. 1000s by ____.

vast stretches of sand, as are found in the Sahara

Title of the kings of ancient Egypt

Which term refers to underground layers of rock in which water collects?

People who move from place to place in search of food are called

Which country has the most diversified economy in North Africa?

One nickname for ancient Egypt was the _____.

What is the official language of the five North African countries?

Where did the Arab Spring start?

in the desert, a streamed that is dry except during a heavy rain

fine, rich soil that is excellent for farming

What was a souk?

Islam forbids art from showing _____.

In late 2010, a series of revolts called the Arab Spring began in _____