NLHSS – CLASS VI (____) – SOCIAL SCIENCE – PPT 1
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LESSON 2: THE EARLIEST SOCIETIES
Duration: 10 minutes
General Instructions: Use a pencil to answer the following questions.
Marks: 10
QI. Fill in the blanks using the correct words:
(1×3=3)
2. Why did early humans move from place to place in search of food and water?
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1. ___________________________ appeared on earth about 40,000 years ago.
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2. Early humans evolved from _______________________________________.
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3. The early humans were __________________________________________.
QII. Choose the correct option for each of the following:
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1. The term for the Old Stone Age is...
(a) Palaeolithic
(b) Chalcolithic
(c) Mesolithic
(d) Neolithic
2. The Lower Palaeolithic Age is also called the...
(a) Ice Age
(b) Metal Age
(c) Copper Age
QIII. Write True or False:
1. Prehistory is a period that dates back to a
(d) Rock Age
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time where no written records of human life exist.
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QIV. Answer the following questions in one or two sentences:
1. Who were hominids?
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3. Why was stone used to make tools in the prehistoric period?
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NLHSS – CLASS VI (____) – SOCIAL SCIENCE – PPT 2
NAME___________________________________ DATE_________
LESSON 2: THE EARLIEST SOCIETIES
Duration: 10 minutes
General Instructions: Use a pencil to answer the following questions.
Marks: 10
QI. Write True or False:
(½×2=1)
1. The Middle Palaeolithic period
saw the gradual warming of climate.
2. What did early humans eat?
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2. Microliths are associated with the Palaeolithic Age.
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QII. Answer the following questions in one or two sentences:
1. Name any three tools used in the Palaeolithic Age.
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QIII. Answer the following questions in one or two sentences:
1. What are the sources of information about the prehistoric period?
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NLHSS – CLASS VI (____) – SOCIAL SCIENCE – PPT 3
NAME___________________________________ DATE_________
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LESSON 2: THE EARLIEST SOCIETIES
Duration: 10 minutes
General Instructions: Use a pencil to answer the following questions.
Marks: 10
QI. Fill in the blanks using the correct words:
(1×2=2)
1. A new kind of tool used in the Mesolithic period was the _________________.
2. The ______________________________________ cave in Madhya Pradesh
was discovered with thousands of rock paintings.
(½×3=1½)
1. The earliest evidence of the controlled use of fire has been found in...
India
(b)
France
(c)
Israel
(d)
Palaeolithic site
(b)
Mesolithic site
(c)
Neolithic site
(d)
none of the above
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3. The cultivation of food is related with the...
(c) Neolithic site
QIII. Write True or False:
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(a)
Palaeolithic site
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England
2. Langhnaj in Gujarat is an example of a...
(a)
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QII. Choose the correct option for each of the following:
(a)
QV. Answer the following questions in four or five sentences:
1. How was fire useful to early humans?
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(b)
Mesolithic site
(d)
none of the above
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1. The changes in lifestyle during the Neolithic Age
have been termed as the Neolithic Revolution.
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QIV. Answer the following questions in one or two sentences:
1. Name any two Mesolithic settlements in India.
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NLHSS – CLASS VI (____) – SOCIAL SCIENCE – PPT 4
NAME___________________________________ DATE_________
QV. The picture below is a rock painting from Bhimbetka. Study the
picture and answer these quetions:
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LESSON 2: THE EARLIEST SOCIETIES
Duration: 10 minutes
General Instructions: Use a pencil to answer the following questions.
Marks: 10
QI. Match the columns:
(½×5=2½)
1. Stone Age
(a)
Factory site
(______)
2. Hand axes
(b)
Settlements
(______)
3. Upper Palaeolithic
(c)
Blades and burins
(______)
4. Neolithic
(d)
Stone tools
(______)
5. Hunsgi
QII. True (T) or false (F):
(e)
Lower Palaeolithic Age (______)
(½)
1. A large number of stone tools have been found
in the Hunsgi Valley in Andhra Pradesh.
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QIII. Answer the following questions in four or five sentences:
1. What is the significance of the rock shelter of Bhimbetka?
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1. What does the figure appear to be doing?
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2. What animal does the picture resemble?
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3. Does this activity seem similar to what we do today?
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