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HISTORY CHAPTER 2

Chapter 2 - On the Trail of the Earliest People


Question 1
Complete the sentences:
(a) Hunter-gatherers chose to live in caves and rock shelters because of ______
(b) Grasslands developed around ______
(c) Early people painted on the ______
(d) In Hunsgi, tools were made of ______
Answer
(a) they provided shelter from rain, heat, and wind
(b) 12000 years ago
(c) Walls of caves
(d) Stones

Question 2
Look at the present-day political map of the subcontinent on page 136. Find out the states where Bhimbetka, Hunsgi, and Kurnool are located. Would Tushar’s train have passed near any of these sites?
Answer
  • Bhimbetka is in Madhya Pradesh
  • Hunsgi is in Karnataka
  • Kurnool is in Andhra Pradesh
Yes it passes through Bhimbetka in MP and Kurnool in AP

Question 3
Why did the hunter-gatherers travel from place to place? In what ways are these similar to/different from the reasons for which we travel today?
Answer
Hunter-gatherers travelled from one place to another in search of food. When food in one place is exhausted then they travel to another place where they can find the food.
Nowadays, people travel not for food but for other reasons such as:
  1. they like travelling
  2. they want to explore new places
  3. they travel to meet relatives and friends

Question 4
What tools would you use today for cutting fruit? What would they be made of?
Answer
The tool we use today for cutting fruit is a knife. The knife is made up of steel/iron.

Question 5
List three ways in which hunter-gatherers used fire (see page16). Would you use fire for any of these purposes today?
Answer
Earlier hunter-gatherers used fire for.
  1.  Cooking
  2.  Clearing of forests
  3.  Saving from wild animals
Yes, we do use fire for cooking
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