Life in the open desert

The difference between the highest and lowest temperatures in the Sahara Desert is low

• True

• False

Hypothermia may threaten desert travelers whose body temperature falls within a short period of time

• True

• False

Scarcity of water may cause dehydration in people travelling in the Sahara Desert

• True

• False

The long robes that desert nomads wear protect the body from sun burn and dehydration

• True

• False

A nomad woman can pack up and move her tent and belongings

• in just two hours

• carrying food, garments and salt from one are of the Sahara Desert to another

• once a year

Night temperatures in the Sahara Desert may fall to 0 degrees celcius.

• False

• True

The traditional life of the Tuareg is being threatened by

• water scarcity, desertification of grazing land and political conflicts

• livestock breeding, trading and agriculture

• carrying food garments and salt from one area to another

The Tuareg are

• desert people who live in houses

• desert people who have roamed the Sahara Desert for centuries

• tourists

The Tuareg economy is based on

• Tourism

• Oil

• livestock breeding, trading and agriculture

Oases are formed from underground rivers. An example of a famous oases is

• Ziz

• Morocco

• Algiers

• Nile