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Africa-North
Holt Chapter 20
Term | Definition |
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Sahara | a vast desert that lies in the south of North Africa |
Nile River | a 4,000 mile body of water that flows northward |
silt | finely ground fertile soil that is good for growing crops |
Suez Canal | a narrow waterway built by the French in the 1860s that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea |
oasis | a wet, fertile area in a desert where a natural spring or well provides water |
Atlas | mountain range located on the northwestern side of the Sahara near the Mediterranean coast |
impact | effect, result |
Alexandria | a city founded in Egypt in 332 BCE by a famous Macedonian king |
Berbers | an ethnic group who are native to North Africa and speak a common language |
Cairo | Egypt's capital city that is located in the Nile Delta |
Maghreb | means "west" and refers to Western Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco |
souks | large marketplaces |
free port | a city in which almost no taxes are placed on goods sold there |
dictator | someone who rules a country with complete power |
fellahin | rural Egyptian farmers |