Deserts Of The World
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This is considered the largest desert in the world.
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A Jeopardy-style quiz about the worlds deserts. Each answer must contain a question, as in "What is. . ."
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This peak is the tallest mountain in Antarctica.
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This is the active volcano of Antarctica.
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This Norwegian was the first to reach the South Pole.
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This is the worlds second-largest desert, but the largest hot desert.
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The Sahara desert is bounded by the Sahel, a savanna-like strip, to the south, and this mountain range to the North.
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These are the two main ethnic groups that inhabit the Sahara desert.
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This desert is considered the driest in the world, thanks to it's position in the rain shadow of the Andes.
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The Atacama desert was a main bone of contention in this war in the late 1800's, between Chile, Peru and Bolivia, all of which sought to control it's nitrate reserves.
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These three African countries contain portions of the Kalahari desert.
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This tribe of the Kalahari is well-known for it's "click" language.
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This desert, home to Death Valley, is bounded by the San Gabriel and San Bernadino mountains.
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The Mojave desert of the American Southwest is strongly associated with this plant, the "yucca brevifola".
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This second-largest Asian desert played a role in the famed Silk Road, and dinosaur fossils have been found in it's Nemegt Basin.
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This middle-eastern desert means "the empty quarter" and is home to the worlds largest oil field, the Ghawar.
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The Painted Desert is shared by Grand Canyon National Park and this other national park land.
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The Negev desert comprises the southern half of this country.
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The Taklamakan desert of China is famed for splitting this trading route into North and South branches.
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This desert of Western Australia is part of the Western Desert - you could make a great castle here!
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This Mexican desert is one of the world's ten largest. Ay, senor!
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These are the two main seas that surround the continent of Antarctica.
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This desert, home to the medicinal hoodia plant, is thought to be the oldest desert on Earth.
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