Show:
Africa
Southwest Asia
South Asia
East Asia
Southeast Asia
200
carved boxes containing the skulls and bones of deceased ancestors, created by the Fang, who live in Gabon, southern Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea.
What is fang sculpture
200
a landlocked salt lake between Israel and Jordan that is so salty that almost nothing can live in its waters
What is dead sea
200
land that is rich farmland, composed of clay, silt, sand, or gravel deposited by running water
What is alluvial plain
200
the longest river in Asia
What is chang jiang
200
the group of islands in the pacific, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia
What is oceania
300
a state founded in the 15th century by a man named Mutota
What is mutapa empire
300
petroleum that has not been processed
What is crude oil
300
set of closely grouped islands
What is archipelago
300
a tropical storm, like a hurricane, that occurs in the western Pacific
What is typhoon
300
pacific islands created by volcanoes
What is high island
400
a city established in what is now Zimbabwe by the Shona
What is great zimbabwe
400
the removal of salt from ocean water
What is desalinization
400
ringlike coral island or string of small islands surrounding a lagoon
What is atoll
400
a desert located in northern China and southeast Mongolia
What is Gobi Desert
400
pacific islands made by coral reefs
What is low islands
500
a policy of complete separation of the races
What is apartheid
500
the practice of using small pipes that slowly drip water just above ground to conserve water to use for crops
What is drip irrigation
500
a violent storm with fierce winds and heavy rain
What is cyclone
500
an industrial compound that accumulates in animal tissue and can cause harmful affects and birth defects
What is PCBs
500
1,250 mile chain of more than 2,500 reefs and islands along Australia's northeast coast
What is Great Barrier Reef