| A | B |
| Algeria | Algiers, capital |
| Morocco | Rabat, capital |
| Egypt | Cairo, capital |
| tunisia | Tunis, capital |
| water between Egypt from Saudi Arabia | Red Sea |
| What desert is there | Sahara Desert |
| What mountain ranges | Ahaggar Mts |
| dune | Hill made of shifting sand |
| oasis | an area of land that is part o in the desert with enough freshwater to grow crop or sustain lifef a country but no officially |
| aquifer | an underground water source |
| sirocco | a hot, dusty summer wind that sweeps northwest from the Sahara |
| underemployment | When a person trained for one job must accept another job that often pays less and requires fewer skills |
| nomad | a person who moves from place to place |
| shifting agriculture | farmers use a field for a few years, then move to a different field |
| permanent agriculture | farmers use chemicals on the same field each year |
| pastoralism | combining farming crops and animals |
| The gift of the Nile | Egypt |
| Nile River empties | the Mediterranean Sea90% |
| 90% of the people | follow Islam |
| holy book of Islam | Koran |
| light skinned people of North Africa | Berbers |
| common language | Arabic |
| largest city in Africa | Cairo, Egypt |
| Five Pillars - one is | god is Allah, Muhammad is his prophet |
| Five Pillars - two is | pray five times a day |
| Five Pillars - three is | give alms to the poor |
| Five Pillars - fourth is | must observe the month of Ramadan |
| Five Pillars - fifth is | make a trip to Mecca |
| Five Pillars of Faith | in the Koran list the duties |
| largest problem | poverty |