Karnataka Board Class 8 Social Science Chapter 2 Bharathavarsha Solution Exercise Question and Answer
Exercise:-
I Complete the following sentences by using suitable words in the blanks :
1.) Geographically, India is a subcontinent and peninsula.
2.) Signs of ashes have been found in caves of Kurnool.
3.) The implements of the Middle Stone Age are called delicate stone implements.
II Answer to the following questions in brief :
1.) Describe briefly the physical features of India.
Answer – India’s geographical features comprise the Himalayan range of mountains in the North, the Indo-Gangetic plain, the Deccan Plateau in the South and the Coastal region. The snow-capped mountains in the North include some of the tallest mountain peaks in the world.
2.) What are the valleys through which the attacks on India have taken place?
Answer – Bolan and Khyber passes are the valleys through which the attacks on India have taken place.
3.) What is meant by ‘Prehistoric Age’?
Answer – The period before the discovery of the art of writing is called the Prehistoric age.
4.) How did animal husbandry and dairy farming evolve?
Answer – It is believed that 12,000 years ago a major change took place in the world’s environment. The earth’s temperature began to increase gradually. Birds and animals began to multiply in unprecedented numbers. Animals like deer, elks, goats, sheep and others flourished in these grasslands. Man who had been hunting animals, began to observe their nature, food habits and the way these animals breed. Over a period of time, humans captured these animals and domesticated them. This was the way the practices of animal husbandry and dairy farming evolve.
5.) The different periods of prehistory have been given various names by archaeologists. What are they?
Answer – The period before the discovery of the art of writing is called the Prehistoric age. This is so because we do not find evidence to the linguistic development or to the use of script.Early, Middle and Late Old Stone Ages are different periods of prehistory have been given various names by archaeologists. The age which prevailed 2 million years ago is the oldest period and is called the Old Stone Age. The period from 12,000 years to around 10,000 years is called the Middle Stone Age.The New Stone Age began after 10,000 years.
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