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What important resource lies beneath the desert of Saudi Arabia?
a) gold
b) diamonds
c) oil
d) silver
c) oil
fuel, such as oil, natural gas, and coal, formed in the earth from the remains of living things
fossil fuel
Patagonia is in which country?
a) Brazil
b) Argentina
c) Mexico
d) Cuba
b) Argentina
Which is not true of Death Valley?
a) It was formed between two fault lines.
b) It has the lowest elevation in the Western Hemisphere.
c) It boasts the highest recorded temperature in the United States.
d) It has never been a busy area
d) It has never been a busy area
. either of two halves of Earth
hemisphere
a wide, flat area of land, often higher than surrounding land; a plateau
tableland
dark gray or black volcanic rock that looks like glass
basalt
Where is the Mojave Desert?
a) Argentina
b) Australia
c) Mexico
d) United States
d) United States
As Europeans arrived in Patagonia, they
a) introduced horses to the region.
b) contracted many of the diseases of the Tehuelche.
c) were overwhelmed by the abundance of guanaco and rhea.
d) honored their agreements with the inhabitants not to take their land.
a) introduced horses to the region.
Death Valley is in which desert?
a) Gobi
b) Sonoran
c) Chihuahuan
d) Mojave
d) Mojave
The Gobi is famous for
a) being so sandy.
b) being at a low elevation.
c) having so many fossils.
d) having so many different animals
c) having so many fossils.
Which desert extends from Mexico into Texas and New Mexico?
a) Patagonia
b) Chihuahuan
c) Gobi
d) Kalahar
b) Chihuahuan
a piece of land sticking out into a body of water, so that it is almost surrounded by water
penninsula
Climatologists consider this desert the driest place on Earth.
a) Atacama
b) Patagonia
c) Sonoran
d) Gobi
a) Atacama
a type of plant with pointed leaves, a long stem, and white flowers that grows in dry areas
yucca
On what continent is the Gobi Desert?
a) Europe
b) Africa
c) South America
d) Asia
d) Asia
a crack or split in Earth’s crust along which movement takes place
fault line
The Gobi covers
a) all of Mongolia.
b) most of Mongolia and part of northern China.
c) all of southern China.
d) Saudi Arabia.
b) most of Mongolia and part of northern China.
Why is winter in Patagonia from June through September?
a) Patagonia is on the equator.
b) Patagonia is in the Southern Hemisphere.
c) Patagonia is east of the international date line.
d) The Tehuelche named the seasons this way
b) Patagonia is in the Southern Hemisphere.
the landforms of a piece of land
terrain
a building from which scientists watch and study the sky
observatory
The Gobi is surrounded by
a) mountains.
b) oases.
c) rivers.
d) cliffs.
a) mountains.
rock formed by magma, or melted rock, that has reached Earth’s surface and cooled
lava rock
The northernmost end of the Arabian Peninsula connects
a) North and South America.
b) Africa and Asia.
c) Asia and Europe.
d) Africa and Europe.
b) Africa and Asia.
Where is the Devil’s Highway located?
a) the Atacama Desert
b) the Mojave Desert
c) the Chihuahuan Desert
d) the Sonoran Desert
d) the Sonoran Desert