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Chapter 21
Hayden: North Africa
Question | Answer |
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Erg | A sea of sand created by high shifting sand dunes |
Reg | a gravel covered plain or desert area |
Depression | A large low area |
Wadi | Dry streambeds that fill with water only after a rainfall |
Berbers | A cultural group living in North Africa who pre-date the Arabs |
silt | Finely ground, fertile soil |
pharaohs | Kings of Egypt who were seen as gods and had complete power over Egyptians |
hieroglyphs | Egyptian writing system that used pictures and symbols |
freeport | Port where almost no taxes are placed on goods unloaded there |
fellahin | peasant farmers of Egypt |
harmattan | A hot, dry wind that sweeps southward across the Sahara desert |