CBSE Class 6 History Chapter 1 Quiz: What, Where, How and When?

Understanding Our Past

• History helps us understand that our world is not always the way it has been and that life has changed over time.

Where Did People Live?

• People have lived along the banks of the Narmada River for several hundred thousand years.
• They stayed near the Narmada River due to the availability of forest resources, such as roots, fruits, and other forest produce.
• They also hunted animals to survive.

Ancient Settlements

• The area along the Ganga and its tributary rivers to the south of the Ganga was known as Magadha, which is now in the state of Bihar.
• People moved in search of livelihood and to escape from natural disasters like floods or droughts.
• These movements enriched our cultural traditions.

Names of the Land

• Our country is known by both words, i.e., India and Bharat.

Finding Out About the Past

• One way to find out about our past is by reading books written long ago, known as manuscripts.
• Manuscripts were written on palm leaves or the bark of the birch tree, which grows in the Himalayas.
• These books dealt with various subjects, including religious beliefs, the lives of kings, medicine, and science.

Inscriptions

• Inscriptions are writings on hard surfaces like stone or metal.
• Kings used inscriptions to issue orders and record their victories in battle.
• Inscriptions also recorded the achievements of men and women, including kings and queens.

Archaeologists

• An archaeologist studies the remains of buildings, paintings, and sculptures.
• They explore and excavate to find tools, weapons, pots, pans, ornaments, coins, and animal bones to understand what people ate in the past.

Historians and Sources

• Historians use the term "source" to refer to information found in manuscripts, inscriptions, and archaeology.
• Historians and archaeologists are like detectives who use sources as clues to understand our past.

One Past or Many?

• The title of this book is "Our Pasts – I", emphasizing that the past was different for different groups of people.
• The lives of herders, farmers, kings, queens, merchants, and crafts persons were all different.
• Archaeology helps us understand the lives of ordinary people in the past.

What Do Dates Mean?

• Years are counted from the date of the birth of Jesus Christ.
• Dates before the birth of Christ are counted backwards and usually have the letters BC (Before Christ) added.
• In this book, dates will be referred to starting from the present, using 2000 as the starting point.