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30 questions
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Why was it easier for people to travel from Africa through Jebel Faya?

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What changed the climate of the Arabian Peninsula from wet to dry?

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What evidence do scientists have that people migrated through Jebel Faya?

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What caused the Al Hajar Mountains to rise to their current height?

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Where did modern humans first emerge according to scientists?

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When were the stone tools buried at Jebel Faya?

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What did scientists discover in the caves at Qafzeh and Skhul?

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What evidences the early human movement from Africa to Middle East?

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What has recent excavations at Jebel Faya revealed about human migration?

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How did scientists date the stone tools found at Jebel Faya?

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Match the location to the evidence of human migration it provides.

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Palestine
Human fossils suggesting origin from Africa
Jebel Faya
Human fossils suggesting migration through the Nile Valley
Qafzeh and Skhul
Stone tools similar to those found in East Africa
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Which period corresponds to the archaeological finds at these locations?

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Palestine
Between 120,000 and 80,000 years ago
Jebel Faya
Between 130,000 and 95,000 years ago
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Match the tool with the location where similar ones were found.

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Food cutting tools
Jebel Faya
Small hand-axe
Jebel Faya
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Match the migration route with the destination.

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Through Nile Valley
Palestine
Across Arabian Peninsula
Jebel Faya - Sharjah, UAE
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What has human activity led to?

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Clearing space for agriculture
Increase in temperature
Increase of greenhouse gases
Destruction of forests
Release of greenhouse gases
Melting of ice and rising sea levels
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How has the UAE's landscape evolved over time?

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More rainfall in the past
Red Sea was shallower and narrower
Lower sea levels
Rise of the Al Hajar Mountains
Shifting of tectonic plates
Greener landscape
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What are the effects of increased greenhouse gases?

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Increase in temperature
Global warming
Traps more heat in atmosphere
Rising sea levels
Melting of glaciers
Droughts
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What has led to changes in UAE's topography?

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Tectonic plate shifts
Creation of Al Hajar Mountains
Decrease in rainfall
Less greener surroundings
Lowering of sea levels
Changes in dimensions of Red Sea
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The physical geography of the UAE has remained the same throughout history.

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The Al Hajar Mountains in the UAE were once under the sea.

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Agriculture does not have any negative impact on forests or the quality of soil.

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The release of greenhouse gases through human activity does not contribute to global warming and rising sea levels.

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Around 10,000 BCE, the UAE region became drier and more difficult to live in.

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From 36,000 to 10,000 BCE, a layer of sand built up at Jebel Faya due to the wet climate.

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The arrival of Indian Ocean monsoons brought cooler temperatures and more rain to the UAE region.

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Domesticated animals like cattle, sheep, and goats have always been an integral part of life in the UAE.

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What does the buildup of sand at Jebel Faya signify about the climate from 36,000 to 10,000 BCE?

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Why did few people live in the UAE region around 36,000 to 10,000 BCE?

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What brought about the change in the climate of the UAE region after 10,000 BCE?

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What were the domesticated animals used for in UAE during the early days?