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World Deserts Unit Review

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 2hrs 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a desert?

a)

A place that is very hot

b)

A place that is very sandy

c)

A place that is very dry

d)

A place that is very empty

2.

What is one thing that both "hot" and "cold" deserts have in common?

a)

All the land is made of sand

b)

Underground water filters impurities from the sand

c)

There is a dramatic change between day and night temperatures

d)

Both get regular, predictable periods of rainfall

3.

What kind of plant is well adapted to living in the desert?

a)

Cactus

b)

Moss

c)

Elm Tree

d)

Prairie Grasses

4.

An example of a nocturnal desert animal is a

a)

Lizard

b)

Kangaroo

c)

Llama

d)

Camel

5.

When an animal or plant changes its behavior in reaction to its environment, it

a)

dies

b)

adapts

c)

grows

d)

regulates

6.

A desert location with plentiful drinking water is called

a)

an oasis

b)

a caravan

c)

an avalanche

d)

a dune

7.

Which river runs through the Sahara?

a)

The Amazon

b)

Rio Colorado

c)

The Nile

d)

Rio Grande

8.

The Sahara is known for

a)

the large dinosaur fossils that have been discovered there

b)

being the only place in the world that the Joshua tree is found

c)

Having no permanent water sources

d)

its extensive salt mines and camel caravans

9.

The Kalahari Desert

a)

has almost no plant or animal life

b)

is a game reserve with a variety of plants and wild animals

c)

is located in Asia

d)

is where Aborigines have lived for thousands of years

10.

In what bird's eggshells do the San store water?

a)

Owl

b)

Ostrich

c)

Chicken

d)

Penguin

11.

The Aborigines have survived in Australia because they

a)

adapted to their environment closely over thousands of years

b)

got help from the Europeans who arrived on their land

c)

Abandoned their traditional ways for more modern ones

d)

hunted roadrunners and guanaco

12.

What is the interior, mostly desert, part of Australia called?

a)

the Empty Quarter

b)

a tableland

c)

a billabong

d)

the Outback

13.

An animal with a pouch, such as a kangaroo, is called a

a)

mammal

b)

marsupial

c)

rodent

d)

carnivore

14.

What are songlines?

a)

the words to the Australian national anthem

b)

the sounds that ostriches make to warn of danger

c)

Aborigines' maps of their world that they pass on by word of mouth

d)

roads through the desert that wind whistles through

15.

According to Aborigine myth, what was "dreamtime?"

a)

a time to sleep

b)

a time after time

c)

a time to dream

d)

a time before time

16.

On what continent is the Gobi Desert?

a)

Europe

b)

Africa

c)

South America

d)

Asia

17.

The Gobi covers

a)

all of mongolia

b)

most of Mongolia and part of northern China

c)

all of southern China

d)

Saudi Arabia

18.

The Gobi is surrounded by

a)

mountains

b)

oases

c)

rivers

d)

cliffs

19.

The Gobi is famous for

a)

being so sandy

b)

being at a low elevation

c)

having so many fossils

d)

having so many different animals

20.

The northernmost end of the Arabian Peninsula connects

a)

North and South America

b)

Africa and Asia

c)

Asia and Europe

d)

Africa and Europe

21.

Climatologists consider this desert the driest place on Earth

a)

Atacama

b)

Patagonia

c)

Sonoran

d)

Gobi

22.

What important resource lies beneath the desert of Saudi Arabia?

a)

Gold

b)

Diamonds

c)

Oil

d)

Silver

23.

Where is the Mojave Desert?

a)

Argentina

b)

Australia

c)

Mexico

d)

United States

24.

Which is not true of Death Valley?

a)

It was formed between two fault lines

b)

It has the lowest elevation in the Western Hemisphere

c)

It boasts the highest recorded temperature in the United States

d)

It has never been a busy area

25.

Which desert extends from Mexico into Texas and New Mexico?

a)

Patagonia

b)

Chihuahuan

c)

Gobi

d)

Kalahari

26.

Where is the Devil's Highway located?

a)

the Atacama Desert

b)

the Mojave

c)

the Chihuahuan Desert

d)

the Sonoran Desert

27.

Death Valley is in which desert?

a)

Gobi

b)

Sonoran

c)

Chihuahuan

d)

Mojave

28.

Patagonia is in which country?

a)

Brazil

b)

Argentina

c)

Mexico

d)

Cuba

29.

Why is winter in Patagonia from June through September?

a)

Patagonia is on the equator

b)

Patagonia is in the Southern Hemisphere

c)

Patagonia is east of the international date line

d)

The Tehuelche named the seasons this way

30.

As Europeans arrived in Patagonia, they

a)

introduced horses to the region

b)

contracted many of the diseases of the Tehuelche

c)

were overwhelmed by the abundance of guanaco and rhea

d)

honored their agreements with the inhabitants not to take their land

31.

What is the largest desert?

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

Antarctica

c)

Gobi Desert

d)

the Outback

32.

____________ regions typically receive between ten and twenty inches of annual rainfall.

a)

Basin

b)

Desertification

c)

Oasis

d)

Semiarid

33.

Much of the state of Florida is surrounded on three sides by water, making it a ______________.

a)

Peninsula

b)

Tableland

c)

Riverbed

d)

Salt marsh

34.

The numbers that go across the center of the map from left to right indicate lines of _____________

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Prime Meridian

35.

