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North Africa   
 * What is the major culture of North Africa? **

**The major culture of North Africa is Islam. The major religion is Islam because almost 95% of North Africa’s people are Muslim. Islam, like most religions believe in a god or savior. Islam’s believe in //Allah// which is the Arabic word for god. In most religions, god set down 10 commandments which all people were to follow forever. In Islam’s religion, Muslims are to follow the 5 pillars of Islam. Also, instead of a bible, Islam’s have a sacred book called the Quran or “The guide to life.” It prohibits or forbids most horrible acts (i.e, alcohol, lying, steeling, ect.) The Muslims way of law is also based on the book. **

 This is the Quran or “The guide to life” I chose this image because it is the main part of Islams religion. This image was found at http://groups.google.com/group/PZSDFTP/web/pzsdftp-2nd-page

All information on the pargraph above can be found in the __//Prentice hall world exploer: Africa geography text book.//__


 * What affects does the western culture have on North Africa? **
 * Western Africa has been affecting North Africa by how people are using Western culture and almost being exactly like them. They even wear the same type of clothes. Some Muslims are getting worried that their culture and traditions will lose their culture. Also the North African people are trading a lot with West Africa. But in if I were Muslim in North Africa I would be scared to because they are losing everything they have known to believe in. I mean if I was in North Africa and I lived there I would want to be different. So in my opinion I think they should diversify to become different. **

 I choose this picture because it shows some of the Muslim people in Africa standing in front of their town. The picture also shows how the people are stilling wearing original Muslim clothes and how they are preserving their culture. http://www.bayflicks.net/moolaade.jpg

**There are many influences form the Islam’s. One of them is that most North African’s ** **support the Islamic culture; over 95% of North African’s practice Muslim, which is an Islamic practice. The Muslim culture is when they believe that there is only one God, and there God’s name is “Allah” which is the Arabic word for God they also believe that the Five Pillars of Islam tell the story of it. This book is the guide to the basic Muslim life; it tells them how to live their lives. This is just one of the ways that the Islam’s influence North African culture.**  This picture is of the current flag of Islam. I chose this picture because it shows a piece of their culture.
 * What is the influence of the Islam’s?** 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Bosnian_Muslim_Flag.svg/800px-Bosnian_Muslim_Flag.svg.png

**Culture: Culture is the way of life of a group of people who share similar believes and customs. ****<span style="COLOR: #c00000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Iskoola Pota','serif'">Diversity: To change or add variety to. **
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 * Sources: Africa text book.** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #993300; FONT-FAMILY: 'Iskoola Pota','serif'">**Eastern Hemisphere (text book)**

How has culture changed in North Africa? The culture of North Africa has changed in many ways. Culture spreads when people travel. As they travel they bring their culture, religion, customs, and ideas. The travels also pick up new customs and ideas. Because of this, ideas spread from one place to another. Since north Africa is very close to Asia and Europe it was a great place to trade. These traders bring their customs and ideas too. Another way culture spreads is by conquest. North Africa is home to one of the oldest civilizations- Ancient Egypt. These Egyptians traded with Europe. These traders were croqueted which spread a lot of culture. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 28pt; COLOR: red; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Iskoola Pota','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Vocab word: Cultural diffusion: The movement of customs and ideas.