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| What is the major climate region of North Africa and the Middle East? |
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| What main country is on the Anatolian Peninsula? |
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| Where is N. Africa and Middles East located? |
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| North Africa and the Middle East is a region south ans east of the Mediterranean Sea and North oand West of the Arabian Peninsula |
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| Why is seawater bad for drinking? |
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| The artificial watering of crops |
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| How many years separate the start of the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt and the start of the Kingdom of Mali? |
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The 365 calendar is an example of an achievement of the Nile River Valley Civilizations |
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Egypt is concsidered the "Gift of the Nile" |
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| What 2 rivers formed the "Fertile Crescent" of Ancient Mesopotamia? |
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| What does OPEC stand for? |
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| Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
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| The Phoenician alphabet helped traders and sailors in what way? |
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| Easier communication and faster writing |
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| True or False: Members of Islam, the Middle East's predominant religion would most likely make a pilgrimage to Mecca. |
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| A muezzin is an important person for which religion? |
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| What is a common factor in the daily lives of Arab city dwellers and nomadic Bedouin peoples? |
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| What religion has the largest number of followers in the world? |
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| The Suez Canal is a passageway that links which two bodies of water? |
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| Red Sea & Meditteranean Sea |
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