SUNRISE ENGLISH PRIVATE SCHOOL, MUSSAFFH
PERIODIC TEST-1, 2023-24
Subject: UAE Social Science Date: 8-06-2023
Grade- 9 Pages- 3
Marks: 30 Time: 1 hour
I. Choose the correct answers: 6 marks
1. Archaeologists found many fireplaces and large cemetery at ________.
a. Jabel Hafees
b Jabel Buhais
c. Jabel Ali
2. Al Hajar Mountains was once under the sea. The mountains rose to their
current height through a process of shifting of ___________.
a. Earth quake
b. Tectonic plates
c. Land Shifting
3. The climate started changing 10,000 BCE; the area received much more
rain. Due to the ______________monsoons moved into Arabia.
a. Pacific ocean
b. Arabian ocean
c. Indian ocean
4. The period from about 8000 BCE to 3000 BCE is called the _______.
a. Bronze Age
b. New stone Age
c. Iron Age
5. UAE was formed in _______.
a.1972
b.1971
c. 1981
6. Jabel Faya is present in the -------------Emirate of UAE.
a. Dubai
b. Abu Dhabi
c. Sharjah
II .Fill in the blanks 6 marks
7. The area that is now the UAE and Oman was called the ______society.
8. ________the strongest empire in the area at that time, needed
copper to make weapons and agricultural tools.
9. _________is a mixture of copper and other metals.
10. In caves at___________, scientists discovered human fossils suggesting
that humans came from Africa through the Nile Valley.
11. Earliest evidence for human movement from Africa to the Middle East was
found in _________.
12. In UAE Oasis are usually found in _______.
III .State True or False 6 marks
13. The archeological sites like Jabel Faya should be preserved and maintained
properly so that the coming generation will understand the past._____
14. Archaeologists found stone tools in Jebel Faya that are similar to tools
found in East Asia. _____
15. Travelling from Africa to Arabia today means crossing the Red Sea._____
16. The al-Hajar mountain range contains massive amounts of copper, which
people learned to mine and turn into pure copper. ____
17. Horses are known as the ship of desert.____
18. HH Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi is the ruler of Emirate
Sharjah.____
18. IV. Answer the following:
Q19. How did people make a stone blade? 2
Q20. Briefly explain "Umm an-Nor Culture 3
Q21. What happened to the climate around 4,000BCE? 3
Q22. Briefly explain the life style and health of Neolithic people in UAE? 4
