Decade of Drought Review

Severe

• very harsh

• to happen

• when a series of events is repeated

• occurring in a repeating pattern

Occur

• to happen

• very harsh

• when a series of events is repeated

• occurring in a repeating pattern

A famine is more likely to occur in places that

• depend on manufacturing

• depend on farming

• depend on peasants

• depend on government assistance

Famine

• a shortage of food that may cause people to starve

• to make something new from something old

• a large area of the world

• the ability to get or have something

What type of natural disaster is common in the southwestern region of the US?

• wildfires

• floods

• blizzards

• tornadoes

How is the government trying to conserve water in California, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona?

• they are passing restrictions on water use

• they are giving citizens gallons of water to use

• they are drilling for more wells

• they are getting water from other parts of the country

Where have droughts occurred according to the text?

• US Southwest, Brazil, China, Spain, Eastern Africa

• Brazil, Antarctica, Africa, China, Japan

• China, Russia, Japan, US Southwest, Brazil

• Spain, Brazil, Western Africa, China, US Southwest

What year did most of the countries listed in the text experience a drought?

• 2014

• 2015

• 2011

• 2019

Adequate

• enough for a specific need

• happening over a large area to many people

• a place where things are sold

• to get rid of something

Widespread

• happening over a large area or to many people

• referring to a specific item or thing

• a shortage or absence of something

• urgent, or having terrible consequences