CBSE Class 6 Social Science The First Farmers And Herders Worksheet

TICK THE CORRECT ANSWERS :

Question.Palaeolithic Age was followed by-
1] Modern Age
2] Mesolithic Age
3] Neolithic Age
4] Chalcolithic Age
Answer : [ 2 ]

Question.The first animal to be tamed by man was –
1] Elephant
2] Camel
3] Dog
4] Goat
Answer : [ 3 ]

Question.Early man painted-
1] Walls of cave
2] rocks
3] ceiling of cave
4] None of these
Answer : [ 1 ]

Question.Domestication began in-
1] Palaeolithic Age
2] Mesolithic Age
3] Neolithic Age
4] Chalcolithic Age
Answer : [ 2 ]

FILL IN THE BLANKS :

Question.The Neolithic man believed…………………after death.
Answer : Life 

Question.Remains of human burials have been found at some…………..sites.
Answer : Mesolithic 

Question.……………….were useful for storing dry grains.
Answer : vessels

Question.……………….was the first metal to be used by early humans.
Answer : copper 

Question.The Neolithic man learnt to bake clay vessels on ………….
Answer : fire

VERY SHORT QUESTION ANSWERS :

Question.What do you understand by domestication ?
Answer : All process by which plants and animals were brought under human Control, by taming animals and growing plants.

Question.Mention two regions in India where Neolithic tools have been found?
Answer : Burzahom and Daojali Hading are two regions in India where Neolithics tools have been found.

Question. What type of houses were found at Mehrgarh Neolithic site ?
Answer : Rectangular houses were found at Mehrgarh Neolithic age. Each houses had four or more compartment some of which may have been used for storage .

Question. What are Megaliths ?
Answer : A megaliths is a large pre-historic stone that has been used to construct a structure with other stones.

Question. Why did early man need pots?
Answer : The early man need pots as utensils , to store their grains etc. They first learned to make clay pottery,which was shaped by hand then baked in fire.

SHORT QUESTION ANSWERS :

Question. How did cultivation give a new way of life to the people ?
Answer : A new way of life and process of farming and cultivation began when People began growing plants. It meant that they had to stay in the sa- me place for a long time looking after crops and driving out birds and animals till the grain ripened. As grain had to be stored both for food and seed, for storing they began making clay pots,or woven baskets or dug pits into the ground.

Question. How lives of farmers and herders been different from that of hunter- gatherers ?
Answer : Hunter-gatherers kept travelling from place to place, whereas farmers had to live at same place for longer periods of time to take care of their crops. Hunter-gatherers depended on meat of wild animals whereas farmers and herders used crops and cattles. Hunter-gatherers did not have any settled life, farmers and herders settled in pits-houses,huts etc.

LONG QUESTION ANSWER :

Question. What do you know about the Neolithic site of Mehrgarh?
Answer : Mehrgarh is considered an important place located in the plain near the Bolan pass in present day Pakistan. This site shows the earliest evidence Of farming and herding in South Asia. The Village had rectangular houses made of mud bricks. Several rooms were used for storing grains. The pe- ople of Mehrgarh grew wheat, barley and cotton. They kept sheep, goat and cattle. At some sites like Mehrgarh, microliths and bone tools have been found . At Mehrgarh people learnt to make clay pots , and learnt to make pottery on the potter’s wheel too. They also painted designs on pots . At Mehrgarh , the dead were buried in pits , sometimes with dom- estic animals . The animals could have been meant to serve as food for the dead.
 

