one word history

 

### **One-Word Answer Questions**

 

1. What is history all about? 

**Answer:** Past

 

2. What does history help us understand? 

**Answer:** Present

 

3. What do we learn from history? 

**Answer:** Lessons

 

4. What helps us analyse information in history? 

**Answer:** Thinking

 

5. From which language does the word "history" come? 

**Answer:** Greek

 

6. What does 'historia' mean? 

**Answer:** Enquiry

 

7. What are the two main types of historical sources? 

**Answer:** Literary

 

8. What are the two main types of historical sources? 

**Answer:** Archaeological

 

9. What is the study of coins called? 

**Answer:** Numismatics

 

10. What are carvings on stone or metal known as? 

**Answer:** Inscriptions

 

11. Which famous stone helped decode Egyptian writing? 

**Answer:** Rosetta

 

12. What are structures built to remember events called? 

**Answer:** Monuments

 

13. What was a major invention of the Neolithic Age? 

**Answer:** Wheel

 

14. What method helps determine the age of organic material? 

**Answer:** Radiocarbon

 

15. What is the study of ancient things called? 

**Answer:** Archaeology

 

16. What were early humans called? 

**Answer:** Hominins

 

17. What was the earliest Stone Age called? 

**Answer:** Palaeolithic

 

18. What was the Middle Stone Age called? 

**Answer:** Mesolithic

 

19. What was the last Stone Age called? 

**Answer:** Neolithic

 

20. What important discovery did Palaeolithic humans make? 

**Answer:** Fire

 

21. What tools were used in the Mesolithic Age? 

**Answer:** Microliths

 

22. What major change happened in the Neolithic Age? 

**Answer:** Farming

 

23. What process involves taming animals? 

**Answer:** Domestication

 

24. What tool changed transportation forever? 

**Answer:** Wheel

 

25. What term means “King of Kings”? 

**Answer:** Maharaja-adhiraja

 

26. What ritual did Dantidurga perform? 

**Answer:** Hiranya-garbha

 

27. Who were local chiefs under a king? 

**Answer:** Samantas

 

28. What era comes after BC? 

**Answer:** AD

 

29. What does BCE stand for? 

**Answer:** Before

 

30. What does CE stand for? 

**Answer:** Common

 

31. What does ‘c.’ mean in dates? 

**Answer:** Circa

 

32. What are objects made by past people called? 

**Answer:** Artefacts

 

33. What do cave paintings show? 

**Answer:** Creativity

 

34. What are preserved remains of ancient life called? 

**Answer:** Fossils

 

35. What is the New Stone Age known for? 

**Answer:** Farming

 

36. Where was the Harappan Civilization found? 

**Answer:** Indus

 

37. What is the meaning of ‘chronological’? 

**Answer:** Order

 

38. What kind of sources are diaries? 

**Answer:** Literary

 

39. What kind of sources are coins? 

**Answer:** Archaeological

 

40. What do monuments like the Taj Mahal represent? 

**Answer:** Memory

 

 

### **One-Word Answer Questions – River Valley Civilizations**

 

1. Where did one of the earliest civilizations develop? 

**Answer:** River

 

2. What kind of civilization started near rivers? 

**Answer:** Valley

 

3. Which river supported the Harappan Civilization? 

**Answer:** Indus

 

4. What was the main city of the Indus Valley Civilization? 

**Answer:** Mohenjo-daro

 

5. Which city had a Great Bath? 

**Answer:** Mohenjo-daro

 

6. What was used for city planning in Harappa? 

**Answer:** Grid

 

7. What system did the Indus people use for drainage? 

**Answer:** Covered

 

8. What material were seals made of? 

**Answer:** Clay

 

9. What animal is often seen on Harappan seals? 

**Answer:** Unicorn

 

10. What script did the Harappans use? 

**Answer:** Undeciphered

 

11. What was the main occupation of the Harappans? 

**Answer:** Agriculture

 

12. What metal did they use along with copper? 

**Answer:** Bronze

 

13. What was baked in large quantities in Harappa? 

**Answer:** Bricks

 

14. What structure stored grains in Harappan cities? 

**Answer:** Granaries

 

15. What animal helped in ploughing fields? 

**Answer:** Oxen

 

16. What was the sign of authority in Harappan society? 

**Answer:** Seal

 

17. What was the method of disposal of the dead? 

**Answer:** Burial

 

18. What toy was found in many Harappan sites? 

**Answer:** Terracotta

 

19. What was the major trade item of Harappa? 

**Answer:** Cotton

 

20. What foreign place traded with Harappans? 

**Answer:** Mesopotamia

 

21. What is another name for the Harappan Civilization? 

**Answer:** Indus

 

22. What kind of writing has not been deciphered yet? 

**Answer:** Harappan

 

23. What tool was used for spinning thread? 

**Answer:** Spindle

 

24. What was the shape of most Harappan bricks? 

**Answer:** Standard

 

25. What did the Great Bath possibly symbolize? 

**Answer:** Ritual

 

26. What was the covered system in Harappan cities? 

**Answer:** Drainage

 

27. What was the main export of the Harappans? 

**Answer:** Goods

 

28. What type of houses were common in Harappa? 

**Answer:** Multi-roomed

 

29. What was the source of water in homes? 

**Answer:** Well

 

30. What animals were domesticated by the Harappans? 

**Answer:** Cattle

 

31. What was the purpose of weights and measures? 

**Answer:** Trade

 

32. What was the main cause of decline of Harappa? 

**Answer:** Climate

 

33. What natural disaster might have affected Harappa? 

**Answer:** Flood

 

34. What evidence suggests town planning? 

**Answer:** Grid

 

35. What was the direction of burial? 

**Answer:** North-south

 

36. What material was used to make toys? 

**Answer:** Clay

 

37. What kind of pottery was used? 

**Answer:** Red-black

 

38. What was the status of women in society? 

**Answer:** Respect

 

39. What was the role of artisans in Harappa? 

**Answer:** Craftsmen

 

40. What proves long-distance trade existed? 

**Answer:** Foreign