Main Ideas

1) What form of government did ancient Egypt have?

•  the pharaoh ruled-- monarchy 

2) What practices did the ancient world acquire from Egypt?

• Medicine, geometry to set up boundaries in farming

3) How did Muslims gain control of North Africa?

• military conquest

4) What countries make up North Africa?

• Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, and Tunisia

5) How has North Africa's economic base evolved?

• it started from agriculture to now present day oil

6) Why has the oil industry failed to benefit local workers?

• Their lack of training and education forces oil companies to hire foreign workers

7) How are prices set for products sold at souks?

• Bartering and haggling between buyer and seller; marketplaces

8) How has rai music changed since its beginnings?

• Rai has changed to a rebellion genre of music, rai was once a kind carefree and centered around topics for youth.

9) What was the traditional role for North African women?

• Stay at home, eat and pray apart from men

10) What gains have Tunisian women made outside the home?

• They hold professional jobs, sit in Parliament, and run businesses