Res Geo Semester 2 Exam Review

The largest hot desert in the world, stretching across most of North Africa

• Siberia
• Sahara
• Gobi

Rulers of ancient Egypt

• pharaohs
• czars
• princes

the narrow waterway that separates Europe from Africa by 8 miles

• English Channel
• Red Sea
• Strait of Gibraltar

a ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea

• English Channel
• Aswan High Dam
• Suez Canal

Large areas of sand with tall dunes in the Sahara

• wadis
• hamadas
• ergs

Underground water bearing layers of porous rock, sand or gravel

• hamada
• aquifer
• heiroglyphic

monumental architecture typical of ancient Egypt; used as important burial sites

• pyramids
• aquifers
• hamadas

A series of public protests, strikes, and rebellions in the Middle East and North Africa, often facilitated by social media that has called for fundamental government and economic reforms

• Arab Spring
• Arab Summer
• Arab Fall

a structure to control the floodwaters of the Nile River and create electricity

• Sphinx
• Suez Canal
• Aswan High Dam

World's longest river, which flows northward through northeast Africa into the Mediterranean Sea.

• Nile River
• Amazon River
• Jordan River