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Geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bolivia lost this extremely dry and mineral rich desert to Chile in 1889 | Atacama |
| This Mongolian desert known for sandstorms is the coldest and most northern desert in the world and take its name from the Mongolian word for desert | Gobi |
| Mongolia and China share this largest Asian desert. Subdivisions of this desert include the Ka-Shun, Dzungarian & Trans-Altai | Gobi |
| This desert is home to Africa's Bushmen and one of the world's largest diamond mines is located in Orapa, Botswana and was crossed by Livingstone | Kalahari |
| Desert found in Arizona and named after a Mexican state | Sonoran |
| This desert ranges almost as far north as Albuquerque & as far south as Mexico's state of Zacatecas and has a canine name | Chihuahuan |
| This desert means "black sand" in Turkmen | Kara Kum |
| This 25,000-square-mile California desert includes Joshua Tree National Park | Mojave |
| Beersheba is one of the main cities of this desert region of Israel | Negev |
| The world's largest unbroken expanse of sand is the Rub Al-Khali, or "Empty Quarter", of this desert | Arabian |
| This country's deserts include the Gibson, Great Sandy & Great Victoria | Australia |
| Australia's largest desert, it was first crossed in 1875 by Ernest Giles & named for a monarch | Great Victoria |
| This desert occupies a part of Pakistan & much of India's Haryana & Rajasthan states | Thar |
| Lt. Joseph Ives is credited with having been the first to call a brilliantly colored desert in Arizona this | Painted Desert |
| This largest Canadian mountain is found in the Yukon Territory | Mount Logan |
| This continent has only one mountain exceeding 16,000 feet: Vinson Massif | Antarctica |
| This Argentine mountain is the highest in the Western Hemisphere | Aconcagua |
| This Turkish peak is Armenia's symbol and can be seen from Yerevan. James Irwin tried several times to find Noah's Ark on it | Ararat |