| 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 landowners. |
| Bazaar | Marketplace. |
| Service Industries | Business that provides services to people instead of producing goods. |
| Mosque | Place of worship for followers of Islam. |
| Aquifier | Underground rock layer that water flows through. |
| Dictatorship | Government under the control of one all-powerful leader. |
| Erg | Huge area of shifting 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. |
