The test for our class is on Monday, March 7, 2011. So today in class we finished up reviewing everything we need to know for our test.
We mainly talked about what drives Egypt's economy. This includes tourism, oil, natural gas and manufacturing. With agriculture, the Egyptians were making the most of their arable land (3%) by producing cotton, rice, wheat, and fava beans. The dam controlled the flooding of the Nile and increased the amount of reclaimed land. The old pattern of dealing with the Nile (inundation), peret (land emerges from the flood), and shomu (water is short) has changed since the 1970 building of the Aswan High Dam.
Egypt has 79 million people; biggest population of Middle Eastern nations. It's also the 3rd biggest African country behind Nigeria and Ethiopia. Their official language is Arabic and 90% of the people are Muslim but most of the rest are Christian. Egypt is ranked 12th in religious violence; 5th worst for religious freedom.
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