UAE SST

GRADE 9 (2023-2024) PT2 – REVISION WORKSHEET

1. Which of the following Emirate is Julfar located in?

a. Fujairah.
b. Umm-al-Quwain.
c. Ras-al-Khaimah.
d. Sharjah.
2. Pick out the correct statement:
a. The oldest mosque of UAE is in Sharjah.
b. Qawasim dynasty are the present rulers of Dubai.
c. Al Bidya Mosque is situated in Fujairah.
d. Ahmed bin Majid was born in Abu Dhabi.

3. The General Maritime treaty was signed by several rulers of the Emirates and ______________.
a. Portuguese.
b. Dutch
c. Indians.
d. British.

4. Explorers during the early 17th C had to deal with the disease of Tuberculosis. Identify the best suited
symptoms for the disease.
a. Fever and Cough.
b. Severe headache, cough, and external bleeding.
c. Fever, cough, and skin rashes.
d. Fever, cough, and internal bleeding.

5. _________________ trading town was located near a lagoon.

a. Dibba.
b. Muweilah.
c. Ed-Dur.
d. Julfar.

6. Dalma in Abu Dhabi was an important center for:

a. Ship Building.
b. Pearl Diving.
c. Spice trading.
d. Fishing.

7. Find out the correct pair of Portuguese explorers.

a. Vasco da Gama and Ibn Battuta.
b. Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco da Gama.
c. Ibn Battuta and Marco polo.
d. Marco polo and Bartolomeu Dias.

8. ____________ had copper mines which were often traded with the _____________civilization.
a. Ed-dur and Chinese.
b. Umm-an-Nar and Indus.
c. Ed-dur and Mesopotamia.
d. Umm-an-Nar and Mesopotamia.

9. The stone age tools were found in ______________.

a. Jebel Faya.
b. Umm-an-Nar.
c. Ed-dur
 d. Julfar.

10. Study the table and choose the correct option:

A B
A. Kitab al Fawa’id fi usul al bahr. I. The Qawasim.
B. The father of or possession of gazelles. II. Pietro Della Valle.

C. Chief of the Baniyas. III. Abu Dhabi.

D. “The Arabs do not suffer to being subject to IV. Abu Bakr
anyone…”
V. Ahmed bin Majid.

a. A-IV, B-V, C-I, D-II.

b. A-V, B-IV, C-I, D-II.
c. A-V, B-III, C-I, D-IV
d. A-V, B-III, C-I, D-II.

11. Choose the correct option.

A B
A. 1833 The Al Maktoum family, part of Al Bu Falasah section of the Bani Yas migrated
from Abu Dhabi to Dubai.
B. 1894 Sheikh Butti bin Suhail al Maktoum succeeded him. Trade and economy
flourished
C. 1906 Sheikh Maktoum bin Hasher al Maktoum became the ruler of Dubai and the city
grew in importance.
D. 1909 The British India Steam Navigation Company added Dubai as a port of call on its
routes to India.

a. A&B
b. B&C
c. C&D
d. A&D

12. Who moved the headquarter of Qawasims from Liwa to Abu Dhabi? Shiekh Sakhbut

13. Umm-an-Nar was an example of Equality. (True/False)

14. Sickle was found from Dibba. (True/False)

15. Sheikh Zayed’s center of power was ________Qasr al Hosn.

16. The Dome of the Rock is part of a larger area known as ______al – Haram al Sharif.

17. Why did the UAE region suffer hardships during the Second World War years?
Because the food shipments from India were diverted from Gulf ports to feed the British armies and
their allies.

18. Identify the factors which put the UAE on the international map by the early 20th Century.
Postal services, ports, and pearl trading

19. How were Al-Hajar mountains formed?

Al-Hajar mountains formed due to plate tectonic activity.

20. Which artifact was recovered from Muweilah?

 Incense burner with a figurine of a bull

21. What was the aim of January 1820, The General Maritime Treaty?
To strengthen the British Control of shipping and also to provide expansion of pearling and trade by
the rulers of the emirates.

22. The British considered themselves the masters of the seas and attempted to control shipping and trade as
much as possible. Give reason why?
Because the cloth which had once shipped through Russia and Syria came through Arabian Gulf.

23. What was the provision of the milestone concession agreement signed on 11th January 1939, by Sheikh
Shakhbut, ruler of Abu Dhabi?
It permitted oil exploration by foreign companies for 75 years.

24. Vasco da Gama’s knowledge to how to sail across Indian ocean was limited. Justify with evidence.
This was evident in his decision to return to Kenya in August which was the worst time to sail from
East to West. The winds were blowing in the opposite direction and Gama took 132 days instead of 23
days to sail from Malindi to Calicut. Many of his sailors died from starvation and thirst.

25. What are Hypostyle mosques?

i. They have an open courtyard with walled enclosures in the front of the entrance of the
mosque.
ii. They have a beamed flat roof inside the mosque leading to the qibla wall where the qibla niche
is placed to show the direction of prayer toward Mecca.