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4. What was the use of fire in the earlier times?

(a) To burn the forests (b) To scare away wild animals
(c) As source of light and to cook meat (d) (b) and (c) both
5. Prehistoric age is also called the:

(a) stone age (b) wood age (c) metal age (d) none of these
B. Fill in the blanks :

1. _______________ are people, who move from one place to another in search of food and shelters.

2. The Neolithic age is also known as the _____________________.
3. _____________________ believed in life after death.
4. Stone Age is divided into _____________________ phases.

5. _____________________ was the first metal discovered by early man in the Chalcolithic Age.
C. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false :

1. In earlier times, stones were even used for chopping trees to clear forests.

2. Palaeolithic men are also called Quartzite men.
3. In the Neolithic Age, men were becoming more experienced about their surroundings.
4. Iron was the first metal to be used by man.

5. The Chalcolithic people used black and red pottery.
D. Match the following :

Column 'A' Column 'B'

1. Chalcolithic (a) Crude stone tools
2. Neolithic (b) Microliths
3. Mesolithic (c) Invention of copper
4. Palaeolithic (d) Invention of wheel

E. Answer these Questions :

1. What kind of tools did the early man make?
2. Which was the first metal discovered by man?
3. What were the main crops grown by the early man?

4. Write a short note on Neolithic Age.
5. What is meant by Stone Age?
6. Describe main achievements in the Mesolithic period.

Life Skills and Value (Activity)

• Make a pot out of clay and inscribe on it a design of Palaeolithic Age.

• On an outline map of India, mark and name any five places where prehistoric man lived.
• Suppose, You and your classmates are early men, who have discovered fire. Divide the class into
groups of five and enact the ways in which you use the fire.

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