The numbers that go across the middle of the map indicate lines of __________________.

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Prime Meridian

36.

Small or short brushes and trees

a)

Scrub brush

b)

Yucca

c)

Salt flat

d)

Precipitation

37.

A type of plant with pointed leaves, a long stem, and white flowers that grows in the Mojave Desert

a)

Evaporation

b)

Yucca

c)

Scrub Brush

d)

Desertification

38.

Water falling to Earth's surface as rain, hail, snow, or sleet

a)

Precipitation

b)

Desertification

c)

Evaporation

d)

Semiarid

39.

Natural or human processes that turn fertile land into a desert

a)

Desertification

b)

Climatologist

c)

Terrain

d)

Polar

40.

The landforms of a piece of land

a)

Terrain

b)

Polar

c)

Semiarid

d)

Desertification

41.

Land at ________________ is at the same elevation as the ocean

a)

Sea level

b)

Riverbed

c)

Salt marsh

d)

Tableland

42.

They found a bed of __________________ rock at the base of the volcano

a)

Basalt

b)

Lava rock

c)

Bedouin

d)

Fossil fuel

43.

This desert sits on a high plateau in Mexico and stretches into New Mexico and Texas in the United States

a)

Chihuahuan Desert

b)

Sonoran Desert

c)

Gobi Desert

d)

Mojave Desert

44.

Many dinosaur bones have been uncovered here

a)

Gobi Desert

b)

Atacama Desert

c)

Kalahari Desert

d)

The Outback

45.

These areas are considered polar deserts

a)

Arctic and Antarctic regions

b)

Sahara

c)

Mojave Desert

d)

Atacama Desert

46.

Many settlers and gold hunters traveled the Devil's Highway here; some did not make it to their destination

a)

Sonoran Desert

b)

Mojave Desert

c)

Chihuahuan Desert

d)

Atacama Desert

47.

NASA used the unique terrain here to test fact-finding equipment that could be sent to Mars

a)

Atacama Desert

b)

Kalahari Desert

c)

Sonoran Desert

d)

Gobi Desert

48.

The San have a steady supply of water here, due to their innovative use of ostrich eggs

a)

Kalahari Desert

b)

Sonoran Desert

c)

Patagonia

d)

Arabian Peninsula

49.

Many camel caravans cross the sand dunes here in search of an oasis

a)

Sahara

b)

Arabian Peninsula

c)

The Outback

d)

Gobi Desert

50.

The largest sand desert in the world is found here

a)

Arabian Peninsula

b)

Sahara

c)

The Outback

d)

Gobi Desert

51.

The highest temperature in the United States (134 degrees F) was recorded here

a)

Death Valley

b)

Sonoran Desert

c)

Gobi Desert

d)

Atacama Desert

52.

Winter temperatures in these two areas can drop below -60 degrees F

a)

Arctic and Antarctic

b)

Patagonia

c)

Atacama Desert

d)

Gobi Desert

53.

Almost completely surrounded by mountains, this land is covered in rock and gravel, and receives very little rain

a)

Gobi Desert

b)

Patagonia

c)

Kalahari Desert

d)

The Outback

54.

Many of the countries in this region are rich due to the discovery of oil

a)

Arabian Peninsula

b)

The Outback

c)

Patagonia

d)

Atacama Desert

55.

Songlines were used here by Aborigines to map the land

a)

The Outback

b)

Sonoran Desert

c)

Patagonia

d)

Atacama Desert

56.

Most climatologists consider this desert to be the driest place on Earth

a)

Atacama Desert

b)

Mojave Desert

c)

Sonoran Desert

d)

Sahara

57.

The U.S. military uses White Sands National Monument in this desert to test bombs and missiles

a)

Chihuahuan Desert

b)

Sonoran Desert

c)

Mojave Desert

d)

Death Valley

58.
The equator divides what two hemispheres?
a)
East and West
b)
North and South 
59.
An imaginary line that divides the eastern and western hemispheres?
a)
equator
b)
longitude
c)
latitude
d)
prime meridian
60.
A set of degrees of latitude and longitude that help you locate a place on a map.
a)
coordinates
b)
positions
c)
hemispheres
d)
locations
61.

What horizontal lines show the distance north or south of the equator?

a)

prime meridian

b)

tropics

c)

latitude

d)

longitude

62.

What vertical lines show distance east or west of the prime meridian?

a)

prime meridian

b)

longitude

c)

equator

d)

Tropic of Cancer

63.

What name is given to the portion of Earth located ABOVE the equator?

a)

Northern hemisphere

b)

Eastern hemisphere

c)

Western hemisphere

d)

Southern hemisphere

64.

What name is given to the portion of Earth located BELOW the equator?

a)

Northern hemisphere

b)

Eastern hemisphere

c)

Western hemisphere

d)

Southern hemisphere

65.

What imaginary line represents zero (0º) degrees longitude?

a)

prime meridan

b)

longitude

c)

equator

d)

Tropic of Cancer

66.

What imaginary line marks the northern boundary of the tropics?

a)

Tropic of Capricorn

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

Tropic of Aquarius

d)

Tropic of Sagittarius

67.

What imaginary line marks the southern boundary of the tropics?

a)

Tropic of Capricorn

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

Tropic of Aquarius

d)

Tropic of Sagittarius

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