North Africa Flashcards
What is Sahara?
A vast desert
What is the Nile River?
The world longest river
What is a slit?
Finely ground fertile soil that is good for growing crops
What is the Suez Canal?
A Canal between the Sinai and the rest of Egypt
What is an oasis?
Is a wet, fertile area in a desert where natural spring or well provides water
What is Alexandria?
A city in ancient Egypt
Who were the barbers?
An ethnic group who ate native to North Africa and speak Berber languages
What is the Niger River?
The most important river in West Africa
What is the mean of zonal?
Organized by zones
What is Sahel?
A strip of land that divides the desert from wetter areas
What is the desertification?
Spread of desertlike conditions
What is the savanna?
An area of tall grasses and scattered trees and shurbs
What is Timbuktu
A city that was a cultural center
What is animism?
Is the belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits
What is an extended family?
Includes the father, mother, children, and close relatives in one house hold
