Class 6 History Chapter 2 Practice Question Answers - From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food

Q1: What did the Findings at Mehrgarh included?
Ans: 4 or more compartmented houses in the shape of a square.

Q2: Name all the places where examples of early farming and herding can be found.
Ans: North-west, East and South India and Kashmir.

Q3: Why we call Stone tools found in some regions as Neolithic?
Ans: As they are not similar to the normal tools as those of Paleolithic.

Q4: Mehrgarh is considered to be the place where men and women learnt to grow _______ and wheat.
Ans: Grow barley and wheat

Q5: Describe in short the three stages of Stone Age?
Ans:

• Paleolithic Age: In this period man used crude stone tools and weapons and led a nomadic life. It was also known as Old Stone Age
• Mesolithic Age: In this age man used microlithic stone tools which were used by iding or joining them on handle or stick of wood/bamboo. In this age man started domesticating animals. It was also known as Middle stone Age.
• Neolithic age: Man used polished stone tools, domesticated animals, used tools for agriculture and led a settled life. It was also known as new Stone Age.

Q6: What are the activities of the members of a tribe?
Ans:

• The members of a tribe follow occupations such as hunting, gathering, farming, herding and fishing.
• Women do most of the agricultural work like preparing the ground, sowing seeds, looking after the growing plants and harvesting grain.
• Children often look after plants, driving away animals and birds that might eat them.
• The cleaning of animals and milking, is done by both men and women. Both women and men make pots, baskets, tools and huts. They also take part in singing, dancing and decorating their huts.

Q7: How did the early villages come into being?
Ans: The early villages came into being through following process:

• With the knowledge of agriculture - small groups of families made their dwellings near their fields and started living together,gradually these settlements developed into villages.
• The villages were generally found near the rivers and lakes and were built on high ground to keep them safe from floods.
• For security from wild beasts a mud wall or thick hedge was built all around.
• The community living made life easier, safer and happier.

Q8: How did the humans domesticate plants and animals?
Ans:

• The climatic change in the environment after the Ice Age brought about a change in plants and animals. Dietary patterns of human beings also began to change with time.
• Humans observed the behaviour of plants, the way seeds broke off the stalk, fell on the ground and new plants sprouted from them. They also started to protect the edible plants from plants and animals.
• Humans began to tame animals by leaving food for them near their shelter. Dogs were the first animals to be tamed.
• Humans also protected them from being attacked by other wild animals. Thus, a symbiotic relationship was shared between plants, animals and humans.

Q9: How do we know about the past? Describe various sources that are used to study the past?
Ans: We know about the past through certain clues known as sources. The sources that are used to study the past are coins, inscriptions, manuscripts, pottery, toys, jewellery etc.

Q10: What do you mean by the term Tribe?
Ans: Group of farmers and herders lived together in small settlements or villages formed a tribe. Most of the families in the tribe were related to one another. Members of the tribe followed occupations such as hunting, gathering, farming, herding and fishing.

Q11: Where did the stone age man live?
Ans: The Stone Age man lived in hilly areas by the side of rivers or a lake. In the beginning he took shelter in the caves, rock shelters and later in mud - huts. He lived by the side of lake or river to quench his thirst and for food i.e. animal and fish.

Q12: What is a burial?
Ans: A burial is an arrangement made by people for their relatives and friends. When people die generally respect is paid to them. Dead people are looked after perhaps in the belief that there is some form of life after death.

Q13: What were the climatic conditions in Neolithic period?
Ans: In Neolithic period climatic conditions became favourable and habitable. The areas became warmer so there could be seen dense forests. Now due to warmth in the climate, ice covered dry areas became open grassland.

Q14: Why Koldihwa is famous?
Ans: Koldihwa is known as Sarai Nahar Rai. This site provides the earliest evidence of rice production and consumption in India.

Q15: Write a short note on Bolan pass.
Ans: Bolan pass is situated in the Sulaiman Range of Himalayas. It connects the Indian subcontinent with Iran. This pass was used by traders and the invaders to reach India.

Q16: Why do farmers grow some crops in some areas and not in other areas?
Ans: Different plants grow in different conditions. For example, rice requires more water than wheat and barley. So it is grown in areas where plenty of water is available.

Q17: What do you think would have been cooked in the jars by early man?
Ans: People started using pots for cooking food. Grains like rice, wheat and lentils were cooked by them. Also, these pots were sometimes decorated.

Q18: How was fire discovered?
Ans: Human learnt to produce fire by rubbing two pieces of stone. This discovery was an accidental invention. They started to use fire for cooking food, for light and heat, and to scare the wild animals.

Q19: What was the purpose of construction of pit house?
Ans: These were provided with the steps. This may have been constructed to get protection from the cold temperatures.

Q20: Explain the historical importance of Daojali Hading.
Ans: Daojali Hading is located in Tripura where unique discovery of tools made from fossil wood have been made by the archaeologists. Fossil wood is the metamorphosed form of wood. The physical properties of the wood undergo change due to the high temperature and high pressure