Ancient Civilisations

Samacheer Book Back Questions And Answers For History Standard 9 Full Book “Ancient Civilisations”

I. Choose the correct answer:
1. The earliest signs to denote words through pictures
a. Logographic
b. Pictographic
c. Ideographic
c. Stratigraphic

2. The preservation process of dead body in ancient Egypt
a. Sarcophagus
b. Hyksos
c. Mummification
c. Polytheism

3. The Sumerian system of writing
a. Pictographic
b. Hieroglyphic
c. Sonogram
d. Cuneiform

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

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

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

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.
b. (ii) is correct
c. (iii) is correct
d. (iii) and (iv) are correct

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

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

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.

Answers:
1. The Great Sphinx of Ghiza
2. Hieroglyphic
3. Hammurabi code
4. Lao Tze
5. Terracotta

III. Find out the correct statement:
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 girl made of copper suggest the artistic skills of Egyptians.
d. The Mesopotamians devised a solar calendar system.
Answers:
a and b are correct

2. a. Amon was considered the king of god in ancient Egypt.
b. The fortified Harappan city had the temples.
c. The great sphinx is a pyramid-shaped monument found in ancient Mesopotamia.
d. The invention of the potter’s wheel is credited to the Egyptians.

IV. Match the following:
1. Pharaoh              A. A kind of grass
2. Papyrus               B. the oldest written story on Earth
3. Great Law            C. Mohenjo-Daro maker
4. Gilgamesh           D. Hammurabi
5. The Great Bath    E. The Egyptian king

Answers:
1. E
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. C