North Africa Quiz

The (a)   is the longest river in the world and it is located in ​ (b)  

• Nile River
• North Africa
• Volga River
• Northern Europe
• Southern Europe
• South Africa
• Dnieper River
• Rio Grande River

The ​ (a)   is an important canal for Egypt and the world.

• Suez Canal
• Panama Canal
• Red Sea
• Hoover Canal

The ____ _____ gave birth to some of the world's earliest civilizations, including Ancient Egypt

What is the world's largest desert?

• The Sahara Desert

• Sonoran Desert

• Arabian Desert

• Gobi Desert

______ are places in the desert where underground water surfaces and are used to grow vegetation such as olive trees and date palms.

• Cactus

• Sand

• Oases

• Water wells

North Africa's most significant resources include: ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ and ​ (c)  

• phosphate
• natural gas
• petroleum
• coal
• iron
• tungsten

The civilization of ________ _______ developed a system of writing known as hieroglyphics

• Ancient Rome

• Ancient Greece

• Ancient Egypt

• None of the above

The ​ (a)   ​ fell at the end of World War I in 1918

• Ottoman Empire
• Roman Empire
• Egyptian Empire
• German Empire

In 2010 Mohamed Bouazizi became a catalyst for a series of protests that began in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. This series of revolts became known as

(a)  

The ​ (a)   were  indigenous people of North Africa before the Arab invasions, they were nomads who kept their traditional non-Arabic language.

• Berbers
• Aztecs
• Mayans
• Arabs