Nomads~+North

= = North Africa

Question: How do nomads collect water to drink in the middle of the desert? To get water nomads have to know where the oases are and follow the same trail because it is easier to remember. Water is scarce so the oases are an amazing thing to find. Many nomads know about how much water they will need for the journey and bring as much along as they can. Unlike us nomads are adapted to living with less water. Oases are like a gas station. Just in case.

== **[|www.photoatlas.com/ pics01/pictures_of_algeria...]** Questions: // How has Islam united the North African people? // Islam is the unifying force of North Africa. Islam is all over North Africa Egypt, Libya, Algeria and Morocco. These people have different traditions and ways of life but Islam is a norm between them. Another common between them is Arabic. Arabic is the language that most in this area who practice Islam. Although most in North Africa speak Arabic some speak a language called Berber. Berber is also the name of the ethnicity of the people who speak Berber. There are many different traditions in Islam but these traditions are change in certain places with the modern ways of things moving in, although one thing that is not changing is the practice of Islam in North Africa.



//How do people in North Africa make a living?// Most people in North Africa live in small villages in rugged rural areas. They make their living by herding and farming. Most areas of North Africa are used by nomads for herding their camels, goats, sheep and cattle to new pastures. Some North Africans who live in areas with fertile soil and enough rain, along the northern edge of the continent, raise cash crops to sell. Some North Africans live in cities and work at traditional crafts, others are architects, engineers, scientists and bankers.



//What is// the influence of //Islam?// Islam is the religion of most North Africans. 95% of North Africans are Islam, these people are called Muslims. Muslims believe in God and that Muhammad was God's final messenger and other people were also God's messengers and they were Muslims. The Muslims duties were Decloration of Faith, Prayer, Almsgiving, Fasting, and Pilgrimage. [http://www.podroze.strefa.pl/zdj/135.jpg|http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.2goglobal.com/2GoChronicals/2%2520Go%2520Photos/Europe/Spain/market_street.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.2goglobal.com/2GoChronicals/2%2520Go%2520Photos/Europe/Spain/2_go_morocco_photos.htm&h=265&w=344&sz=20&hl=en&start=8&um=1&tbnid=9MmMuRbX9o-ZKM:&tbnh=92&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpeople%2Bof%2BIslam%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN http://www.podroze.strefa.pl/zdj/135.jpg

[|**www.onlycruisestravel.com/ north_africa.htm**] Definitions: cultural diffusion: The movement of customs and ideas spread from one area to another.

irrigation: To transport water through troughs from a nearby water source to water crops

bazaar: a traditional open-air market with rows of shops or stalls.

nomad: a person that constantly moves for a living, also hunts, traids, and gathers herds of animals.

Thanks to: Eastern Hemisphere World Geography book.