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Gr7- Tracing changes through a Thousand years

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

British historians divided the medieval period into

a)

British,Muslim,Hindu

b)

British,Sikh,Hindu

c)

British,Buddhism,Muslim

d)

Hindu,Jainism,Zoroastrianism

2.

(a)   was written by Kalhana

3.

Two Foreign travelers who came in India in the Medieval Period

a)

Firoz Shah Tughlaq

b)

Ibn Battuah

c)

Albruni

d)

Marco Polo

4.

Who is a 'Cartographer'

a)

A research scientist

b)

Someone who makes maps

c)

A chef

d)

A person who excavates

5.

Who was the Arab geographer who made the map of the subcontinent

(a)  

6.

What did the term 'Hindustan' mean when it was used in the thirteenth century by Minhaj-i-Siraj,

a)

the areas of Punjab, Haryana

b)

Ganga and Yamuna region

c)

North India

d)

the areas of Punjab, Haryana and the lands

between the Ganga and Yamuna.

7.

A place where documents are stored or preserved is called (a)  

8.

Who were 'Scribes'

a)

kings and Queens

b)

Soldiers fighting for the king

c)

scribes copied manuscripts by hand.

d)

royal priests

9.

What was the most common problem when scribes were involved in writing history.

a)

Misinterpret the text

b)

Destroy records/material

c)

Wrote incorrect information

d)

introduced small changes

– a word here, a sentence there.

10.

(a)   paintings were sometimes used to illustrate the texts of manuscripts.

11.

(a)   wrote his chronicle first in 1356 and

another version two years later.

12.

One group of people who became important in this period were the _______________, a name derived from “Rajaputra”, the son of a ruler.

a)

Brahmins

b)

Kshatriya

c)

Rajputs

d)

Warriors

13.

The persian wheel was used in?

a)

agriculture

b)

industries

c)

trade

14.

STUDY OF COINS IS CALLED

a)

INSCRIPTIONS

b)

NUMISMATICS

c)

EPIGRAPHY

15.

According to medieval period, any stranger who did not belong to a certain society or culture and was not a part of particular village was regarded as..

a)

foreigner

b)

stranger

c)

Cartographer

d)

city-dweller