| A | B |
|---|
| Dams | build to prevent flooding of rivers and create hydroelectric power |
| Flood | More water than the earth can obsorb |
| Volcano | A vent through which magma erupts |
| Erosion | The wearing away of the Earth's surface |
| Reservoir | A place where humans collect water for future use |
| Desertification | Grasslands disappear and the land becomes arid (desert) |
| Windward | The side of the mountain that receives the wind and has precipitation |
| Distorted | All maps are distorted |
| Cotton | The main type of crop in Central Asia |
| Castles | Architectural structure found in Eruope |
| Continental Divide | A point at which fallen precipitation flows into rivers that flow towards opposite sides of the continent |
| Aral Sea | Sea that is shrinking because of irrigation |
| Richmond, Virginia | The seat of Virginia's state government |
| Venice | City in Italy that contains many canals and is facing water polution |
| Francophone | The French speaking world |
| Arabs | The main ethnic group of Southwest Asia |
| Cartographer | A person who makes maps |
