Ancient Civilizations of the world Questions and Answers KSEEB Class 8 Social Science

Ancient Civilizations of the world Class 8 Questions and Answers KSEEB 8th Social Science

I. Complete the following sentences by using suitable words in the blanks.

Question 1.
Hieroglyphics are called ______________ writings.
Answer:
Sacred

Question 2.
The kings who ruled Egypt are called ______________. (Pharaohs)
Answer:
Pharaohs

Question 3.
The Greeks referred to Mesopotamia as ______________.
Answer:
Land between the rivers

Question 4.
The most famous king of the Amorites is ______________.
Answer:
Hammurabi

II. Match the following:

A	B
Hwang Ho river	Mesopotamia.
Cuneiform	King of the Amorites.
Cleopatra	Shang.
Hammurabi	China.
Chinese dynasty	The Egyptian queen.

Answer:
1 – d,
2 – a,
3 – e,
4 – b,
5 – c

III. Answer in brief the following questions

Question 1.
How are mummies preserved?
Answer:
The dead body would be smeared with various chemicals and wrapped with a thin cloth. The entire body was in this way preserved. The body protected thus was called a mummy. It would be kept in a specially designed coffin. The grave was considered the true ‘place’ for an Egyptian.

Question 2.
Write a paragraph on the pyramids?
Answer:
In the beginning, graves were created by carving into the rocks in the hills. As the Egyptians moved north, they had to construct graves in the desert itself. Tall towers were built on these graves using huge blocks of stone in order to protect the eternal sleep of the dead. Kings and wealthy people vied with each other to build taller and taller towers. These are called ‘pyramids’.

Question 3.
How was ‘Hwang Ho River’ China’s sorrow?
Answer:
The Chinese civilization was established on the banks of the river “Hwang Ho”. It has its own special features. But it was washed away by floods. After the floods this river changed its course in an unpredictable manner and inundated houses and agriculture lands, ft would render all the canals useless. This was the reason the people of that area referred to it as the “symbol of sorrow”.

Additional Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Egyptian civilization took birth on the bank of ________________ .
Answer:
River Nile

Question 2.
Generally all civilizations have originated in the ________________ .
Answer:
River plains

Question 3.
Hieroglyphics consisted of ________________ drawings.
Answer:
Small

Question 4.
_________________ means a person who lives in a palatial house.
Answer:
Pharoay

Question 5.
Egyptians were ruled over by an Arabian shepherd tribe called _______________ .
Answer:
Hyksos

Question 6.
The Persian emperor _______________ occupied Egypt in the 6th century B.C.E.
Answer:
Cambyses.

Question 7.
Alexander’s military general declared himself the king of _______________ .
Answer:
Egypt

Question 8.
Alexandria city was founded by _______________
Answer:
Alexander’s military general

Question 9.
The northern part of Mesopotamia was known as _______________ .
Answer:
Assyria

Question 10.
The legendary hanging gardens were created on the banks of the river _______________ .
Answer:
Euphrates

Question 11.
The _______________ provided the water for hanging garden.
Answer:
River Euphrates

Question 12.
The legendary Hanging gardens were created by ______________ .
Answer:
Nebuchadnezzar

Question 13.
_______________ is one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
Answer:
The Great Wall of China

Question 14.
_______________ originated in China.
Answer:
Porcelain

Question 15.
_______________ manufacturing was a prominent industry.
Answer:
Silk

One Word Questions and Answers

Question 1.
What were the contributions of Egyptians?
Answer:
The Egyptians were expert farmers. They knew a lot about irrigation. They had built temples. They invented the calendar which has helped us to measure time. They had mastered the art of writing. It was symbolic language. It consists of small drawings and has been called hieroglyphics.

Question 2.
Write a brief note on the last Egyptian queen, Cleopatra?
Answer:
The Egyptian queen Cleopatra, tried her best to save her country. It was said that the Romans feared her beauty more than her troops. Twice she was successful in her attack upon the hearts of her Roman conquerors.

Question 3.
Write a brief note on the Mesopotamian civilization?
Answer:
Mesopotamia is an area that lies in a valley between two rivers, Euphrates and Tigris rivers made west Asia barren land very fertile. Food crops could be grown with little effort. The northern hilly tribes and the southern nomadic tribes of the desert tried to establish control over this area. The rivalry between these tribes led to number of endless conflicts. However, in the midst of these conflicts, there emerged a civilization of a strong and brave race. The Sumerians were the first ones to evolve a system of writing in Mesopotamia which was known as Cuneiform.

Question 4.
Who built Hanging garden? Explain in brief about the garden?
Answer:
Nebuchadnezzar built the Hanging garden on the banks of the river Euphrates. It was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. In reality, the gardens did not hang in the air. The trees and bushes were grown at different levels of ziggurats. When the branches hung at different levels and swayed, they gave the on looker an impression of being a hanging garden. The Euphrates provided the water for these gardens.

Question 5.
Who was Hammurabi? Why was he famous?
Answer:
The most famous king of the Amorites was Hammurabi. He got built a fabulous palace for himself in Babylonia. He framed the codes of justice and made Babylonia to be the best- administered kingdom in the whole of the old world.

Question 6.
Pyramid figure?
Answer:

Question 7.
The Great wall of China?
Answer:

8th Standard Social Science Question and Answer