5th Std EVS 2 Chapter 9 Settled Life and Urban Civilization l Question and Answer

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Environmental Studies-2 -  5th Standard

9. Settled Life and Urban Civilization

 

Question And Answer

 

1. From the chart below, find out the names of the three periods into which ancient objects are classified and use them to match the three classes given below.

 

(a) Stone tools : Stone Age.

(b) Copper tools and other copper objects : Copper Age.

(c) Iron tools and other iron objects : Iron Age.

 

2. Arrange the following in chronological order.

(a) (1) Copper (2) Gold (3) Iron

Ans: (1) Gold (2) Copper (3) Iron 

(b) (1) Copper Age (2) Iron Age (3) Stone Age

Ans: (1) Stone Age (2) Copper Age (3) Iron Age

 

3. Write about the consequences of the following events.

(a) Discovery of copper :

Ans: Copper was used for making tools and implements by human.

(b) Invention of the wheel :

Ans: Wheel was first used by the potters and for running bullock carts and chariots. 

(c) Use of script :

Ans: Script is used for permanent record-keeping production and other events.

 

4. Write notes.

(a) Use of metals

Ans: Gold was the first metal used by man, However gold is a soft metal. It cannot be used for making tools and implements. Copper and Iron were used for making tools and implements.    

(b) Social organization in the ancient cities

Ans: The culture of those cities had its roots in the culture of village settlements of the New Stone Age. The faith system rooted in the agricultural way of life continued in the urban way of life too. The social life and festivals based on agricultural faith systems became more elaborate in cities that had prospered because of the rise in trade. Grand temples were built in many cities. Chiefs of those temples became chief administrators of those cities. Later, the positions of the temple head and that of the king went to the same individual.