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What 4 counries are known as the Maghreb countries?
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Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco
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Maghreb means west or the direction of the setting sun.
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Waht desert covers most of the Maghreb?
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The Sahara Desert
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What is located in the norrow coastal strips of this region?
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Cities and Farmlands.
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Where are these strips located?
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Along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts and between the Sahara and the Atlas Mountains
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There are 2 places
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Libya is almost all what?
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Desert
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Libya is the most________ country in the region.
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Urbanized
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More than waht percent of how many people live in cities in Libya?
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85% of 5 million people
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What are the teo largest cities and whidh one is its capital?
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Benghazi and Tripoli. Tripoli is its capital.
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What is Algeris's capital?
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Algiers
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What is teh definition of Casbahs?
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Winding alleyways and tall walls in the center of a city
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what is now found in the Casbahs in Algiers?
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Souks or marketplaces
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What are Morocco's 2 largest cities?
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Casablanca and Rabat
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Tangier overlooks what straight?
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The Straight of Gibraltar
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What city in Algeria was once a Spanish territory?
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Tangier
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In Tangier you can take a ferry ride to a what along the Straight of Gibraltar.
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To a free port.
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