WorksheetsVocabulary - SWANA
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 18mins
Use the Glossary and/or p 584-607- The Nile __________ is an area of land that builds up where the river empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
wadis
ergs
Nomads
Use the Glossary and/or p 584-607- On the rare occasions when rain falls in the desert, it fills the __________, or dry streambeds.
delta
ergs
nomads
Use the Glossary and/or p 584-607- The Sahara Desert’s vast stretches of sand are called __________.
delta
wadis
nomads
Use the Glossary and/or p 584-607- __________ travel from place to place, grazing their herds at oases.
nomads
wadis
ergs
delta
Use the Glossary and/or p 584-607-The main belief of __________ religions is belief in one God.
hieroglyphics
myrrh
caliph
Use the Glossary and/or p 584-607- Historians know much about ancient Egypt because of the ancient system of picture writing called __________.
monotheistic
myrrh
caliph
Use the Glossary and/or p 584-607- The substance called __________ is valued for its pleasant aroma.
namads
caliph
regime
Use the Glossary and/or p 584-607- The Muslim empire was ruled by the __________, a figure of political and religious authority.
pharaohs
regime
fundamentalists
Use the Glossary and/or p 584-607- Kings known as __________ came to power in Egypt in about 3000 B.C.
caliphs
fundamentalists
monotheistic
Use the Glossary and/or p 584-607-The __________, or style of government, of Libya’s dictator Muammar Qaddafi was harsh.
caliph
pharaohs
fundamentalists
Use the Glossary and/or p 584-607- An increase in the number of Islamic __________, who believe Sharia law should be the law of the land, has led to increased political unrest.
namads
pharaohs
aquifers
Use the Glossary and/or p 584-607-Outside the Nile valley, most of the need for water in the region is met with water that comes from oases and __________, underground layers of rock in which water collects.
wadis
deltas
ergs
Use the Glossary and/or p 584-607-An important feature of North African cities is the __________, or open-air market, where business people set up stalls to sell food, craft products, and other goods.
aquifers
ergs
regime
Use the Glossary and/or p 584-607-The base of many Moroccan meals is __________, small nuggets of semolina wheat that are cooked by steaming them.
souk
myrrh
ergs
Use the Glossary and/or p 584-607-During Roman times, many North Africans decided to __________, or change, from one religion to another.
souk
regime
myrrh
Use the Glossary and/or p 584-607-
There were once seven different _______ for the Nile River to flow to the Mediterranean Sea, but today only two remain.
channels
In North Africa low, narrow plains sit on the __________, or edges, of the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts.
margins
Algeria has tried to shift its economy from ________ in the sale of oil and natural gas.
emphasis
Use the Glossary and/or p 584-607-
Egypt’s great pyramids and temples __________, or show, that the civilization had very advanced methods of engineering.
demonstrate
An important ______, or cause, for Morocco's low level of literacy is that many women are not educated.
factor
The ancient Egyptian government made workers complete various ______, or planned activities, such as building temples or pyramids.
projects
Use Glossary and/or p554-575 -
branch of Islam, the dominant branch in most of SW Asia
Sunni
streambed in a desert that is dry for much of the year.
wadi
belief in many gods
polytheism
climate zone that is somewhat dry
semiarid
belief in one God
monotheism
Match the following; Use Glossary and/or p554-575 -
water that fell as rain thousands of years ago and is now trapped between rack layers deep underground
fossil water
branch of Islam, the dominant branch in Iran
Shia
in the direction of or nearer to the mouth of a stream
downstream
needing something in order to operate well
dependency
a time of political upheaval beginning in 2010
Arab Spring
Match the following; Use Glossary and/or p554-575 -
politics related to water usage and access
hydropolitics
plain created by sediment deposited during floods
alluvial plain
Use Glossary and/or p554-575 - Climate and temperatures vary greatly between summer and winter in Afghanistan
rise
change
fall
rest
Use Glossary and/or p554-575 - By the time of Muhammad's death in AD 632, Islam had expanded across the Arabian Peninsula.
explained
recorded
spread
defeated
Use Glossary and/or p554-575 - The Ottoman Empire endured for six centuries before its collapse in the early 1900s.
demise
growth
victory
purpose
Use Glossary and/or p554-575 - A country may occupy lands it captured during wartime.
cultivate
develop
inhabit
exit
Use Glossary and/or p554-575 - The Arabic language is the most widespread language spoken in SWANA.
visible
ancient
misunderstood
common
