| A | B |
|---|
| Longest river in the world | Nile |
| Major language of Arabia | Arabic |
| small islands | Bahrain |
| Holy day | Friday |
| finely ground soil good for crops | silt |
| looks like small pellets of pasta | couscous |
| Most north Africans are | Muslim |
| religious and political leader | caliph |
| largest country in Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia |
| major part of Saud Arabia's economy | oil |
| popular Egyptian dish made from fava beans | fuul |
| fiery hot sauce | harissa |
| pictures or symbols that stand for ideas or words | hieroglyphs |
| gravel plains | regs |
| sand dunes | ergs |
| world's highest temperature | 136 degrees |
| narrow routes that ships mus pass through | choke points |
| opened in 1869 | Suez Canal |
| Egyptian farmers | fellahin |
| North Africa's most populous country | Egypt |
| Egypt's capital and largest city | Cairo |
| old district that is a fortress | Casbah |
| city with almost no taxes | free port |
