Challenges of a Drying Climate - SSt

Around ____________ people of the UAE had a good diet and were generally healthy.

• 5000 BCE

• 6000 BCE

• 7000 BCE

• 8000 BCE

When did the climate become drier?

• 3000 BCE

• 2000 BCE

• 4000 BCE

• 5000 BCE

Why were people struggling to have enough to eat, and diseases became more common?

• ice ages just began

• the climate became drier

• they could not hunt anymore

• clashes with other communities

What was the evidence that made scientists think the climate was dry?

• stone tools were found

• they found evidence from the skeletons

• they found related artifacts

• they were in the Paleolithic age

The Indian Ocean monsoon began to move ________ to its current position

• north

• east

• south

• west

Since there were less rain people of the ancient UAE could not start growing crops.

• True

• False

The earliest evidence we have of growing crops in the UAE area is from Hilli in __________

In about 3,000 BCE,  the people there grew a variety of crops

• True

• False

People also hunted animals, such as or(_)x, gazelles, and wild camels

FIND THE RIGHT LETTER

• x

• z

• i

• y

Getting across the sand dunes from Al Ain region to either the Abu Dhabi or Dubai regions was still difficult until people _____________ the camel.

• transported

• domesticated

• hunted

• found