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22 Cards in this Set
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Silt |
particles of rich soil |
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Oasis |
a place in a desert that is fed by underground water |
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Delta |
soil that is deposited at the mouth of a river, shaped like a triangle; very fertile soil |
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Mosque |
place of worship for followers of Islam |
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Civil War |
a fight amongst two groups within a country |
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Secular |
nonreligious (e.g. government laws cannot be enforced by religion) |
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Algeria |
capital is Algiers, biggest country in northern africa, approx. 1.5x the size of Alaska |
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Tunisia |
smallest north african country, capital is Tunis, activities include farming and herding |
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Egypt |
eastern country in north africa, most people live along the Nile and the Nile River Delta |
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Libya |
the size of Alaska, capital is Tripoli |
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Morocco |
western country in north africa, capital is Rabat, size of California |
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Western Sahara |
to the south of Morocco, a disputed territory |
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Nile River |
longest rive in the world, provides most of Egypt's water, has a really big delta |
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Nile River Delta |
has fertile soil, forms the Nile's mouth |
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Sinai Peninsula |
triangle shaped, important in the Christian religion (Moses spent forty days on Mt. Sinai talking to God and creating the stones for the ten commandments) [don't ask if you don't know] |
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Sahara Desert |
hottest desert in the world, as big as the USA, covers most of North Africa |
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Suez Canal |
in between mainland Egypt and the Sinai Pen., makes traveling to India and the Indian ocean easier |
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Atlas Mountains |
in northwest northern africa, (ha ha), blocks all the moist ocean air from coming to the Sahara |
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Red Sea |
in between Egypt and Saudi Arabia, curls around Sinai Pen. |
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Mediterranean Sea |
north of north africa, borders Europe, connection to other seas are the Strait of Gibraltar and Suez Canal, and also a strait connecting to Black Sea |
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Strait of Gibraltar |
tiny strait, separating Spain and Morocco by nine miles |
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Atlantic Ocean |
west of north africa, ocean of the east coast of USA |
