UAE SST Class 9 CBSE Lesson 3

Al Nahyan, the ruling family of UAE, emerged from

• Baniyas

• Qawasim

• Bedoiun

• Nomads

Venetian jewelers used the term ______ to address Baniyas

• Sirbenny

• Beneti

• Benjamin

• Sirbeniast

The Venetian court jeweler _________ , declared that the pearls from Julfar were the best in the world

• Al-ldrisi

• Gasparo Balbi

• Gustav Bulba

What was an important pearling center?

• Qasr al-Hosn

• Liwa

• Julfar

• Abu Musa

When did the Bani Yas move to Abu Dhabi?

• 1761

• 1763

• 1671

• 1762

How did Abu Dhabi's name originate?

• They couldn't think of anything

• Gazelle's blood was smeared across the island

• They killed a gazelle in the water

• Hunters followed a gazelle across a shallow inlet to spings

What happened in 1795?

• Sheikh Sultan bin Saqr moved his headquarters from Liwa to Abu Dhabi.

• Sheikh Dhiyab bin Isa moved settlement from Liwa to Abu Dhabi

• Sheikh Shakhbut bin Dhiyab moved his headquarters from Liwa to Abu Dhabi.

• Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa moved settlement from Liwa to Abu Dhabi

What was Qasr al-Hosn initially used for?

• It was a watchtower

• It was a majlis for resolving disputes

• It was a community consultation and decision making center

• It was the private pub of the Sheikh

_____________ was the founder of Al Qasimi dynasty.

• Sheikh Saeed bin Hasher

• Sheikh Maktoum

• Sheikh Sultan al Saqr al-Qasimi

• Sheikh Rahma bin Matar

Qawasim controlled several important islands in the Arabian Gulf which were

• Greater and Lesser Tunb, Abu Musa, Sirri and parts of Qeshm

• Only Greater and Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa

• Only Abu Musa and Sirri

• Greater and Lesser Tunb, Abu Musa, Sirri and not Qeshm