Handwritten Notes

1. North Africa and Southwest Asia combine
to form which region?



2. Which mountains run parallel to the Atlantic
and Mediterranean coasts from northern
Tunisia to the Atlantic Ocean?



3. In which direction is the Sahara Desert
expanding?



4. Which two factors create deserts?







5. Human settlement in the Sahara is limited
to sites with what?



6. What are wadis?



7. What do the Nile Valley and Delta contain?



8. What is the longest river in the world?



9. What happened when the Nile River flooded every summer?

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10. What physical region has been created by
the Nile River?



11. Which two climates cover the most area in
North Africa?



12. Why is it so dry in North Africa?



13. What are the most valuable natural resources in North Africa?



14. Where are the rich fishing grounds in
North Africa?



15. Where does rain or irrigation make farming
possible in North Africa?



16. Which economic activity is very important
in North Africa?



17. Which industry is hurt by violence?



18. Why are there not enough jobs in North
Africa?



19. Why do many skilled and educated workers
leave North Africa?



20. What surrounds the older core of North
African cities?
21. What are four environmental challenges
facing North Africa?







22. What are three positive effects of the Aswan Dam?





23. What are six negative effects of the Aswan
Dam?











24. Which political alliance do all the countries
of North Africa belong to?



25. What is the predominant religion of North
Africa?



26. What is the predominant language of North
Africa?



27. What is the capital of Egypt?



28. Which Egyptian city developed at the site
of a natural harbor?




29. Both Libya and Algeria are members of
which economic alliance?



30. What are two positives of oil production?




31. What are three negatives of oil production?






32. Which country claims Western Sahara as
part of its territory?

Notes Worksheet

33. By 4000 B.C., North Africans had
concentrated themselves around which
four sources of water?





34. What happened each year when the Nile
flooded?




35. What did the early Egyptians build along
the Nile River and its Delta?




36. What type of colonies were established by
the Phoenicians in North Africa?



37. After the Arab armies swept across North
Africa, what did most North Africans become?



38. After the Arab armies swept across North
Africa, what became the main language of
North Africa?



39. In the 1800s, the countries that colonized
North Africa were all from which continent?



40. Why did Great Britain take over Egypt?




41. Which two bodies of water are connected
by the Suez Canal?




42. Which canal is an important trade link that
improved shipping routes?



43. Nearly all North Africans consider themselves members of which two ethnic groups?




44. Which group of desert nomads live along
the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt?



45. What is the official language of every North
African country?



46. In which two places do most North Africans
live?






47. Where do 99 percent of all Egyptians live?

48. What is a problem across all of North Africa?



49. What are two reasons why people are
pouring into the cities?





50. Where did most old Arab cities develop?




51. Most North Africans worship which religion?

Glossary

52. What is desertification?