Kerala Syllabus Class 8 Social Science: Chapter 01 Early Human Life - Questions and Answers

Study Notes for Class 8th Social Science (English Medium) ആദ്യകാല മനുഷ്യജീവിതം | Text Books Solution Social Science (English Medium) Chapter 01 EARLY HUMAN LIFE

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Chapter 1
EARLY HUMAN LIFE

1. Features of cave paintings
● Most of them are pictures of animals.
● Also include pictures of human beings.
●Different colours were used in the cave paintings.

2. What information about the life of the early man can be obtained from these pictures? 
Hunted animals Collectively engaged in recreational
activities Beginning of collective living.

3.“Cave paintings are a source of information about the early human life” substantiate.
The pictures of hunting are evidence for their planning of the hunting ground and the prey.
Pictures are drawn on the ceiling of the caves this shows the evidence of their dexterity.

4. Can the palaeolithic age be termed as 'the age of hunters'? why
● Yes
● The palaeolithic humans hunted collectively.
● The stronger among them led the group.
● There was no gender difference in hunting.
● For hunting, they mainly used weapons of stones.

5. There are several pieces of evidence for the technological advancement of early humans........ List them.
*Stone statuettes were made
*Pictures were drawn in the bones and horns of animals anon cases and rocks
*Human figures were moulded from clay
*Ornaments made of ivory, bones stones, and shells
*Vessels were woven out of bark fibre

6. The fields in which palaeolithic man attained progress are listed below. find out the examples...
Fields- Examples
Sculpture- Stone statues, clay figures
Paintings- Cave paintings
Handicraft -Vessels, ornaments,wind instruments

7. Palaeolithic sites in India
PALEOLITHIC SITES PRESENT -INDIAN STATES
BHIMBEDKA                                  MADHYA PRADESH
NARMADA VALLEY -                   MADHYA PRADESH
NAGARJUNA KONDA-               ANDHRA PRADESH
HUNSGI -                                      KARNATAKA
KURNOOL CAVES -                    ANDHRA PRADESH
MESOLITHIC AGE

8. Why is the Mesolithic age called the microlithic age?
● They are small stone tools
● They have sharp points
● They are microlithic weapons

9. What could have been the uses of these tools?
-To hunt animals by fastening to a pole
-They are small stone tools so that easy to carry

10. Identify the progress in human life during the Mesolithic age?
*Domesticated dogs
*Bow and arrows were used for hunting
*Was able to hunt animals from afar
*Began settled life
*Began to exchange food, tools, ornaments etc.
*Logs were tied together and used for navigation

11. Evidence of human life in the Mesolithic age
● Europe
● West Asia
● India

12. Compare human life in the Mesolithic age with that of the Palaeolithic age.
Palaeolithic age           - Mesolithic age
Hunted animals            - Hunting became extensive
They cooked food         - Man discovered new sources of food
Discovery of fire            - Microlithic weapons
They also used bones of animals, ivory, pieces of wood and stones as weapons.   - Began settled life

Neolithic age
1. Tools 
Polished and beautiful tools used
1. polished axes
2. Blades
3. Arrowheads
4. Sickle
5. Plough
6. Harpoon
7. Muller

2. Write features of the Neolithic age
● Use of polished stone tools
● Beginning of cultivation
●The change from food gathering to food production
● Settle down in the river valleys
● Domestication of animals
● The invention of the wheel.

3. Name the historian who termed Neolithic changes as a Neolithic 
revolution.
● Gordon Childe
4. Neolithic sites
● Edakkal caves
● Jarmo
●Lake villages in Switzerland
●Other places in India

5. Name the major Neolithic site in Kerala.
● Edakkal Caves

6. Write the factors which helped collective life in the Neolithic age.
● Wheels were used for transportation.
● Development of cultivation.
● Permanent Settlement

7. Point out the major reasons that led to cultivation during the Neolithic age.
● Environmental changes
● Scarcity of food
● Population growth

8. Find out the changes that occurred during the Neolithic age from the Palaeolithic age and complete the table below.

9. Write down the technological Progress in the Neolithic age.
● Sharpened and polished stone tools
● Wooden wheels were used for making pottery
● Rafts were used for water transportation
● Ornaments made of stones, wood and bone
● Harpoons and fishing hooks
● Clothes are woven out of jute fibres

10. Write a short note about lake villages in Switzerland.
● Example of technological progress attained by the Neolithic man.
● Dwellings in the lake were constructed using logs, animal skin and mud.

11. Write one feature of Jericho in Palestine.
● Walls and houses built of stones

CHALCOLITHIC AGE
12. Write features of the Chalcolithic Age
● A transition period from the stone age to the metal age
● In addition to stone tools, people also made copper tools.

13. List out Chalcolithic sites
●Catalhoyuk in Turkey
●India Mehrgarh in
●Baluchistan

14. What evidence of the chalcolithic age has been discovered from Catalhoyuk? Discuss.
● Ancient forms of urban settlement.
● Houses were built using mud bricks.
● Remains of Wheat and Barley.
● Pictures were drawn on the walls of huts.

15. Match (Answer)

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