North Africa Final Review
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Islam | major cultural and religious influence |
| oil | economic base |
| shipping and trade | ________________ flourish because of north africa's location on the mediterranean sea |
| combination of Arabic and traditional African | culture of north africa |
| male | _______ dominated culture |
| Aswan High Dam | dam |
| Lake Nassar | causes insect problems and cases of malaria |
| Egyptians | built pyramid and were ruled by monarchs called pharaohs |
| hieroglyphs | pictures and symbols that the early Egyptians used for their writing system |
| Nile River | largest river |
| Ottoman Empire | took control of North Africa and ruled until the late 1800s |
| Great Britain | took over Egypt in 1882 to gain control over the Suez Canal |
| Mu'ammar Gadhafi | leader of the military officers who overthrew the Libyan monarchy in 1969 |
| Bedouins | the desert nomads who live along the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt |
| Arabic | the official language of every country in north africa |
| Cairo | the capital of Egypt and the largest urban area in north africa |
| Islam | religion that most north Africans follow |
| oil and natural gas | energy resources |
| energy resources, agriculture, tourism | economic activities |
| Egypt, morocco, and Tunisia | where tourism is the most important |
| over population, not enough housing, pollution | urban problems |
| political unrest, violence, desertification, pollution from oil refining and polluted water, poverty | challenges |
| Southern Europe | where the north africans go to find work |
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