Class-7 Subject-History Chapter-1 SLOT-1 Tracing changes through a thousand years

 

EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL

03/08/2021          CLASS-7                SESSION2021-22(SLOT-1)

HISTORY

CHAPTER-1

Tracing changes through a thousand years

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Question 1. Who was considered a ‘foreigner’ in the past?

Answer:  The term ‘foreigner’ is used in the sense of a person who is not an Indian. In the medieval period it was applied to any stranger who appeared, say in a given village, someone who was not a part of that society or culture. In this sense a forest-dweller was a foreigner for a city-dweller. But two peasants living in the same village were not foreigners to each other, even though they may have had different religious or caste backgrounds.

 

Question  2. State whether true or false:

 1.   We do not find inscriptions for the period after 700.(False)

2.   The Maraihas asserted their political importance during this period.(False)

3.   Forest-dwellers were sometimes pushed out of their lands with the spread of agricultural settlements.(True)

4.   Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban controlled Assam, Manipur and Kashmir.(False)

  

Question 3. Fill in the blanks:

(a) Archives are places where Manuscripts are kept.

(b) Ziyauddin Barani was a fourteenth-century chronicler.

(c) Potatoes  and tea, coffee were some of the crops introduced into the subcontinent during this period.

Answer:  (a) Manuscripts

 

Question 4. List some of the technological changes associated with this period.

Answer:Some of the technological changes associated with this period are:

Persian wheel in irrigation.

Spinning wheel.

Fire-arms in combat.

 

Question 5. What were some of the major religious developments during this period?

 Answer:  Some of the major significant religious developments occurred in Hinduism. The worship of new deities, the construction of temples by royalty and growing importance of Brahmanas, the priests, as dominant groups in society were the new changes. Brahmanas’ importance grew due to their knowledge of Sanskrit language. They were patronized by the Emperors. The idea of bhakti emerged among people. The merchants and migrants brought with them the teachings of Quran, the holy book of Muslims.

  

Question 6. How do historians divide the past into periods? Do they face any problems in doing so?

Answer:Historians divide the past into periods on the basis of continuity. This continuity is further based on:

 Coins

Inscriptions

Architecture

Textual records

But they face difficulties in doing so as discontinuity exists.