Tamil Nadu Board 9th Standard Social Science - History Unit 2: Book Back Answers and Solutions
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Question Types Covered:
- 1 Mark Questions: Choose the correct answer, Fill in the blanks, Identify the correct statement, Match the following
- 2 Mark Questions: Answer briefly
- 3, 4, and 5 Mark Questions: Answer in detail
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Topic: Unit 2. ANCIENT CIVILISATIONS
I. Choose the correct Answer
Question 1.
The earliest signs to denote words through pictures
(a) Logographic
(b) Pictographic
(c) Ideographic
(d) Stratigraphic
Answer Key:
(b) Pictographic
Question 2.
The preservation process of dead body in ancient Egypt
(a) Sarcophagus
(b) Hyksos
(c) Mummification
(d) Polytheism
Answer Key:
(c) Mummification
Question 3.
The Sumerian system of writing
(a) Pictographic
(b) Hieroglyphic
(c) Sonogram
(d) Cuneiform
Answer Key:
(d) Cuneiform
Question 4.
The Harappans did not have the knowledge of
(a) Gold and Elephant
(b) Horse and Iron
(c) Sheep and Silver
(d) Ox and Platinum
Answer Key:
(b) Horse and Iron
Question 5.
The Bronze image suggestive of the use of lost-wax process known to the Indus people.
(a) Jar
(b) Priest king
(c) Dancing girl
(d) Bird
Answer Key:
(c) Dancing girl
Question 6.
(i) The oldest civilisation in Mesopotamia belonged to the Akkadians.
(ii) The Chinese developed the Hieroglyphic system.
(iii) The Euphrates and Tigris drain into the Mannar Gulf.
(iv) Hammurabi, the king of Babylon was a great law maker.
(a) (i) is correct
(b) (i) and (ii) are correct
(c) (iii) is correct
(d) (iv) is correct
Answer Key:
(d) (iv) is correct
Question 7.
(i) Yangtze River is known as Sorrow of China.
(ii) Wu-Ti constructed the Great Wall of China.
(iii) Chinese invented gun powder.
(iv) According to traditions Mencius was the founder of Taoism.
(a) (i) is correct
(b) (ii) is correct
(c) (iii) is correct
(d) (iii) and (iv) are correct
Answer Key:
(c) (iii) is correct
Question 8.
What is the correct chronological order of four civilisations of Mesopotamia
(a) Sumerians – Assyrians – Akkadians – Babylonians
(b) Babylonians – Sumerians – Assyrians – Akkadians
(c) Sumerians – Akkadians – Babylonians – Assyrians
(d) Babylonians – Assyrians – Akkadians – Sumerians
Answer Key:
(c) Sumerians – Akkadians – Babylonians – Assyrians
Question 9.
Assertion (A): Assyrians of Mesopotamian civilisation were contemporaries of Indus civilisation.
Reason(R): The Documents of an Assyrian ruler refer to the ships from Meluha
(a) A and R are correct and A explains R
(b) A and R are correct but A doesn’t explain R
(c) A is incorrect but R is correct
(d) Both A and R are incorrect
Answer Key:
(a) A and R are correct and A explains R
II. Fill in the blanks
1. __________ is a massive lime stone image of a lion with a human head.2. The early form of writing of the Egyptians is known as __________
3. __________ specifies the Laws related to various crimes in ancient Babylonia.
4. __________ was the master archive keeper of Chou state, according to traditions.
5. The __________ figurines and paintings on the pottery from the sites suggest the artistic skills of the Harappans.
Answer Key:
1. The Great sphinx of Giza
2. Hieroglyphic
3. Hammurabi’s code of law
4. Lao Tze
5. Terracotta
III. Find out the correct statement
Question 1.(a) The Great Bath at Harappa is well-built with several adjacent rooms.
(b) The cuneiform inscriptions relate to the epic of Gilgamesh.
(c) The terracotta figurines and dancing girls made of copper suggest the artistic skills of Egyptians.
(d) The Mesopotamians devised a Solar calendar system.
Answer Key:
(a) The Great Bath at Mohenjodaro is well built with several adjacent rooms.
(b) The Epic of Gilgamesh was originally written on twelve clay tablets in Cuneiform in Ancient
(c) The terracotta figurines and the dancing girl made of Bronze suggest the artistic skills of the
(d) The Egyptians devised a solar calendar system.
(a) Amon was considered the king of god in ancient Egypt.
(b) The fortified Harappan city had temples.
(c) The great sphinx is a pyramid-shaped monument found in ancient Mesopotamia.
(d) The invention of the potter’s the wheel is credited to the Egyptians.
Answer Key:
(a) Correct.
(b) The fortified Sumerian cities had temples.
(c) The Great Sphinx of Giza is a massive limestone image of a lion with a human head in ancient
(d) The invention of the potter’s the wheel is credited to the Sumerians.
IV. Match the following
1. Pharaoh – (i) A kind of grass2. Papyrus – (ii) the oldest written story on Earth
3. Great Lawmaker – (iii) Mohenjo-Daro
4. Gilgamesh – (iv) Hammurabi
5. The Great Bath – (v) The Egyptian king
Answer Key:
1. Pharaoh – (v) The Egyptian king
3. Great Lawmaker – (iv) Hammurabi
4. Gilgamesh – (ii) the oldest written story on Earth
5. The Great Bath – (iii) Mohenjo-Daro
V. Answer the following briefly
- Numerous sculptures, paintings and curvings attest to the artistic skills of Egyptians.
- Monuments display the engineering architectural and human resource management skills of the Egyptians.
- Ziggurats were pyramid shaped monuments found in ancient Mesopotomia.
- Ziggurats were at the centre of the cities on a platform.
- Hammurabi code specifies the laws related to various crimes.
- "The eye for eye" and "tooth for tooth" form of justice is used in the Hammurabi code.
VI. Answer all the questions given under each caption
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Hieroglyphics |
Cuneiform |
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* Hieroglyphics is the Egyptians writing system. *This writing system used a picto - gram based. * It was developed around 3000 ВСЕ. * They used this script in the inscriptions on the seals and other objects. *
They were seen on the Rosetta stones. |
* Cuneiform is the Sumerian writing system. * This writing system used the form of wedge. * It was also developed around 3000 ВСЕ. * They
used this script for commercial transactions, writing letters and stories. *
They were seen on the clay tablets. |
Lao Tze:
- He was the master achieve keeper of chou state.
- He was the founder of Taoism.
- He argued that desire is the root cause of all evils..
Confucius:
- Confucius was one of the famous Chinese philosophers.
- He was a political reformer.
- He insisted on cultivating of one's own personal life.
Mensius:
- He was another well-known philosopher.
- He travelled throughout china and offered his counsel to rulers.
3. Write about the hidden treasure of Indus civilization.
- Well - planned streets, lanes and drainages can be observed in Harappan town.
- The tank called the "Great Bath" at Mohenja - Dara is an important structure.
- They cultivated wheat, Barley and various types of millets.
- The tools such as points, chisels, needles, fishhooks and rods were made of bronze.
- The Harappans developed a system of proper weights and measures.
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