Geography
The ocean in which the Maldives are located in.
What is the Indian Ocean?
The first settlers were these types of people.
What are Tamil and Sinhalese peoples?
This economic measure is the among the lowest in the world in Maldavia.
What is the GNP?(Gross National Product)
The head of the state and government.
What is the President?
This North African traveler resided in the Maldives in the mid 1340's.
Who is Battutah?
The 1,200 small, coral islands are grouped as clusters called this.
What are atolls?
This is the official language of the Maldivians.
What is Dhivehi?
A coconut -husk fiber using in making many products in Maldavia.
What is coir?
the unicameral legislature found in Maldive.
What is the People's Majilis?
This group forcibly established themselves in Male from 1558 -1573.
Who are the Portugese?
The capital of the Maldives.
What is Male'?
What is Islam?
This is one of Maldavias' trading partners and is also the located off the coast of Malaysia.
What is Singapore?
The highest legal authority is the same as the United States.
What is the Supreme court?
After the islands were taken possession of by Ceylon in 1796 they became this.
What is a British protectorate?
What is Sri Lanka?
Most of the inhabitants of Maldivia live in this type of area.
What is rural?
This is the most important sector in the economy of Maldavia.
What is the fishing industry?
What is Sunni Muslim?
The country's first President was appointed in 1978
Who is Maumoon Abdul Gayoom?
This natural disaster affects the Maldives both during the rainy season and the dry and mild season.
What are monsoons?
The birth rate is higher than the world average but this is lower.
What is the death rate?
This country is one of Maldavias primary sources of imports and foreign direct investment.
What is China?
This school teaches the reading and writing of the Quran'.
The Maldives became a member of this in 1982.
What is the Commonwealth?