WorksheetsFROM GATHERING TO GROWING FOOD VI
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
People lived along the banks of this river many many years ago.
a)
Tapi
b)
Narmada
2.
These are the areas where people first began to grow wheat and barley.
a)
Ganga valley
b)
Sulaiman and Kirthar hills
3.
Rice was first grown here.
a)
north of the Himalayas
b)
north of the Vindhyas
4.
In ancient times kingdoms emerged along the banks of this river.
a)
Ganga
b)
Godavari
5.
The word India comes from the word Indus also called Sindhu in
a)
Sanskrit
b)
German
6.
Books that were written along time ago are called manuscripts because they were
a)
printed
b)
written by hand
7.
Inscriptions are written on
a)
stone and metal
b)
straw
8.
"Storing Animals " meant
a)
storing animals in jars
b)
rearing animals as they were an important source of food.
9.
In this place , people built pit houses which were dug into the ground with steps leading into them
a)
Burzahom
b)
Bhimbetka
10.
As our ancestors planted seeds it meant that they had to
a)
stay in one place for a long time and learn how to store food.
b)
move from one place to another till the seed became a plant.
11.
In this place , people built pit houses which were dug into the ground with steps leading into them
a)
Burzahom
b)
Bhimbetka
12.
People learnt to grow barley and wheat and rear sheep and goats for the first time in what is now Pakistan. Which site are we talking about?
a)
Burzahom
b)
Mehrgarh
13.
In a particular site the archaeologists discovered that humans were buried with goats!!
a)
True
b)
False
14.
While excavating the layers in a site, the upper layer belongs to a later period and the lower levels to an older one.
a)
true
b)
false
15.
Bhimbetka is in present day________.
a)
Bihar
b)
Madhya Pradesh
c)
New Delhi
16.
Many of rock shelters are found in ________ valley.
a)
Kaveri
b)
Narmada
c)
Kodavari
17.
" Palaeo " means _________ and " Lithos " means_____
a)
Old , Stone
b)
New , Stone
c)
Middle , wood
18.
_______ is the process of growing plants and look after animals.
a)
Agriculture
b)
Invention
c)
Domestication
19.
Which was the first animal to be tamed by early man?
a)
Cow
b)
Dog
c)
Goat
d)
Ox
20.
The houses of Mehrgarh were -
a)
Circular or square
b)
Square or rectangular
c)
Triangular or circular
d)
Circular or rectangular a
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