Africa
Australia
Asia
North America
South America
100
Is the Sahara Desert in Northern or Southern Africa?
Northern
100
What is the main marsupial of Australia?
Kangaroo
100
What land-forms surrounds the Gobi?
Mountains
100
Where is the Mojave Desert?
California and Nevada
100
Where is the Patagonia?
Argentina
200
Is the Kalahari Desert in Eastern or Southern Africa?
Southern
200
What is the name of the native people of Australia?
Aborigines
200
What is the name of this land-form?
Arabian Peninsula
200
Where is Death Valley?
The Mojave Desert
200
______ in the Patagonia is June through September because it is in the Southern Hemisphere.
Winter
300
Describe the landscape of the Sahara
It has rocky mountains, salt flats, gravel plains, and sand seas.
300
What is the Outback? What kind of land is it?
The Outback is the interior of Australia, it is mostly desert.
300
What is the most valuable resource that lies beneath the deserts of Saudi Arabia?
Oil
300
Where is the Devil's Highway located?
The Sonoran Desert
300
Climatologists consider what desert to be the driest in the world?
Atacama Desert
400
What is another nickname for the San People?
Bush People
400
What is a billabong?
It is a dry stream-bed that fills with water when it rains.
400
What two countries is the Gobi Desert located in?
China and Mongolia
400
What desert extends from Mexico to Texas and New Mexico?
The Chihuahuan Desert
400
What is the Chihahuan Desert known for?
It's white sands
500
How is the Kalahari different from the Sahara?
It gets more rainfall and has more vegetation and wildlife than the Sahara. It is also smaller than the Sahara.
500
How did song-lines help Aborigines survive in the desert?
The songs guided Aborigines to food and water.
500
What is the Gobi most famous for? What can you find in the Gobi?
Fossils
500
How was Death Valley formed?
It was formed between two fault lines
500
What did Europeans introduce to South America as they passed through?
Horses