north Africa quiz
another name for north africa
"The maghreb"
What is the capital of Algeria?
Algiers
Who gave Africa the nickname magrgeb?
Arabs
Where on the map are the oceans?
Atlantic under caved part, on top and under "slave trade" above Egypt and Libya the Mediterranean Sea
where tourists go to relax in N.Africa?
Beaches Mediterainian and atlantic
The name of a market place
Bozar
What is the capital of Egypt?
Cairo
What is the capital of W. Sahara?
El Aaiun
Who colonized Algeria?
France
Who colonized Morocco?
France
Who colonized Tunisia?
France
Where is the Sahara located?
From mid bottom of Algeria, down three counties to the bottom of s. Sudan to the middle of the country next to it
Who colonized Egypt?
G.B
Who colonized S. Sudan?
G.B/Egypt
Who colonized Sudan?
G.B/Egypt
What religion is Algeria?
Islam
What religion is Egypt?
Islam
What religion is Libya?
Islam
What religion is Morocco?
Islam
What religion is Sudan?
Islam
What religion is Tunisia?
Islam
What religion is W. Sahara?
Islam/Christian
Who colonized Libya?
Italy
What is the capital of S. Sudan?
Juba
What is the capital of Sudan?
Khartoum
Nile
Mid Sudan through half of Egypt and east Egypt
Order of Egypt colonizers
Persians Greeks Romans Byzntrenes Arabs Ottoman
What is the capital of Morocco?
Rabat
Who colonized W. Sahara?
Spain
Atlas Mountains
Through w. Sahara and morocco
What is the capital of Libya?
Tripoli
What is the capital of Tunisia?
Tunis
who fought in N. Africa
U.S, Nazi Germany, French, Italian, Britain, vesy french
What is the order of the countries on the map (left to right)
W. Sahara, morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya Egypt, (under it Sudan and s. Sudan)
the "arab spring" causes as lot of violence and termoil today. what caused it
a popular uprising against dictators that had ruled for 20+ years. rulers were all pro U.S. Rebels are muslims
how big is the Sahara
about the size of the USA
three languages spoken
french english and arabic
sinificants of the nile to agroculture
it floods every year creating rich farm land
Nile river valley
it flows through egypt and most of eastern north africa most egyptians live on the Nile. It is also the home of many anciant civilizations where human life started.
what does the sahara separate in N. Africa
light skinned Muslims and dark skinned africans (mostly christian)
colonial rule
mostly france but also italy and G.B
what is romadon
muslim holiday that lasts a month you cant eat during the day
what are berber tribes?
nomadic people who live in the sahara desert
what is the geopolitiacal importance
oil and its closeness to saudi arabia
Main Egypt tourist destinations
pyrimids and sphinx
The atlis mountain
reaches 8000 feet at its highest located in the western part of n africa and runs from Tunisa through W. Sahara
WW2 battles
so allies could invade europe "battle of El Almein"
when was there mostly muslim influence
the 8th centery thanks to Saudi arabia
