World Geography
North Africa Map Skills
Mr. Botkin

Directions: Answer each of the following questions by writing a response only in the area provided. Refer to the maps listed to find the answers. You may need to refer to more than one map.

P. 472
1. What is the absolute location of Alexandria,
Egypt?


2. What is the absolute location of Cairo, Egypt?


3. Which country is east of Algeria and west of
Egypt?


4. Which country/territory in western North
Africa is occupied of Morocco?


5. Which country is east of Morocco and west
of Tunisia?



P. 473
6. Which mountain range runs through
Morocco and Algeria?


7. Which body of water is between Morocco
and Europe?


8. Which body of water is between North
Africa and Europe?



9. Which large desert is found in North Africa?



10. Which body of water is between Egypt and
Southwest Asia?


11. Which river runs through Egypt?
Name: ________________________________
Due Date: _____________________________
Period: ______

12. Which dam was built to control the Nile?



13. Which canal in Egypt connects the Red
Sea to the Mediterranean Sea?



P. 474
14. Which climate dominates North Africa?



15. Which country has an entirely arid climate?



16. Which climate covers Western Sahara?



17. Which two other climates cover part of
North Africa?



P. 476
18. Which country in North Africa has an area
with more than 520 persons per square
mile? Along what physical feature are these people concentrated?



19. Why do parts of North Africa have such low
population densities?



20. Which three Egyptian metropolitan areas
have more than two million inhabitants?



21. Which climate covers the areas of North
Africa that have the lowest population
densities?


P. 477
22. What is the primary land use in the Sahara?


23. How is the land used along the Nile?


24. Which resource do Egypt, Libya, and Algeria all have in common?



25. Which North African country has deposits
of gold?


P. 483
26. Which direction is Tripoli, Libya, from Tunis,
Tunisia?


27. How many miles is it from Tripoli, Libya, to
Tunis, Tunisia?



28. Which direction is it from Algiers, Algeria, to
Cairo, Egypt?


29. How many miles is it from Algiers to Cairo?


30. Which landform is formed at the mouth of
the Nile River?



P. 486
31. What is the title of the chart?


32. Which country has the highest percentage
of arable land? What is the percentage?



33. Which country has the lowest percentage
of arable land? What is the percentage?



34. Which two countries do you assume receive the least amount of rainfall?
P. 493
35. Which country has the highest population
in 1960? What was the population?



36. Which country has the lowest population in
1980? What was the population?



37. Which country has the highest population
in 2000? What was the population?



38. How many more people live in Morocco in
2000 than in 1980?



General
39. What is the latitude of the North Pole?



40. What is the latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?



41. What is the latitude of the Equator?



42. What is the latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?



43. What is the latitude of the South Pole?



44. What is the longitude of the Prime Meridian?



45. What is the longitude of the International
Date Line?