Making Connections A2 Unit 6

Which of the following is TRUE?

• there is only one extreme place on Earth

• Rub al Khali is among the one of the most extreme places

• Rub al Khali is more extreme than Empty Quarter

• a desert area cannot be an extreme place

Which of the following is FALSE?

• the Empty Quarter is the world's largerst sand sea

• more than one country host the Empty Quarter

• it is much smaller than many European countries

• wind is the force that forms and shapes dunes

Which of the following is NOT mentioned?

• the temperature averages

• its being dry or humid

• annual rainfall

• duration of rain

which of the following is NOT mentioned?

• ancient water sources

• existence of huge lakes

• the formation of huge lakes

• the place where different plants and animals lived

which of the following is FALSE?

• there is a little life in the area

• the Empty Quarter had greener days

• today, only tigers and Arabian oryx live in the area

• now, there is a park at Uruq Bani Ma'arid

Which of the following is TRUE?

• because of heat and lack of rain no tribe lives there

• Bedouin tribes live there because of the amount of rain

• Bedouin tribes started live there thousands of years ago

• climate is the reason why the area is so crowded

the pink underlined word "they" refers to

• Bedouin guides

• local people

• sand dunes

• early explorers