RBSE Solutions for Class 6 Social Science History Chapter 2 From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food

Rajasthan Board RBSE Solutions for Class 6 Social Science History Chapter 2 From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

RBSE Class 6 Social Science Solutions History Chapter 2 From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food

RBSE Class 6 Social Science From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food InText Questions and Answers

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Question 1.
Can you think of why people chose to live here?
Answer:
People chose to live at these sites in earlier times as these caves and rock shelters provided natural shelter from rain, heat and wind. Also these rock shelters were close to river valleys which helped them to meet their daily needs.

 

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Question 2. 
What do we use fire for today? Answer: We have multiple uses of fire today. Some of the uses are :

1. Fire is used for cooking.
2. Fire is used in industries for produc-tion of tools, pricks, etc.
3. Fire is used to get warmth.
4. Fire is used as a source of light in dark.

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Question 3.
Can you think of any reasons why the dog was perhaps the first animal to be tamed?
Answer: 
(i) Dog is an intelligent and gentle animal as compared to the other wild animals and animals like goat, sheep and pig and also understands the commands of the humAnswer: Perhaps this might have caught the attention of the early people so they started to tame dogs.
(ii) Dog could have helped them in hunting also.

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Question 1. 
Do you think hunter-gatherers would have made and used pots? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer: 
No, probably not. As they were food gatherers and not food producers. They did not require any pots to store grains.

Question 2. 
Apart from food, what are the other things that could have been obtained from animals?
Answer: 
Domesticated animals like sheep, goat, cow gave fresh milk. Animals were used to pull cart and carry loads, plough fields to grow food grains.

Question 3. 
What are animals used for today?
Answer: 
Animal fat was used to make small fire in an earthen bowl to give him light and warmth. Animals, today also used for all these purposes.

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Question 
What do you think cowries and shells would have been used for?
Answer: 
Cowries and shells would have been used for the following purposes :

1. For making jewellery.
2. For decorating purposes.
3. For playing by children.
4. As a medium of exchange (like money) for goods in some areas.
5. For ritual purposes.

RBSE Class 6 Social Science From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food Textbook Questions and Answer

Let’s recall

Question 1. 
Complete the sentences :
(a) Hunter-gatherers chose to live in caves and rock shelters because 
(b) Grasslands developed around years.
Answer: 
(a) they protected them from heat, cold, rain and wild animals, 
(b) 12,000.

 

Question 2. 
Why do people who grow crops have to stay in the same place for a long time?
Answer: 
People who grow crops have to stay in a same place for a long time to look after them and to protect them from other animals and birds, till the grains ripened

Question 3. 
Why do archaeologists think that many people who lived in Mehrgarh were hunters to start with and that herding become more important later?
Answer: 
Archaeologists found evidences of the skeleton and bones of different animals like deer, pigs, sheep, cattle and goat. But they found these evidences at different levels. Bones of deer and pigs were found in the earliest level. In the later level, they found bones of sheep and goat. In still later level, cattle bones were found. This shows that people of Mehrgarh were hunters but herding became more important for them.

Let’s Discuss

Question 4. 
Why did the hunter-gatherers travel from place to place? In what ways are these similar to/different from the reasons for which we travel today?
Answer: 
Hunter-gatherers travelled from place to place due to the following reasons:
(i) In search of food s The early man was a food gatherer, not a food producer. After using all the edible plants of a particular area, they moved to another area where they could find more plant and animal resources.

(ii) Animal’s Movement:
Animals move from one place to another in search of food, so hunter-gatherers also had to move in search of these animals for hunting.

(iii) Difference in Season: 
As different plants and trees bear fruits in different seasons. So, they moved from place to place in search of different kinds of plants products.

(iv) Search for water:
Water is found in rivers, lakes etc. Some rivers are perennial while some are seasonal. So people had to move to different places in dry season in search of water.

(v) Sometimes, people may have to meet their relatives and friends.
But, now a days we travel for different purposes such as we move to get better employment opportunities, education, to expand our business and also to spend holidays. Similarity may be seen such as we also move in search of livelihood as the primitive man moved. Sometimes we also move due to adverse climatic conditions as the primitive man moved to save himself from adverse climatic conditions.

Question 5. 
List three ways in which hunter-gatherers used fire? Would you use fire for any of these purposes today? 
Answer:
Hunter-gatherers used fire for the following purposes: 

1. To cook their food, 
2. To scare away wild animals, 
3. To get warmth in winters.

Today we use fire to cook food, like to roast meat. We also use fire to get warmth.

 

Question 6. 
List three ways in which the "lives of farmers and herders would have been. different from that of hunter gatherers.
Answer:

Farmers and herders	Hunter-gatherers
(i) They started to lead a settled life.	(i) These were nomadic people.
(ii) They learnt the	(ii) They collected fruits, nuts, roots and berries that grew naturally in a place.
(iii) They domesticated animals for food, bones, fur and skin.	(iii) They hunted animals and ate raw flesh.