Solutions for Class 6 History Chapter 2 – “From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food”

Solutions for Class 6 History Chapter 2 – “From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food”

Let’s Recall

1. Complete the sentences

(a) Hunter-gatherers chose to live in caves and rock shelters because – they found protection from rain, winds and sunlight.

(b) Grasslands developed around —-12,000 years— ago

2. Why do people who grow crops have to stay in the same place for a long time?

Solution 2:
When a seed is planted, there is a waiting period for it to germinate. The duration of this growth phase differs based on the variety of seeds, ranging from days, and weeks, to even months or years. Consequently, individuals needed to remain stationary to tend to the growing plants, engaging in tasks like watering, weeding, and repelling animals and birds until the crops reached maturity. Subsequently, upon ripening, the focus shifted towards devising suitable storage methods. As a result, an extended period of residence in the same location was necessitated.

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Solutions for Class 6 History Chapter 2 – “From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food”

3. Why do archaeologists think that many people who lived in Mehrgarh were hunters to start with and that herding became more important later?

Solution 3: Archaeologists found the bones of many animals such as deer in the earlier levels. Hence, they could conclude that they were hunters to start with. Herding became important because they found bones of sheep and goats in the later levels.

4. Why did hunter-gatherers travel from place to place? In what ways are these similar to/different from the reasons for which we travel today?

Solution 4: There are 4 reasons:

1. They would have used up all the plant and animal resources.
2. Animals move from place to place, hence they had to follow their movements.
3. Plants and trees bear fruits in different seasons. So, people may have moved from season to season, in search of different kinds of plants.
4. They need water to survive, and many rivers and lakes were seasonal. So, they had to go in search of water during dry seasons.

5. List three ways in which hunter-gatherers used fire (see page 15). Would you use fire for any of these purposes today?

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Solution 5: It was primarily used for 3 purposes.

1. Clearing forest area
2. Cooking
3. For protection from wild animals

Nowadays, we use fire for:

1. To keep ourselves warm
2. Cooking

Solutions for Class 6 History Chapter 2 – “From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food”

6. List 3 ways in which the lives of farmers and herders would have been different from that of hunter-gatherers.

Solution 6:

1. Farmers and herders would stay in one location; whereas hunter-gatherers would have to move from place to place, following the movement of animals.
2. Farmers and herders would stay in huts or houses, whereas hunter-gatherers would stay in caves.
3. For farmers and herders, the food source would be crops and domesticated animals like sheep and goats, whereas hunters would rely on wild animals as a source of food.

Let’s do

7: List two tasks that are performed by both men and women at present. List two that are performed only by women and two that are performed only by men. Compare your list with that of any two of your classmates. Do you notice any similarities /differences in your lists?
Answer 7: Two tasks that are performed by both men and women:
» Teaching in schools, colleges and other institutions.
» Driving a car.
Two tasks that are performed by only women:
» To take care of kids.
» Household works like making meals and cleaning the house.
Two tasks that are performed by only men:
» Driving large vehicles like trucks, buses, trains, etc.
» Working as a carpenter.