Q.1 Choose the correct option.

a. Microliths were used in
i) Paleolithic Age
ii) Mesolithic Age
iii) Neolithic Age

b. Neolithic people invented
i) Fire
ii) Whee
l iii) Stone

c. The statuette of the dancing girl is made of
i) Copper
ii) Stone
iii) Bronze

d. Which of the following rivers did not flow through the Saptasindhu region?
i) Indus
ii) Ganga
iii) Saraswati

e. Which of the following was composed in Early Vedic period?
i) Ramayana
ii) Mahabharata
iii) Rigveda

Q.2 Match the columns

          A                                                                          B

i) Tribal chief                                                         a) Bronze

ii) Students (boys)  studied here                          b) Neolithic Age

iii) Dead body kept in north-south position           c) Terracotta

iv) Burnt clay                                                         d) Rajan

v) Made by mixing tin and copper                         e) Gurukul

vi) Baked clay pottery                                             f) Inamgaon

Q.3 Name the following.

a. Huge rectangular blocks of stone.

b. In this site Neolithic people grew cotton

c. These were usually made of steatite (soft soapstone)

d. A dockyard was discovered here.

e. The Early Vedic people lived in this region.

f. A small committee of selected village elders.

g. This age is also known as Iron Age.

Q.4 Answer the following in short.

a. What were the two main occupations of the Rigvedic Aryans?

b. How many castes were there in Early Vedic society? Explain the functions of any two of them.

c. Why is the Indus Valley Civilization also called the Harappan Civilization?

d. What are microliths? How did Mesolithic man use microlithis?

e. How did Neolithic people dispose of dead in Mehrgarh?

f. Explain about the great bath at Mohen-jo-daro?

The First Farmers and Herders

Exercise A

Q1. Name two regions in India where Mesolithic sites have been found.
Answer : Mysore and Adamgarh are two regions in India where Mesolithic sites have been found.

Q2: Mention two types of archaeological sources that tell us about man’s life during the Mesolithic Age.
Answer : Two types of archaeological sources that tell us about man’s life during the Mesolithic Age are tools and rock paintings.

Q3. What do you understand by domestication?
Answer : All processes by which plants and animals were brought under human control are together called domestication.

Q4. Mention some regions in India where Neolithic tools have been found.
Answer : Burzahom and Daojali Hading are two regions in India where Neolithic tools have been found.

Q5: What made up a typical Neolithic village?
Answer : A neolithic village consisted of a few closely built houses surrounded by a common fence of prickly bush or mud wall.

Q6: What kind of work did women, children and old people do in a neolithic community?
Answer : Women, children and old people performed light agricultural tasks like sowing , harvesting, grazing small herds and protecting crops from pests such as birds.

Q7. How did neolithic people dispose of their dead?
Answer : Neolithic people disposed off the dead ones by burying them in pits or by cremating.

Q8. What are megaliths?
Answer : Megaliths were huge rectangular blocks of stones used for marking the burial places.

Q9. Where is Mehrgarh situated?
Answer : Mehrgarh is situated near the Bolan Pass in Pakistan.

Exercise B

Q1. What are microliths? How did mesolithic man use microliths?
Answer : Microliths were the small stone blades. They were fixed on bones or wood. They were used as spears, arrows, knives and saws.

Q2. Explain how man might have discovered the magic link between seed and plant.
Answer : Seeds that fell at the time of gathering or seeds in discarded vegetable remains might have sprouted and suggested the magic link between seed and plant.

Q3. What do mesolithic paintings usually depict? What information do they give us?
Answer : The paintings depict various activities of Mesolithic people, and tell us about their methods of hunting, fishing, collecting honey, religious worship and so on.

Q4. What is a tribe? Mention one way in which we can…… neolithic tribes.
Answer : A group of families which is closely related and shares the same customs, beliefs and method of worship is called a tribe.
By observing the present-day tribes living in the remote regions we can draw conclusions about the lifestyles of Neolithic tribes.

Q5: Write about the occupations of the Neolithic people of Mehrgarh.
Answer : The people of Mehrgarh were mainly involved in agriculture and they also kept animals like cattle, goats, etc. They also made potteries.

Exercise C

Q1. How did farming and herding change man’s life?
Answer : Farming and herding changed man’s life due to the following reasons:-
a) It assured man of a continuous supply of food. Be it grains or vegetables, meat,etc.
b) In his free time he developed new skills.
c) It led to permanent human settlements and community life began to take place.