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WorksheetsThe Sahara Desert
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
The Sahara Desert is made mostly of ________?
Sand
Dirt
Rocks/Gravel
Salt Flats
This famous location from Star Wars was filmed in the Sahara Desert...
Tatooine
Hoth
Endor
Alderaan (never forget)
The word Sahara, in Arabic, means....
Dry
Hot
Desert
Sunny
At 3.6 million square miles, the Sahara desert is roughly the size of China and also ___________
Russia
the continental USA
Canada
France
The record high temperature recorded in the Sahara desert was _______!
112 degrees F
128 degrees F
141 degrees F
136 degrees F
Most of the people who call the Sahara home are ________, moving from place to place.
Traveling salespeople
Touring musicians
Nomadic herders
Teachers on summer break
We know that long ago the Sahara was actually home to large bodies of water (lakes, inland seas), because archaeologists have found __________.
ancient rock art depicting humans swimming in lakes
old, old wooden ships found in the desert
old fossilized fishing equipment found in the middle of the desert
old pairs of swim fins and pool floaties.
About ___________ people live in the Sahara Desert.
100,000-150,000
500,000-600,000
1,000,000-1,100,000
2,400,000-2,600,000
The Sahara Desert is home to about ____ different species of mammal.
250
180
70
110
In 1974 during the Dakar Rally, the first ______ crossed the Sahara Desert.
Unmanned drone
solo piloted airplane
automobile
motorcycle
