SOCIAL STUDIES PRESENTATION

PRESENTED BY

AROOBA SIDDIQUIE

6TH B

THIS PRESENTATION IS

ALL ABOUT

“MARITIME ACTIVITIES”

SOME MARITIME ACTIVITIES…

PEARL DIVING

SHIP BUILDING

FISHING

PEARL DIVING

PEARL DIVERS COSTUME

SOME INFORMATION ABOUT

PEARL DIVING

Pearl diving refers to an obsolete method of retrieving pearls from pearl oysters, freshwater pearl mussels and, on rare occasions,

other nacre-producing mollusks, such as abalone. Before the beginning of the 20th century, the only means of obtaining pearls was by manually gathering very large numbers of

pearl oysters (or pearl mussels) from the ocean floor (or lake, or river

bottom).

Few Meanings:

1.Oysters: Bivalve mollusk, esp. an edible kind, sometimes producing a pearl.

2.Obsolete: No longer used, antiquated.

3.Nacre-Producing: Nacre also known as mother of pearl, it is what makes up the outer coating of pearls.

4.Mollusks: Invertebrate with a soft body and usually, a hard shell, e.g. snails and oysters.

5. Bivalve: Aquatic mollusk with a hinged double shell, e.g. the oyster and mussel, with such a shell.

6. Mussel: It is the common name used for members of several families of clams or bivalve mollusk, from saltwater and freshwater habitats.

7. Abalone: It is a common name for any of a group of small to very large edible sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Haliotidae.

SHIP BUILDING

SHIPBUILDERS SUIT

INFORMATION ABOUT

SHIP BUILDING

Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and floating vessels. It normally

takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized

occupation that traces its roots to before recorded history. Shipbuilding

and ship repairs, both commercial and military, are referred to as "naval engineering". The construction of

boats is a similar activity called boat building. The dismantling of ships is

called ship breaking.

Few Meanings:

1.Vessel: A craft designed for water transportation.

2.Shipyard: Place where ships are built.

3.Traces: Observe or find vestiges or signs of by investigation.

4.Commercial: Sponsored by an advertiser.

5.Military: Characteristic of soldiers or armed forces.

6. Naval Engineering: The branch of engineering that deals with the design and construction and operation of battle ships.

7. Dismantling: Take to pieces; pull down.

FISHING

INFORMATION ABOUT

FISHING

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching

fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping. The

term fishing may be applied to catching other aquatic animals such

as mollusks, cephalopods, crustaceans, and echinoderms. The

term is not normally applied to catching farmed fish, or to aquatic

mammals, such as whales, where the term whaling is more appropriate.

Few Meanings:

1.Wild: In its original natural state; not domesticated, cultivated, or civilized.

2.Hand Gathering: Gathering seafood by hand.

3.Spearing: Thrusting or throwing weapon with a long shaft and a pointed usually a steel tip.

4.Netting: Piece of net used to restrain, contain, or delimit, or to catch fish etc.

5. Angling: Fish with hook and line.

6. Trapping: A device, often baited, for catching animals.