| A | B |
|---|
| silt | small particles of rich soil |
| oasis | a fertile or green area in a desert |
| phosphate | mineral salt used in fertilizers |
| republic | strong national government headed by elected leaders |
| fellahin | farmers in Egypt who live in villages and work on small plots of land that they rent from land owners |
| bazaar | marketplace |
| service industries | business that provides services to people instead of producing goods |
| mosque | place of worship for followers of Islam |
| aquifer | underground rock layer that water flows through |
| dictatorship | government under the control of one all-powerful leader |
| erg | huge area of sifting sand dunes in the Sahara |
| civil war | fight among different groups within a country |
| secular | nonreligious |
| casbah | older section of Algerian cities |
| constitutional monarchy | government in which a king or queen is the official head of state, but elected officials run the government |
