Physical Features
Movement
Land (Plus Bonus Questions!)
Harmful Things
Things That Affect the Sahara
100
What is the usually dry bed of a stream or river in a semiarid or desert area called?
A wadi
100
What is it called when you buy, make, or sell services or goods?
Economic Activities
100
What is the Sahara?
A desert
100
When there is an unusually long period when no rain falls.
Drought
100
Moisture that falls from the sky (rain, snow, sleet) is an example of __________.
Precipitation
200
A secluded spot where water is found in a desert is called ___________.
An oasis
200
To change your life to suit new conditions is called ________.
Adaptation
200
What is a crop grown to be sold, rather than eaten by the farmer and their family?
Cash Crop
200
What is it called when the Earth's surface starts to wear away by wind, ice, water, etc?
Erosion
200
The midwest is a type of _______.
Region
300
What is a tall, rock-covered flatland in the Sahara Desert called?
A hammada
300
_________ is the making or putting to use of tools to meet your needs.
Technology
300
Land that is not suited for growing crops is called ________.:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gobi-desert-1145781401-67b3c5c7e4004f40b0b59f59d2635976.jpg)
Marginal Land
300
___________ is when you clear or take out trees from a forest.
Deforestation
300
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Vegetation
400
What is a gravel-covered desert plain?
Reg
400
What are stable winds in tropical latitudes that gust wind from the north and south called?
Trade Winds
400
Highland is a type of _______.
Bonus Question!
A climate that is dry or lacking rainfall is called an ____ climate.
Climate, Arid (Bonus Question)
400
This is when land becomes more and more dry until it revolves into a desert.
Desertification
400
___________ is when a wall breaks the force of wind.
Windbreak
500
What is a lot of sand with high sand dunes in the Sahara Desert called?
An erg
500
When packs of herders move with their animals from place to place, searching for water and pasture.
Pastoral Nomads
500
What is any natural feature on the Earth's surface called?
Bonus Question!
A big area with a certain type of scenery is called ________.
A Landform, A Landscape (Bonus Question)
500
This is when you clear an area of farming for a few years.
Shifting Agriculture
500
The natural characteristic of Earth's surface (bodies of water, landforms).
Physical Feature