Lesson 6: Domestication of camels and Muweilah

how did people first use camels?

• they reared camels for the production of milk

• they uses them as means of transportation to trade goods

• they hunted camels for their hides

By what time were domesticated camels present in the UAE

• 1000 BCE

• 100 BCE

• 100 BC

How was the milk from the camels useful to the people? Choose two options

• milk is packed with nutrients, and a good source of protein which strengthened people to be able to survive the harsh desert climate

• they provided more milk than cattle, sheep and goats

• the camels provided milk during lengthy trips across the desert

other than gaining meat, hide and milk what else had domesticating the camels enabled the people to do?

• they allowed people to travel from place to place through the desert

• Camel dung was dried and allowed them to use it as fuel to light fires.

• they equipped people with the skills to start making ornaments and bracelets from the bones and teeth of the camels

the ability to travel long distances by camels and transport goods created.....

• an enhanced understanding of other cultures

• the expansion of towns

• exchange of skills amongst people

Muweilah is located in which emirate?

• Sharjah

• Fujairah

• Dubai

• Umm al Quwain

• Ras al Khaimah

Why did the people of the town rely on massive ditched and built walls?

• For growing crops and herding animals

• To serve as homes for the people

• They used it as protection because of fear of attacks

• An area where camels settled in

What artefact was found in Muweilah?

• Iron tools and swords

• Incense burners

• Plates with intricate designs

• A small camel statue

Which regions did the people of UAE trade with? choose more than one

• Turkey

• Yemen

• Iran

• Iraq

• Oman

When was the region attacked?

• 300 years

• 400 years

• 500 years

• 200 years