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Prairies and desert

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word Prairie comes from a ______ word meaning meadows.

a)

Latin

b)

Greek

c)

French

2.

Prairies are called the _______ Basket of the World.

a)

Wheat

b)

Barley

c)

Maize

3.

The grasslands are located in ____________.

a)

Frigid Zone

b)

Temperate Zone

c)

Torrid Zone

4.

The farmers live on the farms and call their homes_______.

a)

Cowshed

b)

Stable

c)

Homesteads

5.

Vegetation of Prairies consist of ____

a)

Large stretches of grass and a few trees

b)

Large stretch of forests

c)

Large stretch of palm , kikar , and babool trees.

6.

Food grains are stored in big storage bins called _____

a)

Glass Containers

b)

Silos

c)

Steel jars

7.

Rivers Mississippi and Missouri flow through the prairies

a)
b)
8.

large open areas where animals are reared are called ________________

a)

silos

b)

ranches

c)

homesteads

9.

Name the largest oasis is Saudi Arabia.

a)

Abaya

b)

Al Hasa

c)

Riyadh

10.

What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?

a)

Riyadh

b)

Thobe

c)

Bedouin

11.

Cacti, date palms, wheat and barley can be grown in Saudi Arabia.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Saudi Arabia is the first largest producer of petroleum in the world.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What are the nomads in Saudi Arabia called?

a)

Medina

b)

Bedouins

c)

Oasis

14.

What are the small hills of sand, found in the desert, called?

a)

sand hills

b)

sand piles

c)

sand dunes

15.

Climate of Saudi Arabia is ______________.

a)

Hot and dry

b)

cold and dry

c)

wet and humid

16.

Nomads of Saudi Arabia live near oasis.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Streams which forms after Rainfall

a)

lakes

b)

wadis

c)

oasis

d)

sand dunes

18.

The nomadic people of Saudi Arabia are

a)

Pygmys

b)

Bantu

c)

Bedouins

19.

_____ is an important commercial city and sea port of Saudi Arabia.

a)

Riyadh

b)

Jeddah

c)

Mecca

d)

Medina

20.

Antarctica is the largest (a)   desert