Exercises
Imagine
Question:
You have to interview an archaeologist. Prepare a list of five questions that you would like to ask her /him.
Solution:
- You have to interview an archaeologist. Prepare a list of five questions that you would like to ask her /him.
- What is archeology?
- What are different branches of archeology?
- What does archeologist do?
- What is the importance of Archeology?
- If an archeologist has to find out the time period of any finding what is the process or method.
Let’s recall
Question 1:
Match the following:
Narmada Valley The first big kingdom
Magadha Hunting and gathering
Garo hills Cities about 2500 years ago
Indus and its tributaries Early agriculture
Ganga Valley The first cities
Solution 1:
Narmada Valley Hunting and gathering
Magadha The first big kingdom
Garo hills Early agriculture
Indus and its tributaries The first cities
Ganga Valley Cities about 2500 years ago
Question 2:
List one major difference between manuscripts and inscriptions.
Solution 2:
Manuscripts: They were written by hand (this comes from the Latin word ‘manu’, meaning hand). These were usually written on palm leaf, or on the specially prepared bark of a tree known as the birch, which grows in the Himalayas.
Inscriptions: These are writings on relatively hard surfaces such as stone or metal.
Let’s discuss
Question 3:
Return to Rasheeda’s question. Can you think of some answers to it?
Solution 3:
Rasheeda’s
Question:
How anyone can know what has happened One Hundred Years Ago.
Answers:
We can get the answers by:
- Reading the books written in past.
- By manuscripts
- By inscriptions
- By tools & weapons
Question 4:
Make a list of all the objects that archaeologists may find. Which of these could be made of stone?
Solution 4:
Archaeologists may find these things in their findings:
- Potteries
- Statues
- Ornaments
- Tools
- Skeletons
- Toys
- Cloth
Out of these Potteries, statues and Ornaments can be made up of stones.
Question 5:
Why do you think ordinary men and women did not generally keep records of what they did?
Solution 5:
Ordinary Men and Women did not keep record of what they did because of two reasons:
- Their life was full of difficulties.
- They would not be having enough time of recording their lives.
Question 6:
Describe at least two ways in which you think the lives of kings would have been different from those of farmers.
Solution 6:
