Unit 5
Chapter Eleven
A Land of Deserts
| nomad | a person who has no permanent home but keeps moving from place to place |
| cloudburst | a sudden, heavy rain |
| arroyo | a deep, water-carved gully or ditch |
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aqueduct |
a large pipe or canal built to carry water |
| migrant worker |
someone who moves from farm to farm with the seasons harvesting crops |
| furrows |
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| mesquite |
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| coatis | animals related to the raccoon but with a longer body and a long snout |
| drudgery | dull, hard, unpleasant work |
| city manager | a person who is hired to run a city |
| budget | a plan for spending and saving money |
| municipal court | a court that decides the cases of people accused of breaking city laws |
| general election | an election in which voters choose the people who will represent them in government |
| candidate | the people who are running for office in an election |
| ballot | a sheet of paper or some other method used to mark a secret vote |
| campaign | what a candidate running for an elected office does to get votes, such as running advertisements on television, making speeches, and talking with voters |
| time zone | a region in which people use the same clock time |
| sand dune | a hill-like mound formed by blowing sand |
| oasis | an area in a desert where there is water |