Class VI History: Holiday Assignment.
Chapter 2: Answer the following questions in
eight to ten sentences. Marks: 5.
1. Write about different aspects of Australopithecus and Homo- Habilis.
2. Write about different aspects of Homo Erectus and Homo Sapien.
3. Compare the three stages of Stone Age.
Chapter :3:
1. How was the sanitation and sewerage system of Harappan civilisation?
2. Briefly describe the religious life of Harappa.
3. Write about Harappan Script.
Answers
Answer
Chapter 2 answers:-
1. As justification for designating their new creature Homo rather than Australopithecus, they described the increased cranial capacity and comparatively smaller molar and premolar teeth of the fossils, a humanlike foot, and hand bones that suggested an ability to manipulate objects with precision—hence the species name.
2. Homo erectus is the most long-lived species of Homo, having survived for almost two million years. By contrast, Homo sapiens emerged about a third of a million years ago.
3. The Stone Age has been divided into three distinct periods: Paleolithic Period or Old Stone Age (30,000 BCE–10,000 BCE) Mesolithic Period or Middle Stone Age (10,000 BCE–8,000 BCE) Neolithic Period or New Stone Age (8,000 BCE–3,000 BCE)
Chapter 3 answers:-
1. Sewage was disposed of through underground drains built with precisely laid bricks, and a sophisticated water management system with numerous reservoirs was established. In the drainage systems, drains from houses were connected to wider public drains. Many of the buildings at Mohenjo-Daro had two or more stories.
2. The Indus Valley religion is polytheistic and is made up of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. There are many seals to support the evidence of the Indus Valley Gods. Some seals show animals which resemble the two gods, Shiva and Rudra. Other seals depict a tree which the Indus Valley believed to be the tree of life.
3. The Indus script (also known as the Harappan script) is a corpus of symbols produced by the Indus Valley Civilization. ... In the early 1970s, Iravatham Mahadevan published a corpus and concordance of Indus inscriptions listing 3,700 seals and 417 distinct signs in specific patterns.