Unit 1: Dealing with Natural Disaster (Vocabulary + Reading)

1.________ (n) a sudden accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life

2.________ (n) the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals

3.________ (n) an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation.

4.________ (n) the practice of supplying land with water so that crops and plants will grow

5.________ (n) an overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land

6.________ (n) a violent tropical storm in which strong winds move in a circle

7.________ (n) the possibility that someone or something will be harmed, destroyed, or killed

8.________ (v) to cause physical harm to something or someone, or have a bad effect on them

9.________ (n) a single person considered separately from a group

10.________ (n) the system according to which the money, industry, and trade of a country or region are organized