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WorksheetsChapter 14: North Africa Honors Geography Study Guide
Total questions: 66
Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins
True or False
The Sahara is gradually spreading southward.
(a)
True or False
Moors are the most significant people group in Mauritania.
(a)
True or False
Ninety percent of the people of the Sahel are engaged in subsistence farming.
(a)
True or False
Lake Chad has shrunk to one-twentieth of its former size.
(a)
True or False
In the seventh century BC, Pharaoh Necho attempted to build a canal where the modern Suez Canal is located.
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True or False
All of the countries except for Libya produce some amount of petroleum and natural gas.
(a)
True or False
The two main regions of Africa are sub-Saharan Africa and Western Africa.
(a)
True or False
The Sahara is perhaps the single most important geographic factor in the history of Africa.
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True or False
There are no ski resorts in North Africa.
(a)
True or False
One of the causes of water pollution is the dumping of raw sewage.
(a)
What does the word Sahara mean?
“hot spot”
“hot, sandy place”
“desert”
“Paradise of Allah”
Annual rainfall in the Sahara ranges between . . .
one and five inches.
five and ten inches.
ten and fifteen inches.
fifteen and twenty inches.
The process whereby the grasses and trees of an area die out and are replaced by dry wilderness is called . . .
the dry season.
desalinization.
encroachment.
desertification.
These are some of the least urbanized countries in the world.
Niger and Chad
Egypt and Algeria
Libya and Mali
Morocco and Tunisia
Which ancient empire controlled the gold trade on the trade routes across the Sahel from the fourth to the thirteenth centuries?
Roman
Ghana
Greek
Egyptian
The capital of Mali and the largest city in the Sahel is . . .
Cairo.
Algiers.
Tunis.
Bamako.
Which king of the Mali Empire made a pilgrimage to Mecca with great wealth and a caravan of sixty thousand people in 1324?
Bamako Mali
Mansa Musa
Nelson Mandela
Gamel Abdel Nasser
The most significant Bedouins tribe in North Africa are the . . .
Songhais.
Tibestis.
Berbers.
Tuaregs.
What word describes all the governments of the countries in this region?
secure
sustainable
instability
freedom
This is a staple of the Sahel.
flax
millet
rice
wheat
Which peoples were the first settlers in the Maghreb?
the Sara
the Berbers
the Moroccans
the Sahelians
Flat desert areas covered with pebbles are . . .
ergs.
regs.
hamadas.
dunes.
One advantage that the coasts of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia have over most of the rest of North Africa is a . . .
greater number of resources.
smaller population.
pleasant climate.
larger area.
North Africa accounts for how much of the world’s phosphate deposits?
one-fifth
one-third
one-fourth
one-half
What is happening to farmland in Egypt?
It is being lost to urbanization.
It is being flooded.
It is blowing away.
It is being lost to desertification.
Arabs brought this religion when they fled persecution in the seventh century.
Christianity
Islam
Buddhism
Atheism
Most North Africans live along the . . .
Red Sea coast.
Pacific coast.
Mediterranean Sea coast.
Atlantic coast.
This drops to 436 below sea level and was created through salt weathering and wind erosion.
The Tanezrouft Reg
The Qattara Depression
The Richat Structure
The Atlas Mountains
North Africans have a major problem with stopping swarms of these insects.
bees
ants
locusts
flies
These two countries in North Africa have the best economies.
Morocco and Tunisia
Libya and Algeria
Chad and Niger
Mali and Egypt
The Richat Structure was formed through . . .
weathering.
differential erosion.
salt weathering.
water erosion.
This is sediment that accumulates at a delta.
ergs
regs
erosion
alluvial deposits
The major crop for Mali, Egypt, and Chad is . . .
wheat.
cotton.
rice.
flax.
When did ancient Egypt unite under one ruler?
around 3100 BC
around 1050 BC
around 500 BC
around 100 AD
Matching
It averages ten miles wide in the south.
Nile River Valley
Sahara
Northern Sahel
Sinai Peninsula
Atlas Mountains
Matching
It is about the same size as the United States.
Nile River Valley
Sahara
Northern Sahel
Sinai Peninsula
Atlas Mountains
Matching
Parts of Mauritania, Mali, Niger, and Chad are in this region.
Nile River Valley
Sahara
Northern Sahel
Sinai Peninsula
Atlas Mountains
Matching
It is a band of grass-covered plains.
Nile River Valley
Sahara
Northern Sahel
Sinai Peninsula
Atlas Mountains
Matching
It is interspersed with hamadas.
Nile River Valley
Sahara
Northern Sahel
Sinai Peninsula
Atlas Mountains
Matching
This is the Asian part of Egypt.
Nile River Valley
Sahara
Northern Sahel
Sinai Peninsula
Atlas Mountains
Matching
This region covers most of Morocco.
Nile River Valley
Sahara
Northern Sahel
Sinai Peninsula
Atlas Mountains
What is the dominant religion of North Africa?
(a)
What is the name of the transitional region between the Sahara and the jungles of Central Africa?
(a)
What is the name of the world’s largest desert?
(a)
What commodity did the ancient Sahel peoples trade for gold?
(a)
What is the name of the region encompassing Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco?
(a)
What narrow body of water separates Morocco from Europe?
(a)
What region of North Africa has yet to determine its sovereignty?
(a)
Why is phosphate important?
(a)
Which country of the Sahel has a seacoast?
(a)
Which city is the capital and largest city of Libya?
(a)
Which ruler of Libya was assassinated in 2011?
(a)
Which famous dam was built on the Nile River in Egypt in 1970?
(a)
A culture where fathers and elders have the final say is (a)
What reservoir was created with the construction of the Aswan High Dam?
(a)
Who caused the price of gold to drop in Mecca?
(a)
What is the name of the large Christian minority who have lived in Egypt since shortly after the time of Christ?
(a)
What is the world’s largest irrigation project?
(a)
What is the shortest route between Europe and the Indian and Pacific Oceans?
(a)
What is the farming of fish called?
(a)
What mountain range consists of a fifteen-hundred-mile chain and lies along the northwest coast of Africa?
(a)
This is referred to as the lifeblood of Egypt.
(a)
The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest writing systems, called (a)
This the most important river in the Sahel.
(a)
These places are vital for life in the desert.
(a)
How does the Sahara help the Amazon?
(a)
