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    Q3) WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF DISCOVERY OF AGRICULTURE IN HISTORY?

    ANS3) 1.People continue to live by hunting and gathering although changes in climate in encouraged
    changes in diet

    Q4) INVENTION OF THE WHEEL WAAS A IMPORTANT ACHEIVEMENT EXPLAIN.

    ANS)1. a rolling log or piece of wood possibly make them understand that this could be a great help to
    move things rather than drag them over the ground

    2.the earliest evidence of the wheel goes back to around 3500 BCE in Mesopotamia in modern day Iraq .
    The wheel made transportation and carrying people and goods very easy.

    3.Soon animals were used to draw wheeled carts .The wheel was then put use for making pottery. Later
    people made the spinning wheel to spin thread.

    Q5) Name a few Neolithic sites found in India other than Burzahom. How is the latter different from
    others?

    ANS5) Some of them are in Lahuradewa in the middle gangetic Plains , Sarai Khola in West Punjab and
    Mehgarh in Pakistan , Piklihal in Karnatka , Daojali Hading on the hills near river Brhmaputra.

    Q6) WRITE A NOTE ON THE SUBDIVISIONS OF THE PALAEOLITHIC AGE .

    ANS6) EARLY PALAEOLITHIC AGE

    1) the early paleolithic age corresponds to the time when the first stone tools appear.The tools
    used were hand axes and chopping tools.
    2) many parts of the earth were covered in ice this is why this age is also known as the Ice Age.
    3) The climate was extremely cold.

    MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC AGE

    1) in the middle paleolithic age people largely used flakes to some home implements such as
    needles have been found , indicating that furs and animals skins were sewn crudely to cover
    the human body.
    2) this is the time when people begin to form and live in group.
    3) they began to paint on the walls of cave.

    UPPER PALAEOLITHIC AGE

    1) The Upper Paleolithic Age corresponds to the last phase of the Ice Age when the climate became
    warmer. People of those times mostly used blade tools.
    2) This period also saw the first human-made shelter. People began to make necklaces and
    bracelets of shells and bones.
    3) in India the most notable upper paleolithic site has been found in Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh
    Q2) Disscuss the types of stone tools used during stone tool age

    Ans) paleolithic people and need for tools people begin to shape stones into crude knife axeheads
    choppers and cleavers. Stone could be sharpened and shaped into various sizes that did not break easily.

    2. people used stone tools for a variety of purposes---- cutting meat ,hunting animals, cutting down
    trees, clearing forests , smooother barks and animal skins.

    EARLY PALAEOLITHIC AGE

    1.the stone tools used were hand axes and chopping tools .

    MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC AGE

    1. in this age people used small and efficient tools called microliths these tools were more sharper
    and efficient than lower palaeolithic age.

    NEOLITHIC AGE

    1. Neolithic tools were shaped and polished and they also lasted longer .Besides hunting ,Neolithic
    tools were also used for other purpoes. Stone, axes, sickles and ploughs were particularly used
    at this time .Arrows were used for hunting.

    Q3) WHAT ARE THE KEY FEATURES OF THE MESOLITHIC AGE?

    ANS) the mesolithic age dates from around 10,000 BC to About 8,000 BCE.

    2.There was greater emphasis on small animals and plants food particularly wild cereals. Such
    changes initiated greater interest in particular animals and plants and ultimately led to the
    domestication of certain animals. The dog become the first pet of human mainly because they
    defended them from wild animals.

    3.In this age people used small efficient tools called microliths these tools were more sharper and
    efficient than Palaeolithic.

    Q4) what do you know about the Prehistoric sites of Nevasa and Kurnool?

    ANS )

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