A map of the Western U S with deserts labeled. The Great Basin is in Nevada, Utah, California, Idaho, and Oregon. The Mojave is in southern Nevada and California. The Sonoran is in Arizona, California, and Mexico. The Chihuahuan is in New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico. Use the drop-down menus to complete the sentences.

The
contains the hottest, driest place in North America.

The
is located in Arizona, California, and Mexico.

The Great Basin is the
desert in the US.

The
has more biodiversity than any other desert in the Western Hemisphere.

Match the following items. 1. queen isabella of spain paid for him to sail west to reach the far east equator 2. largest ocean hemisphere 3. ocean around the north pole mir 4. russian space station vasco da gama 5. imaginary line around the middle of the earth pacific 6. first to sail from portugal, around africa, to india arctic 7. florida, a piece of land almost surrounded by water spice islands 8. an imaginary line through the earth around which the earth turns columbus 9. half of sphere peninsula 10. europeans 500 years ago wanted to find an all-water route to this place axis