Class 6 History Chapter 2 Ratna Sagar

Short Answer Type Questions:-

Q1. Why are early humans always on the move?

Ans. Early humans were always on the move for hunting and gathering food.

Q2. What are sites? Write the name of two Neolithic and two Mesolithic sites?

Ans. Sites are the places from where remains of prehistoric periods have been found.

                Bagor, Rajasthan and Adamgarh, Madhya Pradesh are two Mesolithic Sites.

                Chirand, Bihar and Burzahom, Jammu & Kasmir are two Neolithic sites.

Q3. Why did early humans used flint to make stone tools?

Ans. Early Humans were using flint stone because it could be easily molded into any shape and chips easily.

Q4. Why did early humans paint on cave walls?

Ans. Early humans paint on the cave walls to show the events of their  life and to express their feelings at different occasions.

Long answer type questions

Q1. Name the periods into which the Stone Age is divided. How were the tools of each of these periods different from one another?

Ans.- The Stone Age is divided into three periods which can be differentiated on the basis of stone tools of that period, which are as follows-

    Paleolithic Period- In this period humans used crude stones as tools.

    Mesolithic Period- In this period stone tools were smaller, sharper and more efficient. These  tools were called microliths. Animal bones and horns were also used to make tools.

    Neolithic Period-  Stone tools of this period were much sharper and efficient and polished to sparkle.

Q2. Write any one technique of tool making?

Ans. Two main techniques of stone tool making were- Stone on stone and Pressure Flaking

                In stone on stone technique early humans held one stone in each hand and stone of one hand was used to strike over the stone of another hand to give it a desired shape.

Q3. How was fire useful to early humans?

Ans. Fire was used by early humans to protect themselves from wild animals as they were burning fire in front of their cave to keep wild animals away. They have also learned to cook food.

Q4. Write a short note on Painting discovered at Bhimbetka.

Ans. Paintings have been found in Bhimbetka from about 500 rock shelters. In these paintings life of early humans has been shown, such as- Hunting, Playing children, religious rituals, etc.

                These paintings are made by using red, green, white and ocher color. These colors had been made by grinding rocks and minerals and their powder was mixed with water and some sticky substance, such as resin of trees.