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Section 1: Natural Environments Section 2: History and Culture Section 3: The Region Today

CHAPTER 21. North Africa. Section 1: Natural Environments Section 2: History and Culture Section 3: The Region Today. SECTION 1. Natural Environments. Question: What factors affect the climate of North Africa?. SECTION 1. Factors Affecting North African Climate. Natural Environments.

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Section 1: Natural Environments Section 2: History and Culture Section 3: The Region Today

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  1. CHAPTER 21 North Africa Section 1:Natural Environments Section 2:History and Culture Section 3:The Region Today

  2. SECTION 1 Natural Environments Question: What factors affect the climate of North Africa?

  3. SECTION 1 Factors Affecting North African Climate Natural Environments Causes Effects • Atlas Mountains • rain shadow • rain shadow • arid climate • harmattan • sandstorms • subtropical high-pressure system

  4. SECTION 2 History and Culture Question: What languages, religions, peoples, and types of clothing are found in North Africa?

  5. SECTION 2 Peoples mostly Arab and Arab-Berber, some Bedouins Religionsmostly Muslim, some Christians and Jews North African Culture Languages mostly Arabic, also Berber, French, Italian, English Clothingcaftans, hooded robes, gallibiya History and Culture

  6. SECTION 3 The Region Today Question: What political and environmental issues currently exist in North Africa?

  7. SECTION 3 Issues in North Africa The Region Today Political political unrest; clashes between government and religious groups; civil war in Algeria; clashes between Libyan government and United States Environmental desertification; pollution from oil refining; polluted water supplies; fertilizer pollution in the Nile; Nile Delta shrinking

  8. CHAPTER 21 Chapter Wrap-Up 1. How have wind and water shaped important physical features of the Sahara? 2. Why are plants and animals in Egypt limited mostly to areas along the Nile Valley and Delta? 3. Which ethnic group makes up the majority of North Africa’s population? When did this ethnic grip first move into North Africa? 4. What is the main religion of North Africa? What are two minority religions there? 5. Why have many people in the region left to find work elsewhere? What has made the problem worse?

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