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37 Cards in this Set
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What is considered the lifeline of Egypt?
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Nile River
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Egypt is about the combined size of what two U.S. states?
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Texas and New Mexico
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On what percentage of the land do nearly all Egyptians live?
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4%
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For what two purposes are dams and channels used in controlling the Nile?
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irrigation and generating electric power
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What man-made waterway connects the Mediterranean and the Red Sea?
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Suez Canal
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What triangular peninsula is separated from the rest of Egypt by a waterway?
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Sinai Peninsula
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What does he word "sahara" mean in Arabic?
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desert
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About what size is the Sahara?
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the continental U.S.
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What percentage of Egypt is farmable?
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2%
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What percentage of Egyptians are farmers?
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29%
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What are Egypt's major exports?
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cotton, cotton clothing, raw cotton, etc.
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What advantage and disadvantage does the Aswan High Dam present?
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advantage- control of water, energy
disadvantage- no silt and saltwater enters river |
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What ancient civilizations once controlled Egypt?
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Roman and Greek
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What people took over Egypt in A.D. 641?
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Arabs
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What language is spoken, and what religion is practiced in Egypt?
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Arabic, Islam
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Who was the modern leader who made Egypt a powerful state in the 1950's?
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
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Which is, by far, the biggest and most important city in Egypt?
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Cairo
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What has been the result in so much population growth in Cairo?
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poverty, traffic, pollution
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Libya is about the size of what U.S. state?
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Alaska
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What covers more than 90% of Libya?
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Sahara
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From where does Libya get its water?
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aquifers
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How does the water get to coastal areas where most people live?
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pipelines
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What natural resource is important in Libya?
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oil
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The first people known to live in North Africa are called ______.
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berbers
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What people brought Arabic and Islam to Libya in the 600's?
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Arabs
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What word is used to describe Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco?
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Maghreb
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What does Maghreb mean?
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the land furthest west
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What European country had the most influence over the Maghreb?
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France
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Most people in Algeria are a mixture of what two ethnic groups?
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Arab and Berber
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Which North African country had to fight a bloody war with France to get its independence?
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Algeria
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What issue had sparked a civil war in Algeria today?
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the debate about secular or unsecular governments
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What product is Morocco a leading producer of?
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phosphates
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What people first settled Morocco?
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Berbers
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What word describes the decedents of Arab and Berber ancestry?
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Moors
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What European country did people from Morocco rule for about 700 years?
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Spain
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What region did Morocco claim and invade in the 1970's?
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Western Sahara
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What resulted from that takeover?
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United Nations sponsored a vote for the war...
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