Chapter 2 On The Trial of the Earliest People Solutions
Question - 1 : - Complete the sentences:
- Hunter-gatherers chose to live in caves and rock shelters because
- Grasslands developed around……….. years ago.
- Early people painted on the……… of caves.
- In Hunsgi, tools were made of……….
Answer - 1 : -
- they wanted to protect themselves from wild animals and bad weather.
- 12,000
- walls
- limestone
Answer - 2 : -
Bhimbetka — Madhya Pradesh
Hunsgi — Karnataka
Kumool — Andhra Pradesh
Tushar’s train would have passed near Bhimbetka, Hunsgi and Kumool, since they all lie on the possible train route from Delhi to Chennai.
Question - 3 : - Why did the hunter-gatherers travel from place to place? In what ways are these similar to/different from the reasons for which we travel today?
Answer - 3 : -
Hunter-gatherers travelled from place to place for four basic reasons which are as follows: (also see flow-learning).
If they stayed at one place for a long time, they would have eaten up all the available plant and animal resources. Therefore, they went to another place for more food.
Animals move from place to place. Humans followed them as they hunted them.
Plants and trees bear fruit in different seasons. So when season changed, people moved to another place.
In search of water, people travelled from place to place. Water is necessary for survival.
However, nowadays we travel for different purposes, like:
Education. We travel to schools.
Work. We travel to work.
Business. People travel from place to place for business purposes.
Entertainment. We travel from one place to another to amuse and entertain ourselves, like going to a circus, a zoo or sightseeing.
Answer - 4 : - Today, for cutting fruit, we would use modem tools like knives, which are made of iron or steel.
Question - 5 : - List three ways in which hunter-gatherers used fire. Would you use fire for any of these purposes today?
Answer - 5 : -
(a)
Hunter-gatherers used fire as a source of light.
They used fire to cook meat or food.
They used fire to scare away animals also.
Fire keeps him or her warm.
(b) Yes, fire is used as a source to cook food including meat. We also use it to keep us warm. Some people use it for religious purposes and bum their dead bodies.
Question - 6 : - Fill in the blanks with appropriate words to complete each sentence:
- Hunter-gatherers lived around …………. years ago.
- The hunter-gatherers moved from place to place on ………….
- Techniques used for making stone tools were ……… and …………
- The fire was used as a source of…………..
- The climate of the world changed to…….. conditions around 12,000 years ago.
Answer - 6 : -
- two million
- foot
- stone on stone, pressure flaking
- light
- relatively warm