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1.1.5 - L1 - 9UAE SS - Marawah Island and Pearl Trade

1.1.5 - L1 - 9UAE SS - Marawah Island and Pearl Trade

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Social Studies

9th Grade

Hard

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Liz Anderson

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5 Slides • 16 Questions

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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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What was the important discovery made on Al Marawah Island?

Answer in a full sentence.

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Multiple Choice

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The Ubaid period lasted from around 5300BCE to 4000BCE. How long ago is this from the current year, 2022?

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5300 to 4000 years ago

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7322 to 6022 years ago

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2022 to 4000 years ago

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2022 to 5300 years ago

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Open Ended

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What object did excavators find?

Remember, complete sentences.

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Multiple Choice

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From the text, what do historians think the people living around 7,000 years ago made?

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Stone huts

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Jewelry

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Boats

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Fire

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Open Ended

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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

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Where was the earliest known village built in the UAE?

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Al Reem Island

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Jebel Jais

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Al Marawah Island

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Jebel Hafeet

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Multiple Choice

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Which period in history does the evidence date back to?

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Paleolithic

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Bronze

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Neolithic

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Arabian

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Multiple Choice

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What do historians use to determine how old something is?

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Harsh chemicals

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Educated guesses

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Carbon dating

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Written evidence

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Multiple Select

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What do findings from the past tell us?

There is more than one answer.

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How people lived

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Where people spent their money

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Evidence of trade

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What sort of tools people used

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Multiple Choice

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What was found during the excavation at Al Marawah Island

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Evidence of food

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A pearl bead

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A brick

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Coal from fire

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What was the approximate date from which the bead came from?

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5800 to 5600

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4000BCE to 6000BCE

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5800BCE to 5600BCE

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4000 to 6000

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Multiple Choice

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From the evidence of the pearls, what do historians believe existed at that time in history?

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Artists

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Jewellers

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Trade

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Homes

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Historians found evidence that Abu Dhabi was a source of pearls. Where did this evidence come from?

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Historical sources

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Pearls found lying around

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Family stories

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A video made in the 16th century

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Multiple Choice

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What sort of evidence did historians and archaeologists find at Marawah Island?

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Tools

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Old houses

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Artefacts that came from the sea

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Necklaces

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Multiple Choice

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From the evidence that was found from the sea, what did historians conclude?

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People liked to make boats

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People liked to swim

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That it was a nice place to live

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The sea was an important part of daily life

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What do historians conclude the pearls may have been used for?

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Decoration

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Trade with others

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Weddings

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Nothing, the oysters were more important

​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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