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Numidia: Location and History Overview

Numidia was an ancient Berber kingdom located in northern Africa. It was situated on the eastern border of modern-day Algeria, bordered by Roman provinces and the Sahara desert. The Numidians were divided into two groups, the Massyli and Massaesyli, and were pastoral nomads and traders who did business with the Carthaginians. After Carthage was destroyed, thousands of Carthaginians fled to Numidia. The kingdom was later unified under the rule of King Massinissa.

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Numidia: Location and History Overview

Numidia was an ancient Berber kingdom located in northern Africa. It was situated on the eastern border of modern-day Algeria, bordered by Roman provinces and the Sahara desert. The Numidians were divided into two groups, the Massyli and Massaesyli, and were pastoral nomads and traders who did business with the Carthaginians. After Carthage was destroyed, thousands of Carthaginians fled to Numidia. The kingdom was later unified under the rule of King Massinissa.

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Numidia

Part one: Reading


I- Comprehension / Interpretation
1) Circling the letter that corresponds to the right answer. (1pts)
The text is: b- a web article
2) True or false statements (1.5pts)
a- F b- T c- F
3) the underlined words and their references (1pts)
a- Who §1= the Carthaginians b- He §3 = Massinissa
4) Answering the following questions according to the text. (3pts)
a- It was situated (located) on the eastern border of modern day Algeria, bordered by the
Roman province of Mauritania to the west, the Roman province of Africa to the east, the
Mediterranean sea to the North and the Sahara Desert to the south.
b- The Massyli in eastern Numidia, and the Massaesyli in the west.
c- The Numidians were traders and pastoralists.
5) ‘the Numidians made business with the Carthaginians‘ is mentioned in paragraph 02
(0.5pts)
Text Exploration
1) Finding in the text words that are synonyms to the following. (1pts)
a- small communities §2 = tribes b- to govern §3= to rule
2) Completing the following table (3pts)
verb noun adjective
succeed success successful
unify unification unified
die death dead

3) Connecting pair of sentences with one of the words given. (0.5pts)


a- Providing that we learn more about Algeria, we will discover our
history.
b- After Carthage was destroyed, thousands of Carthaginians escaped to
Numidia.
4) Fill in the gaps with words from the list. (1pts)
1-Massinissa 2-educated 3-commander 4-Carthaginian
5) Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of the final ''ed'' (2.5pts)
/d/ remained conceived /t/ hoped /id/ divided located
Topic 1: Form(3pts)

Content(2pts)

Topic 2: Form (2.5pts)

Content(2.5pts)

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