iii. egypt today. a. suez canal suez canal – links the red sea with the mediterranean sea...
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III. Egypt TodayIII. Egypt Today
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A. Suez Canal
• Suez Canal – Links the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea
• Expensive project that put Egypt in great debt
• Very beneficial to Egypt’s economy today
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Part of Suez Canal
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B. Controlling the Nile• Aswan High Dam – Opened in
1971, to control the flooding of the Nile River
• Gives farmers a dependable water supply
• Allows farmers to farm all year round and harvest 3 to 4 crops a year
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Want to go Swimming?
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• River no longer floods and leaves behind deposits of rich soil
• Forces farmers to use fertilizer that pollutes the water
• Tradeoff – An exchange of one benefit for another
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C. Search for Peace
• Egypt became the first Arab state to sign a peace treaty with Israel in 1979
• Muslim Brotherhood – Group that wants Egypt to be ruled by Islamic law
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D. Land and People
• Egypt is the largest populated country in the region – 70 million people
• 99% - Of Egypt’s population live along the Nile delta
• Delta – Land formed from the soil deposited at the mouth of a river
• Fellahin – Peasant farmers that make up most of Egypt’s population
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Cotton Farming in Egypt
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E. Cairo• Cairo – Africa’s largest city and the
capital of Egypt• Home to more than 12 million people • Is very overcrowded and polluted • Has one of the highest birthrates in
the world • Population doubles every 31 years
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