
1.1.5 - L1 - 9UAE SS - Marawah Island and Pearl Trade
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9th Grade
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Liz Anderson
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Class Discussion:
What is trade?
How do we know that people traded in the ancient past?
Do you think that this is an important thing to do? Why or why not?
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Open Ended
What was the important discovery made on Al Marawah Island?
Answer in a full sentence.
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Multiple Choice
The Ubaid period lasted from around 5300BCE to 4000BCE. How long ago is this from the current year, 2022?
5300 to 4000 years ago
7322 to 6022 years ago
2022 to 4000 years ago
2022 to 5300 years ago
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Open Ended
What object did excavators find?
Remember, complete sentences.
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Multiple Choice
From the text, what do historians think the people living around 7,000 years ago made?
Stone huts
Jewelry
Boats
Fire
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Open Ended
From the text, how do historians think the beginnings of trade came about? Think about the pearling and how this may have been done.
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Multiple Choice
Where was the earliest known village built in the UAE?
Al Reem Island
Jebel Jais
Al Marawah Island
Jebel Hafeet
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Multiple Choice
Which period in history does the evidence date back to?
Paleolithic
Bronze
Neolithic
Arabian
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Multiple Choice
What do historians use to determine how old something is?
Harsh chemicals
Educated guesses
Carbon dating
Written evidence
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Multiple Select
What do findings from the past tell us?
There is more than one answer.
How people lived
Where people spent their money
Evidence of trade
What sort of tools people used
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Multiple Choice
What was found during the excavation at Al Marawah Island
Evidence of food
A pearl bead
A brick
Coal from fire
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Multiple Choice
What was the approximate date from which the bead came from?
5800 to 5600
4000BCE to 6000BCE
5800BCE to 5600BCE
4000 to 6000
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Multiple Choice
From the evidence of the pearls, what do historians believe existed at that time in history?
Artists
Jewellers
Trade
Homes
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Multiple Choice
Historians found evidence that Abu Dhabi was a source of pearls. Where did this evidence come from?
Historical sources
Pearls found lying around
Family stories
A video made in the 16th century
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Multiple Choice
What sort of evidence did historians and archaeologists find at Marawah Island?
Tools
Old houses
Artefacts that came from the sea
Necklaces
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Multiple Choice
From the evidence that was found from the sea, what did historians conclude?
People liked to make boats
People liked to swim
That it was a nice place to live
The sea was an important part of daily life
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Multiple Choice
What do historians conclude the pearls may have been used for?
Decoration
Trade with others
Weddings
Nothing, the oysters were more important
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How do we know that people traded in the ancient past?
Do you think that this is an important thing to do? Why or why not?
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