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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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