From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food quiz

Traces of ash, showing the use of fire, were found at:

Microliths are associated with the:

Pit-houses have been found at:

Mehrgarh is located in present-day:

Rock paintings of animals have been found at:

Grasslands began to spread around:

Daojali Hading is located in:

One of the earliest animals to be tamed was the wild ancestor of the:

Wheat and barley were among the earliest crops grown at:

The word "Palaeolithic" comes from Greek words meaning:

Give two uses of stone tools by hunter-gatherers. (2 marks)

How did people discover fire might have been useful? Give two uses. (2 marks)

Why did people begin to settle down after farming started? (2 marks)

What did the people of Daojali Hading use that came from China or Burma? (2 marks)

What was found in burials at Mehrgarh, and what might it show? (2 marks)

Why did early farmers make clay pots? (2 marks)

What is meant by a tribe? (2 marks)

Name two sites where evidence of rice has been found. (2 marks)

How do we know that hunter-gatherers painted? (2 marks)

Why were plants and animals selected for domestication? Give two qualities. (2 marks)

The Palaeolithic period began about 2 million years ago and ended about 12,000 years ago. Calculate its approximate length in years. Write the answer in words. (3 marks)

Farming began at Mehrgarh about 8000 years ago. Neolithic tools found at Burzahom are about 4500 years old. How many years earlier did farming begin at Mehrgarh than the Burzahom finds? (3 marks)

Arrange these in order from earliest to latest, giving the approximate time of each: the start of farming at Mehrgarh, the earliest Palaeolithic stone tools, pit-houses at Burzahom, microliths in use. (3 marks)

At a site, archaeologists found 120 stone tools: 48 hand axes, 36 choppers, and the rest microliths. How many microliths were found? What percentage of the tools were hand axes? (3 marks)

If an event happened 10,000 years ago, and today is 2025 CE, approximately in which year BCE did it happen? Show the working. (3 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. Archaeologists found remains of houses at Mehrgarh. Most houses were square or rectangular with four or more rooms, some of which were used for storage. Bones of sheep and goats, and grains of barley and wheat, were also found. (i) What does the size of the houses tell us? (ii) Why were some rooms used for storage? (iii) What do the bones and grains show about the people's food? (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. At Hunsgi in Karnataka, a number of early Palaeolithic sites were found. Some were factory sites where stone tools were made. Many tools were made of limestone, which was available locally. (i) What is a factory site? (ii) Why were tools made of local limestone? (iii) What can archaeologists learn from leftover stone pieces? (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. At Burzahom in Kashmir, people built pit-houses dug into the ground, with steps leading into them. Cooking hearths have been found both inside and outside the huts. (i) Why might people have built houses in pits? (ii) What do the hearths tell us? (iii) In which season might people have cooked inside? (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. About 12,000 years ago, there were major changes in the climate of the world, with a shift to relatively warm conditions. In many areas, this led to the development of grasslands. Deer, antelope, goat, sheep and cattle increased in number. (i) How did the change in climate affect plants? (ii) How did it affect the animals? (iii) How did hunters respond to these changes? (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. Farmers and herders often lived in groups called tribes. They shared land, forests, grasslands and water. Elders gave advice, and women did many tasks of farming, while men led herds to pastures. (i) What is a tribe? (ii) Name two things that tribes shared. (iii) Give two features of tribal life described here. (5 marks)

Draw a timeline from 2 million years ago to the present, marking the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic periods and the beginning of farming. Describe two major changes in human life during these periods. (6 marks)

On an outline map of the subcontinent, mark six sites mentioned in the chapter. Describe what was found at any three of them. (6 marks)

Explain how hunter-gatherers lived, under food, tools, shelter and movement. Draw labelled sketches of two stone tools and state their uses. (6 marks)

Explain how farming and herding developed. Describe the process of domestication of plants and animals, and draw a flowchart showing how farming led to settled life, storage and pottery. (6 marks)

Compare Mehrgarh and Burzahom as early farming settlements, describing houses, food and other finds. Draw a labelled sketch of a house from either site. (6 marks)