Andes - Adaptations
Sahara - Physical
Islands - Physical
Andes - Physical
Sahara/Islands - Adaptations
100
The process of creating flat land for the purpose of farming along the sides of a mountain.
Terracing.
100
How large is the Sahara?
Approximately 3.5 million square miles.
100
The three major types of islands in the South Pacific.
What are volcanic, atoll, and continental islands?
100
The Andes run through how many SOUTH AMERICAN countries?
Seven.
100
Goods grown in the Sahel designed to be sold instead of consumed by farmers.
What are cash crops?
200
The exchange of goods across zones of the Andes
What is vertical trade
200
What are the three main types of landforms in the Sahara?
Ergs, regs, and hamadas
200
This affects every aspect of life in the Pacific.
The ocean.
200
How long, in miles, are the Andes Mountains?
4,500 miles.
200
Relying on the ocean, its resources, and the climate, residents of the South Pacific islands work mainly in these two industries.
Fishing and tourism.
300
A body of water across which trade can be completed.
What is a navigable lake
300
The Sahara and the Sahel cover all or part of how many African countries?
15
300
This climate exists on islands in warm equatorial waters.
Tropical Wet climate.
300
What is the name used for the smaller groups of mountains that make up the Andes?
Cordilleras.
300
This is a facility that removes salt from seawater, producing some amounts of air and water pollution.
What is a desalinization plant?
400
Large estates made of brick or plaster covered with tile roofs
Haciendas
400
How long was the drought of 1968 in the Sahel?
6 years.
400
The two parts of Tahiti are connected by this type of landform.
An isthmus.
400
This is a native grain grown at the high elevations of the Andes.
Quinoa.
400
Cash crops are needed to survive in the Sahel, yet they contribute to this process, which threatens the long term life of the Sahel itself.
Desertification.
500
Indigenous peoples of the Andes living largely in tierra fria
Who are the Quechua
500
What moves across northern Africa that helps to keep the Sahara dry and cloudless?
Trade winds.
500
This is a mineral from which a valuable metal can be mined.
What is an ore?
500
This is the division of land into zones based on elevation.
Altitudinal zonation.
500
Residents of the Sahel have adopted many changes in their lives to combat deforestation - including using this to provide heat to cook their food.
Coal.
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