Solution of Chapter 2. On The Trail of The Earliest People (Our Pasts-I Book)

Chapter Exercises

Let's Recall
Let's Discuss
Let's Do

Let's Recall

1

Complete the sentences:

(a) Hunter-gatherers chose to live in caves and rock shelters because ____________.


(b) Grasslands developed around ____________ years ago.


(c) Early people painted on the ____________ of caves.


(d) In Hunsgi, tools were made of ____________.
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?

Let's Discuss

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?
4

What tools would you use today for cutting fruit? What would they be made of?
5

List three ways in which hunter-gatherers used fire (see page16). Would you use fire for any of these purposes today?

Let's Do

6

Make two columns in your notebook. In the left-hand column, list the foods hunter-gatherers ate given below. In the right-hand column, list some of the foods you eat. Do you notice any similarities/differences?
7

If you had a natural pebble-like the ones shown given below, what would you use it for?
8

List two tasks that are performed by both men and women at present. List another two that are performed only by women, and two that are performed only by men. Compare your list with that of any two of your classmates. Do you notice any similarities/differences in your lists?