EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL
01/08/2021 CLASS-6 SESSION2021-22(SLOT-1)
HISTORY
CHAPTER-1
WHAT,WHERE,HOW AND WHEN?
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EXPLANATION PART-2
1. Match the following:
2. Return to Rasheeda’s question. Can you think of some answers to it?
Answer: One can know what had happened so many years ago through these ways:
Answer: The answer can be summarized through this flow diagram:
The ones that could be made of stone are
Surface used for writing inscriptions
Remains of buildings
Objects like tools, weapons, etc.
4. Why do you think ordinary men and women did not generally keep records of what they did?
Answer:
We think ordinary men and women did not generally keep records of what they did due to the following reasons:
Even some of them were not literate even after the knowledge of the script.
They were not having an interest in such works.
They did not know the importance of keeping records of the events. The lack of historical sense was mainly responsible for it.
I. Choose the correct option to complete the statements given below:
(i) People who gathered their food are called……………….
(a) hunters
(b) skilled gatherers (√)
(c) farmers
(d) merchants.
(ii) The places where rice was first grown are located in ………………
(a) north of the Vindhyas(√)
(b) Sulaiman hills
(c) on the banks of the Ganga
(d) the Gaxo hills.
(iii) …… was not used in the old books.
(a) Prakrit
(b) Hindi(√)
(c) Sanskrit
(d) Tamil
(iv) The kingdom of Magadha was located ……………
(a) on the banks of the Indus
(b) in the south of the Vindhyas
(c) in the area along Ganga’s tributaries in the south of Ganga.(√)
(d) in the Garo hills region.
II. Fill in the Blanks with appropriate words to complete each sentence:
Men and women moved in search of livelihood and to escape from natural disasters
The name India was given by the Iranians and the Greeks
The bark of the birch tree was used to preparemanuscripts
Inscriptions were written on hard surfaces like stone/metal
Travelling from one place to another led to sharing of ideas.
III. State whether these sentences are (True or false).
The first crops were grown almost 8000 years ago. (True)
The Garo hills are located in the south of India.(False)
The Magadha Kingdom was set up near the Ganga river.(True)
The Rigveda is the earliest composition in the Sanskrit language.(True)
The Iranians and the Greeks called India Bharat.(False)
Inscriptions were written on the palm leaf.(False)
The years are counted with reference to the birth of Christ.(True)
Ordinary people used Prakrit to talk to each other.(True)
