Where do we find ostriches today?

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

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Why it was difficult for hunter-gatherers to collect food?

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How did the hunter-gatherers make the tools?

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When people couldn't travel from one place to another, did they spend their entire lives wherever they were born?

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The earliest people: why were they on the move?

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Can you think of a term for the second type of sites?

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Can you think of any other reason?

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If you had a natural pebble like ones, what would you use it for?

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List two tasks that are performed by both men and women at present. List another 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 ?

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Which skills helped the early man to obtain mastery over his environment?

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Did division of labour exist during the prehistoric times?

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Why was it difficult to hunt animals and gather plant produce in the early times?

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Mention the archaeological sources which tell us about man's life in the early period.

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This is a rock and cave shelter of Bhimbetka in the Deccan Plateau. Answer the following questions related to the cave shelter:

(i) What are habitation sites?
(ii) Why did people use these cave shelters as habitation sites?
(iii) In which mountain range are these rock and cave shelters found ?
(iv) Which valley is close to these rock shelters ?

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