Samacheer Kalvi solutions for Social Science - Term 1 [English] Class 6 TN Board chapter 1.1 - What is History? [Latest edition]

What was the step taken by the early man to collect his food?

Statement: Pre historic man went along with the dog for hunting.

Reason: Dogs with its sniffing power would find out other animals.

Statement: The objects used by the early man are excavated. They are preserved to know the lifestyle of the people.
Find out which of the following is related to the statement:

Find out the wrong pair.

Find the odd one

The Old Stone Age man lived mostly in ______.

______ is the father of history.

_______ was the first animal tamed by Old Stone Age man.

Inscriptions are ______ sources.

Ashoka Chakra has ______ spokes.

Stone tools belonging to Old Stone Age have been excavated at Athtirampakkam near Chennai.

The materials used by the ancient people are preserved in the museums by the Archaeological Department.

During the period of Ashoka, Buddhism spread across the country.

Match the following

Can you say any two advantages of writing diary?

How do we know the people’s lifestyle of the Old Stone Age?

Is inscription a written record?

What is proto history?

Name an epic.

What is history?

What do you know about the pre historic period?

What are the sources available to know about the pre-historic period?

Mention the places from where we got pre-historic tools.

What are the benefits of a museum?

Name some tools used by early man to hunt animals.

Why were paintings drawn on rocks?

Name any two artefacts?

How were dogs useful to pre historic men?

Compare the lifestyle of Old Stone Age man with present-day lifestyle.

Write down the important events of your family with years. Draw a timeline with the help of your teacher or with your classmates.

Early man used stones as a weapon. Make an album showing the various uses of stone.

Identify the category of the following sources of history.

1. Urns excavated from Adhichanallur.
2. Copper plates of Velvikudi.
3. Mahabharatha.
4. Sanchi Stupa.
5. Pattinappaalai.
6. The earthernwares from Keezhadi.
7. Toys of Indus Civilisation.
8. Big Temple of Thanjavur.

Make some weapon models used by the Old Stone Age man using clay.

Discuss with your grandpa, grandma, neighbours, and teachers and collect information about your street, village, town, or school. With that collected data, try to write its history titling your writing as “I am a Historian”.

Early men scribbled and painted on me…Today they used me to build houses and lay roads. who am I?

Name any two archaeological sources?

Name the types of literary sources?

Expand BC(BCE).

what is the meaning of the Greek word “Istoria”?

Expand AD(CE).

______ is the study of inscriptions.

______ is the study of coins.

I can help you to talk, see, hear, write and read. There is no world without me. Who am I?

Mark the following places in the political map of India.

1. Delhi
2. Chennai
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Andhra Pradesh
5. Kerala
6. Karnataka