The Stone Age -
A Wandering Life
(My World and
I)
A. Fill in the blanks:
1. The two things that human beings learn from homonins were - i) hunting food using tools; and ii) use of fire to cook food and keep the wild animals away.
2. The earliest people are called hunter-gatherers because they lived by hunting wild animals, fishing and by searching for and gathering food such as fruits, nuts, vegetables and honey.
3. Some animals that the hunter gatherers hunted were - the elephant, the buffalo, the giraffe, different types of deer and smaller animals like wild pigs.
4. Some foods that the hunter gatherers gather were - fruits, roots, berries and seeds.
5. The period when early human beings lived is called the Stone Age because early people used so many stone tools for hunting, fishing, cutting meat, cleaning animal skins, digging and sewing.
B. Choose the correct answer:
1. The hunter gatherers led a wandering life (in search of food/because they like travelling).
2. As the years went by, the tools of the hunter-gatherers (remained the same/became better).
3. The hand-axe is called by the name because (it could be held comfortably in a person's hand/a person's hand could be hurt by using it).
4. Cave art of the early people has been found (only in India/in many parts of the world).
5. The numbers of hunter-gatherers in the Andaman and Nicobar islands (are slowly growing/have come down to a lot in the last 200 years).
C. Match the following:
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A |
B |
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1. Homo Sapiens |
a. the upright
man.[5] |
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2. Old Stone Age |
b. finer
stone tools that were polished to make them sharp.[4] |
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3. Middle Stone Age |
c. the
thinking man.[1] |
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4.New Stone Age |
d. sharp stone
tools, fixed and wooden arrows or spear.[3] |
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5. Homo Erectus |
e. stone hand axes that have sharp edges.[2] |
E. Answer the following questions:
1. What do we call the people who lived on earth before human beings?
= The people who lived on Earth before human beings are called homonins.
2. How did the hunter gatherers make their stone tools?
= The hunter-gatherers hit one stone with another stone until it had a sharp edge. Slowly tools got better-they become thinner and sharper.
3. What did the hunter gatherers used their tools for?
= The hunter gatherers used their tools for hunting, fishing, cutting meat, cleaning animals skins, digging and sewing.
4. Write three or four sentences about caves as a source of information about the hunter-gatherers. Mention the remains found there and the art.
= In several parts of the world drawings and paintings have been found on the walls of caves. These mainly show animals, though some show people as well. These drawings and paintings tell us about the animals the people had around them and also how they hunted them.
5. What was the main aim of the hunter gatherers ?
=The Hunter gatherers did not know how to grow their food, so their main aim was to find food to be able to stay alive.
6. How did men and women divided their responsibilities during the Stone Age? Write a short paragraph to explain.
= The men hunted in groups. They knew where the animals were to be found and how they lived. They made stone tools. They hunted animals with the help of these tools.
The women who looked after the children. They also gathered food like fruits, roots, berries and seeds. They knew which plants and seeds could be eaten. They used pointed stones and sticks and as tools to dig up the roots.