Lesson 5 :Trade and the Openness of the UAE to the World

Port?

• Calm and quiet state where there is no conflict.

• A town or city with a harbour or access to navigable water where ships load.

• An ancient route between China and the Mediterranean.

Culture

• A group of vehicles or ships that travel together for protection.

• The ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society.

Look at the picture

• Pearl diver

• Gold

• Pearl

Dubai's past economy depends on fishing and pearl diving.

• True

• False

Before the discovery of oil, Dubai's economy declined due to....................

• The emergence of artificial pearls rival the natural pearl .

• Reliance on agriculture only.

Import

• A group of vehicles or ships that travel together for protection.

• To bring in goods, commodities and workers from a foreign country.

• An aromatic material, which releases fragrant smoke when burned.

Caravanserais

• Roadside inn where travelers could rest and recover from the day’s journey.

• Act or process of sharing or passing ideas, thought or feelings to another.

What do you think was traded, besides silk, on the Silk Roads?

• Silk only.

• Gold and Silver.

• Music, ideas, stories and language.

Trade played a role in the transfer of cultures between countries

• True

• False

Why is the road connecting China and the Mediterranean sea called the silk road?

• Easy way

• For the distance

• Many buy silk