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100

What important resource lies beneath the desert of Saudi Arabia? 

a) gold 

b) diamonds 

c) oil

d) silver

c) oil

100

fuel, such as oil, natural gas, and coal, formed in the earth from the remains of living things

fossil fuel

100

Patagonia is in which country? 

a) Brazil 

b) Argentina

c) Mexico 

d) Cuba

b) Argentina

100

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

100

. either of two halves of Earth

hemisphere

200

a wide, flat area of land, often higher than surrounding land; a plateau

tableland

200

dark gray or black volcanic rock that looks like glass

basalt

200

Where is the Mojave Desert? 

a) Argentina 

b) Australia 

c) Mexico 

d) United States

d) United States

200

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.

200

Death Valley is in which desert? 

a) Gobi 

b) Sonoran 

c) Chihuahuan 

d) Mojave

d) Mojave

300

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.

300

Which desert extends from Mexico into Texas and New Mexico? 

a) Patagonia 

b) Chihuahuan

c) Gobi

d) Kalahar

b) Chihuahuan

300

a piece of land sticking out into a body of water, so that it is almost surrounded by water

penninsula

300

Climatologists consider this desert the driest place on Earth. 

a) Atacama

b) Patagonia 

c) Sonoran 

d) Gobi

a) Atacama

300

a type of plant with pointed leaves, a long stem, and white flowers that grows in dry areas

yucca

400

On what continent is the Gobi Desert? 

a) Europe 

b) Africa 

c) South America 

d) Asia

d) Asia

400

a crack or split in Earth’s crust along which movement takes place

fault line

400

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.

400

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.

400

the landforms of a piece of land

terrain

500

a building from which scientists watch and study the sky

observatory

500

The Gobi is surrounded by 

a) mountains.

b) oases. 

c) rivers. 

d) cliffs.

a) mountains.

500

rock formed by magma, or melted rock, that has reached Earth’s surface and cooled

lava rock 

500

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.

500

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