Exercise - Question:
Que: Complete the sentences:
(a) Hunter-gatherers chose to live in caves and rock shelters because ————————.
(b) Grasslands developed around ———————— years ago.
(c) Early people painted on the ———————— of caves.
(d) In Hunsgi, tools were made of ————————.
Ans:
(a) they gave shelter from rain, heat and wind.
(b) 1200
(c) walls
(d) limetone
Que: Look at the present-day political map of the subcontinent on page 136. Find out the states where Bhimbetka, Hunsgi and Kurnool are located. Would Tushar’s train have passed near any of these sites?
Ans:
Bhimbetka Madhya pradesh
Hunsgi Karnataka
Kurnool Tamil nadu
Yes, Tushar's train would have passed near these sites.
Let’s discuss
Que: 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?
Ans:
The hunter- gather travelled from place to place to hunt animals and collect fruits, berries and leaves of plant. They followed the seasonol migration of animals. Whenever fruits were less. They went to a new place.
Today we travel for different reason like going of business trips, excursions, visit to religlous places ect. We also go of buy goods of everyday use.
Que: What tools would you use today for cutting fruit? What would they be made of?
Ans: To cut fruis we use knives, made of steel or we use electric knives.
Que: list three ways in which hunter-gatherers used fire (see page16). Would you use fire for any of these purposes today?
Ans: Hunter- gather may have used fire for cooking food , give light in the interior of the caves and it gave security, because animals were afraid of fire.
Yes, we use fire for cooking food today.
Que: Make two columns in your notebook. In the left hand column, list the foods hunter - gathers ate. In the right hand column, list some of the foods you eat. Do you noticee any similarities/difference.
Ans:
Differences between the two eating habits: Today, we largely eat processed and cooked food, whereas the early people did not cook their food. They ate everthing raw.
Que: If you had a natural pebble - like the ones shown of page 13 in the textbook, what would you use it for?
Ans:
1. I would have used some of these stone tools to cut meat and bone, scrape bark (from trees) and hides (animal skins), chop fruit, and roots.
2. Some may have been attched to handles of bone or wood, to make spears an darrows for hunting.
3. Other stone tools were used to chop wood, which was used as firewood.
Que: List two tasks that are performed by both men and women at present. List another two that are performed only by women, and two that are performed only by men. Compare you list with that of any two of your classmates. Do you notice any similarities/differences in your lists?
Ans: Two tasks that are performed by both men and women:
(a) Teaching
(b) office jobs
Two tasks that are performed by only men:
(a) Mining
(b) Working in a shipyard
Two taks that are performed by only women:
(a) Nursing
(b) Looking after home and hearth
