What is the name of the largest of the dams on the Nile River?

What canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea?

What desert covers most of North Africa?

What are the dry streambeds of North Africa (and Southwest Asia) called?

What are ergs?

Which of the following are the two main exports of Algeria? (Check both of them.)

What are the chemical compounds mined in Tunisia that are used in fertilizers?

Within how many miles of the Nile River do most people in Egypt live?

What is the name for the rulers of Ancient Egypt?

What god did the ancient Egyptians believe their pharaohs were the son of?

What is the plant substance with a pleasing scent used in Egyptian religious ceremonies?

What is the name for the ancient Egyptians' writing system?

Who was the legendary founder of the ancient city of Carthage?

Which Roman general defeated Hannibal in the one of the wars against Carthage?

What religion did the Roman Empire adopt and bring to North Africa?

In what year did the Roman Empire fall?

What religion began spreading in North Africa about two centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire?

Who founded Islam?

What were the political and religious leaders of the Muslim Empire called?

What empire (based in Turkey) took over the majority of North Africa by the 1500s?

Why did many outside powers want control over Egypt?

What country took over much of North Africa as a colonial ruler?

What world event led to the North African countries gaining their independence from European countries?

What was the first country to gain its independence in North Africa?

Who killed Libyan dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi?

What are the two main issues that drive Muslim fundamentalists?

What is the name for the uprisings that arose across North Africa in 2010 and 2011?

What religion is practiced by most of North Africa’s people today?

Which of the following is NOT one of the main ethnic groups in North Africa today?

What is the largest city in North Africa?

Which country in this region has the highest rate of urbanization?

What is the name for the open air markets in North Africa?

Who are the poor farmers of Egypt?

What are the small nuggets of steamed wheat enjoyed in North Africa?

What is the official language of all five countries in North Africa?

What European language in addition to English is widely spoken in much of the region?

Which nation in North Africa has the highest literacy rate?

What are the two main political forces in North Africa today? (Select both.)

What two groups in the region are worried about their independence in places where strict Islamic fundamentalism is established? (Select both.)

What political party has gained much momentum recently in several countries of this region?

Which of the following counties in the region have had close relations to the United States in recent years? (Select both.)