Moors are the most significant people group in Mauritania

Lake Chad has shrunk to one-twentieth of its former size

The two main regions of Africa are SUb-Saharan

Africa and Western Afrrica

There are no ski resorts in North Africa

Tribalism is a strong identification with a tribe that speaks the same language or dialect as another

More than half of Africa's AIDS patients are women

The Congo River serves as a national boundary and is navigable for one thousand miles

A Savana is a grassy plain found in temperate regions

The sedimentary basin of the Congo River, the Congo Basin, is home to one of the world's largest deserts

Animism is the belief that all things have a spirit and that these spirits exercise great control over the world

Africans who struggle to survive and labor just to feed their families practice subsistence farming

Under apartheid, only certain citizens were registered by ethnicity

the capitals of eastern Africa are some of the lowest in elevation in the world

The Blue Nile is the longer of the two Nile tributaries

Lake Victoria is the longest river in Africa

The Serengeti Plain is the only place in the world where vast herds of large mammals still migrate

during the month of Ramadan, Muslims fast during daylight hours but fast after sunset

Rub Al Khali, called the "Empty Quarter" is located in Syria

a majority of Iranian Muslims are Shiites

the Torah is a very important element of Judaism

Israel and Jordan extract several minerals from the Sea of Galilee

Iran is Islamic Republic

an important river for Israel in Lebanon is the Jordan River, which forms a boundary between the two nations and supplies much of the water needed for irrigation

thought Israel lack the petroleum resources of the Arab countries, it has developed excellent health care facilities and also attracts medical tourists who can pay for advanced medical procedures

most of the governments of the Persian Gulf countries are monarchies

Saudi Arabia has a constitutional monarchy, with the king holding extensive executive and legislative powers

What's the most dominant religion of North Africa?

What's the world's largest desert?

What commodity did the ancient Sahel peoples trade for gold?

Why is phosphate important?

Which city is the capital and largest city of Libya?

A culture where fathers and elders have the final say is... (choose 2)

What is the name of the large Christian minority who have lived in Egypt since shortly after the time of Christ?

What is the name of the transitional region between the Sahara and the jungles of Central Africa?

What s the shortest route between Europe and the Indian and Pacific Oceans?

What's the name of the region encompassing Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco?

What's the farming of fish called?

This is reffered to as the lifeblood of Egypt?

These places are vital for life in the desert.

What word identifies two or more combined clans?

What is the term for a strong identification with a tribe that speaks the same language or dialect as another?

What is the term for the belief that all things have a spirit and that these spirits exercise great control over the world?

What mosquito-borne disease is treated with quinine and is characterized by a severe headache, chills, and sweating of the skin?

What is the most populous nation in West Africa?

What is the term for the illegal killing of animals?

the leader of several united villages is called the tribal...

Which country is the only landlocked Central African country?

What language did the Boers develop?

What desert lies on the Tropic of Capricorn?

What resurces does Lesotho sell to South Africa? (choose 2)

What is the name given to the "gash" in the earth that runs from the Middle East southward through East Africa?

What is the term for the time in the late nineteenth century when Europeans were grabbing up pieces of Africa?

Which two competing tribes in Rwanda have warred against each other repeatedly, most recently a massacre in 1994 that resulted in the loss of approximately 800,000 lives?

Botswana is the world's largest producer of what precious commodity?

There are areas its shape, what is the wide Somali Peninsula on the east side of Africa called?

These are areas of shallow water where boulders break the surface of the Nile.

this is the term used for countries that gained independence during the twentieth century.

Whose the famous explorer that explored the interior of Sub-Saharan African and brought the gospel to its inhabitants?

Mecca, the center of Islam, is located in what country?

During what month are Muslims required to fast?

What is the Islamic worship building?

What city was Muhammad born in?

What is Islam's holy book?

What is the process whereby salt is removed from saltwater?

What's the religion of the Jews called?

Within the context of islam, what does Jihad mean?

What are the towers of the building from which Muslims are called to their daily prayers?

What two rivers are central to the Eastern Mediterranean?

The Khyber Pass is the only opening for travel through the Hindu Kush Mountains.

The Aral Sea is 50% of its former size.

The Caspian Sea region is home to vast reserves of oil and gas.

Afghanistan does not have mineral wealth.

The war in Afghanistan is the longest war in US history

the "stan" ending means "home of"

A major trade route that linked two great ancient empires: Rome and China

What's a buffer state?

What's the name of the Islamic extremists known as "seekers" or "students"?

What crop is Afghanistan trying to replace opium with?

What is one result of the Aral Sea drying up?

What language is spoken across the Caucasus and Central Asia?

Which countries in these two regions are primarily Eastern Orthodox?

Which one is NOT a sea in the Caucasus and Central Asia?

Archaeological discovers are the evidence being used to defend presence of Christianity in Central Asia?

What tool did Stalin use to collectivize the people of

Central Asia?