Desert Geography Quiz

A mound or ridge of sand formed by wind

• nomad

• wadi

• hieroglyphics

• kibbutz

• dune

Desert streambed that is dry except for when it rains

• hieroglyphics

• wadi

• nomad

• kibbutz

• dune

An underground canal first built by the ancient Persians

• kibbutz

• qanat

• hieroglyphics

• nomad

• wadi

One whose way of life is to move from place to place

• dune

• wadi

• kibbutz

• hieroglyphics

• nomad

System of writing in ancient Egypt

• nomad

• kibbutz

• wadi

• dune

• hieroglyphics

A communal farm or settlement

• hieroglyphics

• kibbutz

• wadi

• nomad

• dune

A center from which cultures develop and spread

• culture hearth

• domesticate

• sheikdom

• ziggurats

• choke point

A strategic, narrow waterway between two larger bodies of water

• domesticate

• sheikdom

• culture hearth

• choke point

• ziggurats

A large temple built by the Sumerians

• choke point

• culture hearth

• ziggurats

• domesticate

• sheikdom

To adapt plants and animals from the wild for human use

• choke point

• sheikdom

• culture hearth

• domesticate

• ziggurats