CBSE Class 6 Social Science Introduction To History Worksheet

WORK SHEET

SUBJECT- SOCIAL SCIENCE

Chapter -1: Introduction to History, Chapter-5: The Vedic Age

CLASS- VI Date: 02.09.14

Q.1) Name the following.

i) This is the systematic study for which we have written records.

ii) This literature is not connected with religion.

iii) This is an example of a monument.

iv) These are writings engraved on rocks, pillars, clay tablets etc.

v) A person who studies the past remains.

vi) This is the period for which we have no written records.

vii) This literature includes the four vedas.

viii) This is a sukta which meant “well spoken”.

ix) This veda is a collection of 1028 hymns.

x) This was the tribal chief of vedic age.

xi) King Bharata and his descendants were known by this name.

xii) At first society was divided on the bais of this.

xiii) This was performed by the king to gain more power.

xiv) This was performed by the king to expand his empire.

xv) A boy spent his student life here.

xvi) This is a collective name given to all the seven rivers.

xvii) This was the voluntary donation received by the tribal chief.

Q.2) Fill in the blanks.

i) The Early Vedic Aryan tribe was called________.

ii) The Aryans learnt the use of __________in the later vedic age.

iii) Tekkalacotta and Brahmgiri are the two sites where_______________have been found.

iv) ____________________and______________were the main occupations of the vedic age.

v) Wars called _________,fought over the possession of cattle and grazing grounds.

vi) Script is to ________what language is to Prakrit.

vii) The _______were the first to use the name India.

viii) The Persians or Iranians called India _________.

ix) Kuatilya’s theory of administration is known as_________.

x) ____________are the handwritten documents on palm leaves.

Q.3) Answer the following.

i) What is chronology?Give two examples.

ii) What kind of information can a historian get from a study of inscriptions?

iii) What was the progress made by man during the ancient period?

iv) What do you understand by BC and AD?

v) Name the castes of Early Vedic period.

vi) Describe the composition and function of the samiti and the sabha in the Rigvedic period.

vii) Compare the position of the king in the Early Vedic Age and Later Vedic Age.

viii) Explain the social functions of the castes.

Q.4) Define the following.

i) the Vedic Age

ii) Bali

iii) Bhaga

iv) Archeology

v) Artefacts

vi) Rigveda