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MSCS
Class: IX Date:
I. Choose the correct answer
1. Recent excavations at Jebel Faya in the United Arab Emirates produced evidence that humans traveled
from Africa across the Arabian Peninsula. What types of tools were found at Jebel Faya that are similar to
those found in East Africa?
A) Spears and bows
B) Small hand-axes and tools for cutting up food
C) Pottery and metal tools
D) Bone tools and ornaments
2. According to scientists, modern humans emerged around 200,000 years ago in:
A) Europe
B) Asia
C) Africa
D) North America
3. What is the primary purpose of a constitution in a country?
A) To outline foreign policy
B) To establish a framework for governance and define the rights and responsibilities of citizens
C) To manage the country's economy
D) To create cultural festivals
4. Which of the following is NOT a function of the UAE's constitution?
A) Providing a clear structure for the government
B) Ensuring the protection of individual rights
C) Outlining the rights, duties, and obligations of citizens
D) Dictating specific economic policies for businesses
II. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions given below
According to scientists, modern humans emerged around 200,000 years ago in Africa and then spread around
the world. Some of the earliest evidence of human movement from Africa to the Middle East was found in
Palestine. scientists discovered human fossils suggesting that humans came from Africa through the Nile Valley
and into Palestine between 120,000 and 80,000 years ago. Recent excavations at Jebel Faya in what is now
Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates have produced evidence that humans also traveled from Africa across the
Arabian Peninsula. Archaeologists found stone tools in Jebel Faya that are similar to tools found in East Africa.
These tools included small hand axes and tools for cutting up food. Scientists determined that the stone tools
were buried between about 130,000 and 95,000 years ago. Traveling from Africa to Arabia today means
crossing the Red Sea. However, around 130,000 years ago, the Red Sea was much lower than it is today. This
meant that crossing from Africa to Arabia would have been like crossing a small river. We know from
discoveries at Jebel Faya that this is one of the routes that humans took into Arabia. At that time there was more
rainfall in Arabia than there is now. The humans arriving in Arabia found grasslands and large numbers of wild
animals. Prepare three high order thinking questions from above paragraph
1. How did environmental factors around 130,000 years ago facilitate human migration from Africa to the
Arabian Peninsula, and what impact might these conditions have had on the success of their journey?
2. What role do environmental reconstructions (such as lower sea levels and increased rainfall) play in
understanding ancient human migration patterns, and how might changes in these reconstructions alter
our understanding of these migrations?
3. Considering the similarities between the stone tools found at Jebel Faya and those in East Africa, what
can be inferred about the technological capabilities and cultural connections of early human populations
migrating out of Africa?
III. In the questions given below, there are two Statements marked as Assertion (A) and
Reason (R). Read the Statements and choose the correct option: Options are:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
(D) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.
1. Assertion (A): Increased temperatures lead to early and short flow seasons and an increase in the
frequency of dry seasons.
Reason (R): High temperatures increase water vapor in the atmosphere, which in turn increases the amount
of water carried by the atmosphere.
2. Assertion (A): Climate change can lead to a decline in the quality and quantity of freshwater in coastal
areas.
Reason (R): Sea level rise may lead to saltwater intrusion, adversely affecting groundwater quality and
reducing freshwater flow.
IV. Answer the following should not exceed one paragraph.
1. What impact does desalination have on the environment?
2. What does Article 25 of the UAE Constitution state?
3. How did trade affect the population of Ed-Dur economically?
4. Why do archeologists think that Dibba was a trade centre for at least 2000 years?