Zusammenfassung der Ressource
North Africa
- Egypt
- Most of the population lives along the Nile or the Nile Delta
- Many rural people are migrating to the cities for jobs, schooling, and culture
- Egypt's overpopulation growth is outstripping their food supply
- Egyptian farmers are both helped and hindered by the flooding of the Nile
- Desert regions lie to the east and west of the Nile Valley
- The desert regions of Egypt contain natural resources such as phosphates and oil
- Egypt's main exports are oil and petroleum products
- Egypt's limited number of skilled workers has limited the growth of Egyptian industries
- Egyptian nationalists have fought European countries for control of the Suez Canal
- Libia and the Maghreb
- North Africa's culture is a blend of African, Arab, and European influences
- The Berbers were the original inhabitants of North Africa
- The North African countries west of Egypt are called the Maghreb
- The Tuareg are a nomadic group of the southwest Sahara