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largest desert in the world
What is Sahara?
100
an area in the desert where vegetation is found because water is available
What is oasis?
100
a large landmass that is smaller than a continent
What is subcontinent?
100
a tropical storm that occurs in the western Pacific
What is typhoon?
100
a set of closely grouped islands, which sometimes form a curved arc
What is archipelago?
200
An expansion of dry conditions into moist areas that are next to deserts.
What is desertification?
200
the removal of salt form ocean water
What is desalinization?
200
a wind system that blows form the southwest across the Indian Ocean toward South Asia from June through September
What is summer monsoon?
200
a method of solid waste disposal in which refuse is buried between layers of dirt to fill in or reclaim low-lying ground
What is Landfill?
200
is often called the world's largest coral reef
What is Great Barrier Reef?
300
An uncontrollable outbreak of a disease affecting a large population over a wide geographic area.
What is pandemic?
300
a strip of land on the west side of the Jordan River
What is West Bank?
300
a wind system that blows from the northeast across the Himalayas toward the sea from October through February
What is winter monsoon?
300
the kingdoms formed in the peninsula of Korea by A.D. 300-Koguryo in the northeast, Paekche in the southwest, and Silla in the southeast
What is three kingdoms?
300
the site of U.S. atomic-weapons tests
What is Bikini Atoll?
400
one of the great cities of ancient Africa
What is Carthage?
400
a territory along the Mediterranean Sea just northeast of the Sinai Peninsula
What is Gaza Strip?
400
a violent storm with fierce winds and heavy rain
What is cyclone?
400
a professional soldier in Japan who served the interests of landowners and clan chiefs
What is samurai?
400
a ringlike coral island or string of small islands surrounding a lagoon
What is atoll?