7th grade Ch. 8 test

A treeless zone found near the Arctic Circle or at high mountain elevations is called.

• Steppe

• Permafrost

• Taiga

• Tundra

A zone of coniferous forest is called..

• Taiga

• Permafrost

• Steppe

• Tundra

Layer of permanently frozen ground that lies beneath the surface soil and rocks is called

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Permafrost

• Steppe

Dry grasslands are called

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Permafrost

• Steppe

Trees that shed their leaves in Autumn are called _______ trees.

• Coniferous

• Seasonal

• Deciduous

• Pine

People whose lives are based on herding animals are called ____________.

• Hunters

• Pastoral

• Gatherers

• Nomads

What are large government run farms called?

• Plantations

• Collectives

• Gulag

• Ranch

To supply land with water through ditches and pipes is called.

• top soiling

• irrigation

• smelting

• collective

A green area by a water source in a dry region is called an

• yurt

• oasis

• homogeneous

• collective

Which word means of the same kind?

• yurts

• oasis

• homogeneous

• pastoral