the earliest cities

Q1. How do archaeologists know that cloth was used in the Harappan civilisation?

Answer: Archaeologists have found spindles from the excavation sites.

Presence of spindles shows that people knew how to make cloths.

This shows that people in the Harappan Civilization used cloth.

Q2. Match the Columns

Column I	Column II
Copper	Gujarat
Gold	Afghanistan
Tin	Rajasthan
Precious stones	Karnataka

Answer:

·         Copper: Rajasthan

·         Gold: Karnataka

·         Tin: Afghanistan

·         Precious stones: Gujarat

Q3. Why were metals, writing, the wheel, and the plough important for the Harappans?

Answer:   a) Metals were used for making various tools, utensils, jewelry and seals.

b) Writing was useful for maintaining the records; related to trade and for various other purposes.

c) The wheel was used in carts to ferry people and goods. Wheel was also used as potter’s wheel.

d) Plough was used for tilling the land so that farming could be done.

Q4. Make a list of all the terracotta toys shown in the lesson. Which do you think children would have enjoyed playing with the most?

Answer: Animal figures, model cart and plough are some of the terracotta toys mentioned in this lesson. 

Even today; most of the children enjoy playing with toy cars.

Q5. Make a list of what the Harappans ate, and put a tick mark against the things you eat today.

Answer: The people of Harappa ate various kinds of grains (rice, wheat, barley, pulses, mustard, etc.), fruits (ber), fish, meat and milk. Most of these things we eat even today. At present; we eat rice, wheat, pulses, fish, meat and milk.

 SOME IMPORTANT DATES

• Cotton cultivation at Mehrgarh (about 7000 years ago).
• Beginning of cities (about 4700 years ago).
•  Beginning of the end of these cities (about 3900 years ago).
•   The emergence of other cities (about 2500 years ago).

History chapter 3

Class 6 History
From Gathering to Growing food
Q1. State whether true or false:
a) Millets have been found at Hallur.
Answer: True
b) People in Burzahom lived in rectangular houses.
Answer: False
c) Chirand is a site in Kashmir.
Answer: False
d) Jadeite, found in Daojali Hading, may have been brought from China.
Answer: True
Q2.Why do people who grow crops have to stay in the same place for a long time?
Answer: We know that a plant takes several months to bear fruits and seeds. So, people had to stay at the same place for a long time to take care of the crop.
Q3.If Neinuo wanted to eat rice, which are the places she should have visited?
Answer: Koldihwa and Mahagara in modern day Uttar Pradesh
Q4.Why do archaeologists think that many people who lived in Mehrgarh were hunters to start with and that herding became more important later?
Answer: Archaeologists have found different types of remains from different levels of excavation at Mehrgarh. Remains from deeper levels show bones of wild animals. This shows that people were still hunters. Remains from upper levels show bones of domesticated animals. This shows that later on people became herders.
Q4. List three ways in which the lives of farmers and herders would have been different from that of hunter-gatherers.
Answer:
Hunter-gatherers Farmers-herders
Lived nomadic life. Lived settled life.
Depended on wild animals for meat. Depended on domesticated animals for meat.
Food supply was not secure. Food supply was more secure.
Q5. Make a list of all the animals mentioned in the table in NCERT Book. For each one, describe what they may have been used for.
Answer:
Animal Possible Use
Sheep Milk, meat, wool
Goat Milk, meat
Dog Guarding the herd
Buffalo Milk
Ox Farm work
Pig Meat