History of UAE

The states gained autonomy following World War II (1939–45), when the trucial states of Bahrain and Qatar declared independent statehood.

• True

• False

The British were primarily concerned with asserting their naval power to safeguard trade links to India and keeping any European competitors out.

• True

• False

After the joint Anglo-Persian victory over the Portuguese in 1622, the ________representatives opened their first factory on the Gulf coast in 1623 in Bandar Abbas (formerly known as Gombroon) on the southern coast of Persia.

• British

• Portuguese

• Dutch

• None of these

The trade of Hormuz was diverted to Bandar Abbas, which became the headquarters of_____commercial activities in the Gulf for the next one hundred and fifty years.

• British

• Dutch

• Portugese

• All

when _________ secured monopoly over woolen industry in bushire, that was the beginning of their political residency in gulf.

• British

• Dutch

• Europ

• Iranian

The three leading political entities that emerged in southeastern Arabia in the early 18th century were the Qawasim, ____ and the Al Bu Said dynasty with Muscat as its capital.

• Bani Yas

• Bin Shahab

• Ya Arabi

• Safavids

In 1806, a Qulnamah was concluded between the _____ and the Qawasim in which it was agreed that there would be peace between the two sides and that they would respect each other's property and subjects. This Qulnamah can be said to be the beginning of formal British relations with the region that is now the UAE.

• British

• Dutch

• Bu Falah

• Safavids

This Qulnamah can be said to be the beginning of formal British relations with the region that is now the UAE.

• True

• False

In 1819, Ras al Khaimah was razed to the ground by a British naval expedition.

• True

• False

In 1820, the British concluded the General Treaty of Peace with the sheikhs of the Arab coast.

• True

• False