English For Today Class 9

The Maldives

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C. Ask and answer the questions.

1. What is an atoll?

Answer An atoll is a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced coral islands.

2. How many countries in the world are smaller than the Maldives in size?

Answer In total, seven countries are smaller than the Maldives in size.

3.When was Islam introduced in the Maldives?

Answer Islam was introduced in mid-12^th century AD.

4. What makes the Maldives an ideal place for the tourists?

Answer The Maldives is famous as a tourist destination because of its pleasant weather, heavenly beaches and lagoons, luxurious holiday resorts and the peace-loving people.

5. What dangers of climate change might affect the Maldives?

Answer Maldives is under threat from rising sea levels due to global warming. According to predictions, Maldives can get swept away by rising water level in the Indian Ocean.

6. Do you support the idea of having a cabinet meeting underwater? What could be the reason for holding such a strange meeting?

Answer Yes, I support the idea of having a cabinet meeting underwater. An underground cabinet water could provide an insight to what can happen to Maldives if the sea level keeps rising at this speed.

7. Who are the inhabitants of Maldives?

Answer People from different parts of the world such as Asia, Arabia, Europe and America are the inhabitants of Maldives.

8. What do you understand by Islamic sultanate?

Answer A state that is ruled by a Muslim ruler and run by Islamic state law.

9. What was the resolution of the underwater meeting?

Answer As the resolution of the meeting, the cabinet signed a document calling on all nations to cut their carbon emission.

D. Complete the table with no more than two words and/or numbers.

Time	Facts
Time 4^th and 5^th centuries BC	The early inhabitants of the Maldives arrived and settled from Southern India and Sri Lanka.
12^th Century	The sailors from African and Arab countries started to settle in the islands. Buddhism was by Islam.
	A famous scholar and historian named Ibn Batuta visited the islands of the Maldives.
16^th century	the Portuguese occupied the Maldives and became the of the country for 15 years
1887	Beginning of the British era.
	Maldives became independent from the British rule.
1968	End of Islamic sultanate and of the Republic of Maldives.
2004	A big hit the islands nation.
	Maldives was ranked as the best country for its beautiful beaches
2009	A underwater cabinet meeting was held about the risks of

E. Say if the statements are true or false. Give the correct information in case of a false statement.

1. Only seven countries in the world are smaller in size than the Maldives

Answer True.

2. No other South Asian century has a population smaller than the Maldives.

Answer True.

3.The islands of the Maldives were inhabited in the 12th century.

Answer False
Correct Ans: People began to live here from the 4^th and 5^th centuries BC.

4. The Maldives was an independent Islamic sultanate from 1153 to 1968.

Answer False
Correct Ans: Maldives was a british colony from 1887 to 1965.

5. The Maldives was ranked as the second best country for natural beauty in 2008.

Answer False
Correct Ans: The Maldives was ranked as the best country for beautiful beaches and facilities for recreation in 2008.

6. People have living in Maldives for about three thousand years.

Answer True.

7. The earliest settlers of Maldives were from the Arab countries.

Answer False
Correct Ans: The earliest settlers of Maldives were from South India and Sri Lanka.

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