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April Flashcards

1
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North Africa includes

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Morocco Algeria Tunisia Libya and Egypt

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2
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From where to where north Africa stretches

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From the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea

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3
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A vast desert

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The Sahara

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4
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The Nile River is the Union of

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The blue Nile and the white Nile

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5
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The Nile empties

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In the Mediterranean Sea

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6
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Is a ground fertile soil that is good for growing crops

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Silt

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7
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What controls the flooding s among the Nile River

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Aswan high dam

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8
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Who built the Suez Canal

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The French in 1860

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9
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The Suez Canal connects

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The Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea

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10
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Who goes through the Suez Canal

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Large

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11
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What means Sahara

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Desert

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12
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A wet fertile area in a desert Where a natural spring or well provides water

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Oasis

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13
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Main climates in North Africa

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Mild hot freezing

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14
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Important resources

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Oil and gas

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15
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Where did the ancient Egyptiansl to lived

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Among the Nile River

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16
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What the ancient Egyptians did

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Built large monuments participated in trade and developed a writing system

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17
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One monument of the ancient Egyptians

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The Great Sphinx of Giza

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18
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What was their writing system

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Hieroglyphics

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19
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Who invaded North Africa

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Greeks,Romans and people of eastern Mediterranean

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20
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Alexandria
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21
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Why Tutankhamen died

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Malaria and a broke thigh

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22
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North Africa language and religion

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Arab and Muslim

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23
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Who was Alexander the Great

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A Macedonian King

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24
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I what year Italy captured Libya

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1912

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25
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Who controlled Egypt

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The British

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26
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France rulled

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The southern part of Morocco Tunisia and Algeria

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27
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Who controlled northern Morocco

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Spain

28
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When Egypt gained independence

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1922

29
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Who maintained the control of the Suez Canal until 1956

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British

30
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When Libya Morocco and Tunisia won independence

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1950

31
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Egypt had several wars against

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Israel

32
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An ethnic group who are native to North Africa and speak Berber languages

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The Berbers

33
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An important dish made from wheat and look s like small pellets

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Couscous

34
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The world longest river

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Nile River

35
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Algeria

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Algiers

36
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Morocco

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Rabat

37
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Tunisia

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Tunis

38
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Egypt

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Cairo

39
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Libya

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Tripoli

40
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Where is the largest sand desert in the world

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Arabian peninsula

41
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What is in the center of all of the region of Arabian peninsula

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Persian gulf

42
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Arabia peninsula main landforms

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River plains playeas and mountains

43
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Two rivers that flow across iran and reach the Persian gulf

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Tigris and Euphrates

44
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Market places

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Souks

45
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A city in which almost no takes are places on goods sold there

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Free port

46
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Someone who rules a country with complete power

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Dictator

47
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Power or right to rule

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Authority

48
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Climate in North Africa

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Desert climate with little rain that can cause flooding

49
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What does rub al khali means

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Empty Quarter

50
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Where are most of the oil feldspar of Arabian peninsula located

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Near the shores of the Persian gulf

51
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What Mesopotamia means

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The land between two rivers

52
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What is the main religion in the Arabian peninsula and North Africa

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Islam

53
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What are exotic rivers

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Rivers that begin in humid regions and then flow into dry areas

54
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What bodies of water surround the Arabian peninsula

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Caspian Sea,paisan gulf,gulf of Oman,Gulf of Aden,Red Sea

55
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The largest desert in the world

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Rub al khali

56
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What is opec

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An international organization whose members work to influence the price of oil on world markets

57
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One of the most mountainous countries in the world

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Iran

58
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Saudi Arabia

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Riyadh

59
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United Arabian emirates

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Abu Dhabi

60
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Yemen

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Sanaa

61
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Oman

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Muscat

62
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Qatar

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Dolha

63
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Kuwait

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Kuwait city

64
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Iraq

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Baghdad

65
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Iran

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Tehran

66
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Dry steambeds

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Wadis

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