Vocabulary 23 Quiz

to happen in the same place and at the same time

• coincide

• unique

• reverse

• restrain

• virtually

being the only one; without a like or an equal; distinctive; unlike anything else

• coincide

• unique

• reverse

• restrain

• virtually

the opposite

• coincide

• unique

• reverse

• restrain

• virtually

to hold down or back; to limit

• coincide

• unique

• reverse

• restrain

• virtually

almost; nearly

• coincide

• unique

• reverse

• restrain

• virtually

a refugee within his or her own country

• delta

• internally displaced person

• groundwater

• monsoon

fuel created from living matter, such as trees

• biofuel

• rain shadow

• shifting cultivation

• alluvial plain

a steep cliff or slope between a higher and lower land surface

• subcontinent

• monsoon

• escarpment

• urbanization

a triangular-shaped area of silt and sediment deposit found at the mouth of a river

• tsunami

• groundwater

• delta

• Mediterranean climate

a climate marked by warm, dry summers and cool but not cold winters

• Mediterranean climate

• monsoon

• escarpment

• rain shadow