The World Islands Quiz

The United Arab Emirates is a tiny country with enormous financial wealth.

However, the rendering of the world map is pretty inaccurate.

Each of the 300 islands is man-made.

Two and a half miles is definitely too far too swim.

Construction began in 2003, but most of the islands have not been developed.

Fittingly, the company also oversees the huge Palm Island developments near the World Islands.

Engineers take sand from the seafloor to create the islands through dredging.

The financial crisis spared no one, not even the oil barons.

The guns are placed on large ships, and they use GPS to spray the sand accurately.

One hundred fifty thousand square feet is more than 3.5 acres.

The emir of Dubai and his government have been heavily involved in the country's audacious engineering projects

The floating seahorses, which have windowed, underwater bedrooms, are meant to float around the European area.

Thirteen thousand research hours is certain to reassure buyers that their pricey home won't spring a leak.

The nightclub opened in 2012 on the island representation of Lebanon.

The Universe was supposed to be shaped like the Milky Way but was canceled due to the global financial crisis.

It's actually the same entity from the UAE (Nakheel Properties) that launched the entire project.

The World Wildlife Fund said the UAE's extravagance is five times more unsustainable than any other country's. Along with Greenpeace, the organization argued that the artificial islands are disruptive to natural processes.

Three hundred thirty feet is more than enough space to drive a yacht through.

The vibro compaction technology was also used for the Palm Islands.

The arc of the spraying sand takes on the shape of a rainbow.

One hundred fifty miles of shoreline is a lot of beach dredged up from nowhere.

They leave gaps in the breakwater. The tide helps pull and push water in and out of the project.

Considering the way the project stalled, it's likely that some erosion occurred.

The 3-foot diameter pipe is big enough to quickly suction tons of sand.

The cables from Dubai haven't materialized, so developers are currently forced to use huge generators.

If it were any deeper than 30 feet, the project would be even more difficult.

And that 330 million cubic meters doesn't even factor in the millions of tons of rock that were used.

The ships travel about 6 miles. They snag sand from the seafloor just outside the boundaries of the World Islands.

The rocky breakwater stifles most incoming waves.

It's abut 17 miles long. More than 30 million tons of rock were required to build this necessary feature.