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The ACADEMIC YEAR 2020-2021
TERM II - NOTES 1&2

CLASS: VI SUBJECT: UAE SS

LESSON 1 – EARLY EXPLORERS

1. Where is Niagara Falls?
Ans) Canada
2. Who saw Niagara Falls first?
Ans) Native Americans living in the Niagara region were the first people
to behold the power of Niagara Falls. Native Americans helped to
introduce these places and cultures to their own people.
3. Who were the first people to write about Niagara and Great Lakes?
Ans) Samuel de Champlain was one of the first European explorers of
North America. He and his men were the first people to write about
Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes.
4. How did explorers discover the new world?
Ans) The explorers sailed on ships across vast oceans, traveled through
dense jungles, over rugged mountains, and across arid deserts. It was a
very difficult and dangerous life.
5. Who explored China?
Ans) Marco Polo
6. What were the explorers looking for?
Ans) Explorers such as Christopher Columbus was looking for new
trade routes from Spain to Asia. Marco Polo, traveled to China to learn
about exotic cultures and people. De Champlain first started traveling to
take part in the fur trade.

7. What did these explorers have in common?
Ans) A spirit of adventure that drove them to travel to the farthest corners
of the world.

Word Meanings

* Vast - of the very great area or extent
* Rugged - having a broken, rocky, and uneven surface.
* Arid - having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support
vegetation.
* Dense - closely compacted in substance

LESSON 2 – THE SILK ROAD

1. How long was the Silk Road?
Ans) Silk Road was measured more than 10,000 kilometers long.
2. Where did the Silk Road start and end?
Ans) Silk Road ran across the northern areas of China, through Mongolia
and India, and across Middle Eastern deserts until it reached the
The Mediterranean Sea.
3. Why was the Silk Road important to the world?
Ans) Silk Road connected people from East Asia with people from
Central Asia, India, and the Middle East for over five hundred years. It
was an important trade route, with merchants buying and selling silks,
animals, vegetables, textiles, and many other things.
4. What was the Silk Road made of?
Ans) Silk Road was marked by natural features of the land: valleys
between mountains, watering holes where travelers could rest, and flat
areas that were good walking.
5. When did people start using the Silk Road?
Ans) 1
st Century

6. What was the Diamond Sutra? Where was it found?
Ans) Diamond Sutra was the first printed book found in a Silk Road cave
that was used as a library.

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