From stone to metal - class-VI
Description: from stone to metal | |
Number of Questions: 90 | |
Created by: Vijay Puri | |
Tags: economics history of ancient india history the river valley civilizations social studies ancient civilizations of the world early india: from the beginnings to the indus civilisation indus valley civilization primitive man in the indian subcontinent: from nomads to a settled life spend carefully early man from stone to metal ancient civilisations pre-historic society the stone age |
Around 2000 B.C.E., pastoralists were able to migrate over greater distances due to ___________________.
Which of the following statements is NOT accurate?
Which statement regarding the specialization of labor in early Mesopotamia is NOT accurate?
Which of the following represents a geographic commonality between the Shang Dynasty and Ancient Egypt?
What does the word "Burzahom" mean ?
Name the first dynasty established in Iran.
Arrange the five evolutionary stages of man in chronological order.
(A) Neanderthal man
(B) Homo Erectus
(C) Homo Sapiens
(D) Astro Pythicus
(E) Rama Pythicus
Identify the false statement regarding Zoroastrianism.
Which age was associated with the origin of fire ?
In which dynastic rule was "The Great Wall Of China" built ?
Which of the following ages was associated with the beginning of agriculture and cattle raring ?
Which of the following river valleys was associated with Mesopotamian civilization ?
Match the entries in column I with those in column II.
Column I | Column II |
---|---|
a. Euclidi | i. Distance between earth and moon |
b. Hippocratus | ii. Earth at centre of universe |
c. Hipparcus | iii. Father of Geometry |
d. Ptolemy | iv. Father of modern medicine |
In Neolithic age, the image of an animal or a plant as a symbol of a clan, or group of families living together was called?
Which metal was found first?
The then capital city of Inkes civilization is called by which name now ?
Which European country was known to have looted the wealth of American continent which marked the end of Inkes civilization ?
Indus Valley Civilisation people did not probably know about the use of ____.
Cro magnons is another name for which of the following man ?
Which civilization was associated with the development of first calendar?
Which of the following was/were not the feature/s of Neolithic age?
(A) Baking of clay pots started in this age.
(B) Man was merely a food gatherer.
(C) The age was associated with the origin of usage of fire.
(D) The age marked the beginning of art of weaving.
History of urbanization emerged from the _______.
Panini was a famous scholar of _______.
Shintoism is popular in ________.
Zulus are natives of _______.
The Incas civilization existed in ________.
Hiuen Tsang, a Chinese traveller, visited India with the object of ________.
Chinese calendar was based on ______.
Hermit Kingdom is ________.
Gunpowder was discovered by ________.
Remains of Indus Valley Civilization in Rajasthan have been found at _______.
In the ancient times the civil servants on higher posts were recruited through a competition in _____.
The remains of one of the most sophisticated prehis toric native civilizations north of Mexico are pre served at Cahokia, Illinois. The people who lived at this site were called:
Palaeolithic remains have been discovered in India in _______.
Which of these was not a characteristic of early humans in the Paleolithic Age?
For what period would archeologists first begin to find permanent human settlements?
Mesolithic tools are primarily ________.
The Mesepotamians were the first people to invent the following. Which one of these is being used today?
Pottery-making as technique emerged first in the _______.
Who among the following were well-known skilled forest cutters?
Which of the following valleys is known for having a continuous succession of Paleolithic painting of different periods?
Identify the statement that best begins an explanation of the Neolithic Revolution.
The development of clay pottery was primarily important because _____________________.
Which of the following civilizations shares the most in common with the Harappan civilization found in the Indus River Valley?
Which of the following statement is true about Neanderthals?
Identify the important original contribution of the Hebrew culture to the civilizations in the Middle-East and Mediterranean during the Classical Period.
Before the arrival of Europeans, which is the best characterization of native Australian technology ?
Which of the following BEST characterizes early farming during the Neolithic Period?
Burial practices of Neolithic farming communities revealed that ____________________.
To survive in different climates, early Homo Sapiens adapted in all of the following ways EXCEPT _________________________.
The first cultivated crop of maize (corn) was found in ____________.
Not all early humans adopted agriculture. The Aborigines of Australia continued to hunt and gather even though they were exposed to farming.
They probably chose to continue this lifestyle because ______________________________.
Mesopotamia produced successful early civilizations due to its ___________________.
Papyrus was invented by the _____.
As a result of religious beliefs, the Shang people tended to revere _________________.
Characteristics of the earliest agricultural revolution include all of the following EXCEPT ____________________.
Which of the following BEST describes early India?
Historians label Mesopotamia as a patriarchal society because ______________________.
When the Gods created Mankind, Shamash responded, death for Mankind they allotted; life they retained in their own keeping.
The above excerpt from the Epic of Gilgamesh reveals one perception of gods during the Mesopotamian Era.
According to the excerpt, most people during this time believed.
Sumerians developed all of the following EXCEPT _______________.
Which of the following statements is accurate of the Olmecs?
The horse-drawn chariot ________________________.
Most of the early urban centers in the world developed around river valleys where the soil was fertile and water was plentiful.
Which of the following statements can be applied to ALL of these early civilizations?
In early Mesopotamia cities, power shifted from religion to the military around 3000 B.C.E.
What is the MOST likely explanation for this?
After 1600 B.C.E the primary political unit in Southwest Asia shifted from a city-state to a territorial state. Which of the following statements BEST explains the reason for this?
Which of the following options do NOT represent an Indo-European language?
In early Chinese villages, social stratification is shown through all of the following EXCEPT _________________.
Which of the following statements about the Minoan Cretan culture is inaccurate?
The use of metal was significant in the development of early civilizations for all of the following reasons EXCEPT __________________.
All of the following were characteristic of Mesoamerican civilizations during the postclassical period EXCEPT _____________________.
The Oxus Culture was a short-lived culture in Asia that lasted only 400 years from 2100 B.C.E. to 1700 B.C.E. It primarily covered the geographical area of central Asia, including which of the following present-day countries?
Unlike nomadic societies, early civilizations were patriarchal. This shift occurred for all of the following reasons EXCEPT ______________________.
The Earth comes into being by your hand as you made it. When you dawn, they live. When you set, they die; You yourself are lifetime, one lives by you.
The above statement by Egyptian ruler, Akhenaten, suggests a belief in _______________.
Who among the following Propounded the theory of the "Survival of the Fittest"?
The development of political states in early civilizations was PRIMARILY motivated by which of the following?
In early civilizations, which social class made up the vast majority of the population?
Because the Indus script has not yet been deciphered, scholars differ in their interpretations of the features of early Indus cultures.
Which of the following statements is generally accepted by historians?
Mesopotamia differed from Egypt in that ____________________.
The writing on Oracle bones found in the Yellow River Valley revealed a belief in ____________________.
The Phoenicians are BEST remembered for their _____________.
During which age did humans started producing food grains?
Of the following who has been considered as a grammarian?
According to tradition, a mighty king In India in the fourth century BC had been raised to power by a Taxila brahmin, named
State whether the sentence is true (T) or false (F).
Palaeolithic tools were still made and used in Neolithic Age.
State whether the sentence is true (T) or false (F).
Paiyampalli is a Neolithic site in Madhya Pradesh.
Chirand is a site in Kashmir.
State whether the sentence is true(T) or false(F).
Arretine Ware was named after a city in Germany.
State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
Sons automatically succeeded fathers as 'rajas'.
State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
Battles were fought for land, water and to capture people.