Class-6 History Chapter 3 From Hunters To Farmers A: Choose the correct answer and fill in the blanks:- 1. Anthropology 2. Mesolithic 3. Three 4. Scare animals 5. Animal Husbandry B. Fill in the blanks:- 1.. Observation, experience 2. Sedentary 3.palaeolithic 4.Neolithic C. Match the column s :- 1. Chirand - Bihar 2. Mehrgarh - Baluchistan 3. Catal Huyuk _ Turkey 4. Gallery - Andhra Pradesh 5. Daojali Hading - Brahmaputra Valley D. Answer the following questions in 10 – 20 words :- 1. The word “neo' means new and lithic means stone. Neolithic age is also known as new stone age . The well-shaped polished stone tools were made in this age. 2.We do not have any direct evidence of the customs and practices of the Neolithic people but through the study of their tools and pottery we get an insight into these. 3.Sheep and goat are the two animals that were domesticated during the Neolithic age. 4. Mehrgarh near the Nolan pass in Baluchistan was the earliest agricultural settlement in the Indian subcontinent. 5 Burzahom and Gufkral are the two village settlements found in the Kashmir region that belong to the Neolithic age. E. Answer the following questions in 50 to 70 words 1 Before farming people lived by hunting wild animals and Gathering wild plants when supplies ran out, Tuhese hunter-gatherers moved on farming meant that people did not need to travel to find food instead they begin to live in settled communities, and grew crops or raised animals on nearby land. 2.People who grow crops have to stay in the same place for a long time because they have to look after the crops. The plants had to be water and had to be protected from bird and animals. So that they could grow and the seeds would ripen. 3.Domestication plants marked major turning point for humans. The beginning of an agricultural way of life and more permanent civilizations. Humans no longer had to wander to hunt animals and gather plants for their food supplies agriculture the cultivating of domestic plants allowed fewer people to provide more food. 4.Differences between paleolithic age and Neolithic Age are as follows:- Paleolithic age:-Crude and unshaped stone tools were made. People were mostly scavengers Hunters and food gatherers. People clothed themselves with animal skin and bark of the tree people lived in caves and roam around from one place to another people did not know how to make pottery. Neolithic age:- Well shaped and polished tools begin to be made. People domesticated animals and begin producing food. People weaved clothes and started using wool and cotton to cover themselves. People built mud houses and hearts and started living in one place for a long period of time to look after the grains Sone. Pottery making was a significant feature of this age. 5.Neolithic settlements have been found particularly in the north west and north east part of the Indian subcontinent for stop of you have also been found in South India. Some of these Neolithic settlements’ include mehrgarh and killi Ghul Muhammad of Baluchistan, and Burzahom and Gufkral in Kashmir, Mahagara in Uttar Pradesh, Chirand near Patna in Bihar, Salutary in Assam,Daojsli Hading near the Brahmaputra valley, Gallery and Payampali in Andhra Pradesh. F. Answer the following questions in 8200 words 1. The Neolithic period is significant for it’s megalithic architecture, the spread of agricultural practices, pottery and the use of polished stone tools for stop the invention of the wheel came into being during the Neolithic age. It was not used for transportation but rather as a Potter’s wheel. 2. The people in the mesolithic period knew where are edible plants were found or grow naturally. Gradually early humans observed that seeds from the edible plants fell off the stocks and new plant sprouted from them. They learnt which edible plants grow naturally in which season. Therefore true love observation and with experience humans begin producing crops. They started growing crops and cereals such as wheat Barley and rice. The Hunter gatherer became farmer .