Karnataka Board Class 8 Social Science Chapter 4 Prominent Civilizations of The World Solution Exercise Question and Answer
I) Complete the following sentences by using suitable words in the blanks :
1) Hieroglyphics are called Egyptians.
2) The kings who ruled Egypt are called Pharaohs.
3) The Greeks referred to Mesopotamia as ‘Land between the rivers’.
4) The most famous king of the Amorites is Hammurabi.
5) ‘Princep’ means ‘The First Citizen of the State’.
6) The language of the Romans is Latin.
7) Texcoco is a Lake in Mexico.
8) The ruling deity of the Incas wasSun God.
- II) Match the following :
A | B | Answer |
Hwang River | Mesopotamia | China |
Cuneiform | King of the Amorites | Mesopotamia |
Cleopatra | Shang | the last Egyptian queen |
Hammurabi | China | King of the Amorites |
Chinese dynasty | the last Egyptian queen | Shang |
III) Answer in brief the following questions :
1) Which are the civilizations of ancient Columbia?
Answer – Maya, Aztec and Inca are the ancient Columbian civilizations of America.
2) Who are the ‘Mayas’?
Answer -American-Indian aborigines of Yucutan area of Mexico are called the Mayas.
3) How are ‘mummies’ preserved?
Answer – Smeared with various chemicals and wrapped with a thin cloth were the mummies preserved.
4) Write a paragraph on the Pyramids.
Answer – Egyptians moved to north. So, they had to construct graves in the desert. Tall towers were built on these graves using huge blocks of stone in order to protect the eternal sleep of the dead. Kings and wealthy people vied with each other to build taller and taller towers. The Greeks called these structures ‘Pyramids’.
5) How was ‘Hwangho River’ China’s sorrow?
Answer – The floods this river changed its course in an unpredictable manner and inundated houses and agricultural lands it would render all the canals. This was the reason the people of that area referred to it as the ‘Symbol of Sorrow’.
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